American skier Lindsey Vonn says she almost misplaced her left leg following a daunting crash within the girls’s downhill on the Milano Cortina Olympics.
Vonn shared in an Instagram submit that her accidents went far past the advanced tibia fracture within the leg she initially revealed after clipping a gate and crusing off track simply 13 seconds into her run on February 8.
The 41-year-old Vonn mentioned the trauma from the crash led to compartment syndrome within the leg.Â
Compartment syndrome happens when extreme strain builds up inside a muscle, both from bleeding or swelling. Excessive strain restricts blood circulate and might result in everlasting damage if not handled shortly.
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“When you might have a lot trauma to at least one space of your physique so that there is an excessive amount of blood and it will get caught, and it mainly crushes all the pieces,” Vonn mentioned.
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