Important lesson on safe training under national health care

[Ryan Brick]

The owner of my gym/friend was training with a student from another gym on there own time and during a outside leg trip they were going to fall onto weights so they twisted weird fell to the side instead of back and tore something in his knee.

The doctor thinks from how bad it is that he tore his ACL, MCL and meniscus all at once. Martin has been in brace for 2 weeks now.

Now because it's canada he has to wait 2 months for an MRI.

After the MRI if he needs surgery it will most likely be another 2 months.

If he waits the 4 months it will start to heal incorrectly.

What sucks is that despite the fact he needs it for his job they will do nothing to help rush the process unless workers compensation is involved.

I had one student in the past that waited 2 months for an MRI and then the surgeon called them to schedule an appointment 9 months later. It took 9 months to analysis the MRI.

It's brutal, much easier just to be safe and not go for throws around objects you don't want to hit.

[Greg W]

I thought this was going to be a post about obama care!!!

[HerbChao]

This is one of the reasons why some people are afraid of a universal public health care for everyone...I shudder to think what I would do if I tore a knee liagment and had to wait 9 months for surgery.

On the original note yeah I'm always cautious too when practicing near walls, solid objects, mirrors etc....it sucks because sometimes my partner will keep driving forward even though I've lost options but I wont risk hurting them and won't pull off a sweep or takedown that might potentially send them into a chair or mirror. Hope everyone gets well soon...

[Nathan K.]

I thought this was going to be a post about obama care!!!

This is what Obamacare is trying to emulate.

[miketubbs]

He can pay and get it done. At least you can in some provinces. It's garbage to have to do it, but it is at least an option

[David Rosado]

Good news for your buddy, at least he has the option of getting treatment without going into severe debt...or he can pay out of pocket. At least he has that choice. Plus, if it doesn't heal right, they'll do the surgery. At least he has that option.

In the US, you're paying no matter what. Can't afford it! Welcome to debtsville. Can? Lucky you. I had a bad knee sprain that I doctored myself because I couldn't afford to go to a doctor. Didn't heal right. I really can't do much about it but live with it. That's life.


Btw, I'm opposed to 100% universal healthcare. I'm PRO affordable healthcare and a universal option for low income people. I mean it sucks that lazy bums get medicaid but laborers don't if they can't afford it. That should change. Limit medical treatment for welfare recipients. Incentivize them to want to be part of the workforce. Buuuut I'm ranting.

[Chris Odell (Datsusara)]

my x-wife tore her MCL, PCL, ACL and meniscus all in one fall from a simple jits takedown. the surgery took over a month to get done and even with health care she ended up owing tons of $ out of the 120k or so they charged for the whole thing. now luckily she was low income so the hospital wrote of a good chunk. but much of the PT wasn't covered and other things the doc wanted had to come out of pocket.

in most countries that have universal health care they do have the option to pay a private practice to get faster care as was mentioned above. i'd rather know that low income folks will get treated no matter what and that rich folk can pay extra if they like. i can't tell you how many times i have skipped treating injuries because even at my middle class level my health care plan sucks so bad i can't afford an MRI.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

You have no idea how much worse it could be. My father is recovering from shoulder surgery right now. He has needed the surgery for over 5 years! He also has a hernia and had to choose which to get fixed and which to live with for however many more years. The operation cost 12,000 dollars just for the surgeon.

I have thousands of dollars in unpaid medical bills due to contracting server onset H1N1 several years ago (the doctor said I was hours from death when I literally staggered into the ER) and a common infection form shaving. A ER visit lasting less than 15 minutes cost me over $900 just to tell me I needed antibiotics which I then had to purchase as well. Needless to say my credit is ruined because of these two ER visits.

When I was 16 or 17 (30 now) I tore some tissues in my rotator cuff group. Its not the normal rotator cuff injury. Ive had to learn to live with the pain everyday. For about 12 years it was excruciating. I wont be able to get it fixed until I finish my degree and save lots of money. My later teens all the way through to who knows when I have been physically limited and often in a great deal of pain.

You cant understand the gratitude with which I would accept your countries level of medical care.

[Isaac Atley]

man this is pretty shocking to hear. i cant believe how hard it is on you guys sometimes. New Zealand has a public health system but it works really quite well. we have private aswell which is subsidised so its cheaper.

read about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_New_Zealand.

maybe its just because we have a smaller population though. i mean there are delays with surgeries etc but nothing like 9 months, only our dentistry sucks. costs an arm and a leg (not to mention a tooth) to get a check up.

but having ACC is probably the best thing i think ive ever heard of for a health system. almost everything gets piled in there.

[Eddie Bravo]

Don't no one say nuffin bad about the Obama!! That man is about change and change is awesome! I like how he is all about protecting the people