# Learning to fall?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009 "2023-05-13T23:39:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009/9 "2023-05-14T02:29:44Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Does anyone have a cite to **QtM** ’s post about his fall; I’m not finding it?

> [@Whoops, broke my shoulder, so excuse my typing for a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713):
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> today i was walking the dog on a beautiful spring day on a flat gravel road i’ve walked thousands if times before. suddenly my left foot slid on a pebble and down i went onto my outstretched left hand, then onto my left shoulder. i removed a patch of skin larger than a quarter from my palm, but the main issue was the immediate realization that my shoulder was not all it should be anymore. er eval revealed a crack in the humeral neck and head without displacement. i can’t move it enough to fi…

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