Had the usual childhood knee scraps and resulting scars.
Around age 12, I stopped running, but my left ankle didn't - got a severe sprain it still bothers me today occasionally, and arthritis found the joint there a handy spot some time ago.
Also around age 12, I slipped on "black" ice in front of the garage door, and went down so hard on my back that I can't sit on steel chairs for longer than a very few minutes.
Around age 19, I fell down the cellar stairs, tailbone first bouncing down 5 steps, and heard my mother yell "you're walking" through my screams that I couldn't walk. I had a sore bruise in that area to end all bruises! Thank God the stairs were wood. This fall added further to my chair-sitting problem.
Got hit by a softball right in the face as I was walking to a friend's house. Knew very well the kid that hit the ball; it was all a bad accident. No concussion though.
Had car accident about 16 years ago - I was stopped in a line to make a left turn when I was rear-ended by a car that I saw coming but traffic prevented me from moving out of the way. Horrible feeling that was. Got hairline fracture of right knee, bad abdominal bruise - nearly a fractured pelvis - from the steering wheel as I sat close to it. Out of work 4 weeks, physical therapy. Arthritis found that knee first.
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