Katherine Prumm suffers back injury

**raglanash** · 17th November 2008, 08:22

Bummer!! From racerxonline.com.

Katherine Prumm Suffers Back Injury

Nov 15 2008 1:27PM

Double Women’s World Cup winner Katherine Prumm will undergo surgery in the coming days after a practice crash in her native New Zealand left the 20 year old with several broken vertebrae.

The YZ250F rider, who led the 2008 FIM Women’s World Championship before her season was curtailed by a broken collarbone, over-jumped a triple step-down and in the ensuing tumble caused damage to her spine with the T6, T9 and T12 most affected.

Prumm who was training in preparation for attempts at the 2009 title as well as national success both in New Zealand and Australia was naturally shell-shocked with the injury set-back. Until the exact date and nature of surgery is known the duration and form of rehabilitation is difficult to determine.

A further update will be issued next week.

**NZsarge** · 17th November 2008, 08:49

Holly shite, very serious!
Hope the surgery goes well and her road to recovery is swift.

**Goblin** · 17th November 2008, 08:53

Oh no! That's terrible news. Wish Katherine all the very best for a full and speedy recovery.

**scott411** · 17th November 2008, 09:05

you guys are late, kb had it on friday

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=86233

she had surgery yesterday (5 hours worth) all went well but it will be a long recovery,

**NZsarge** · 17th November 2008, 09:06

Originally Posted by scott411

you guys are late, kb had it on friday

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=86233

she had surgery yesterday (5 hours worth) all went well but it will be a long recovery,

Cheers....

**fergie** · 17th November 2008, 13:55

Real bad luck for someone who has had a crappy year already!.here's hoping she makes a speedy recovery.

**Marknz** · 17th November 2008, 17:54

A late report on TV One news tonight (Mon 17th) suggests Katherine Prumm has been seriously injured in a training accident and is in North Shore Hospital.

Hope this is not the case, she is a very talented motocrosser.

EDIT: Just found this link http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4763556a13275.html is probably already on KB somewhere. If so, grateful if a mod can merge or delete this one.

**noobi** · 19th November 2008, 17:52

there was an interview on the news just now
she was walking unaided, which seems impressive considering
although she is wearing a big brace around her torso
she seems in very good spirits
just thought id put this up here

**Danger** · 19th November 2008, 18:00

Apparantly she was on the news last night as well. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

**noobi** · 19th November 2008, 18:21

Originally Posted by Danger

Apparantly she was on the news last night as well. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

she wasnt, there was an article about her and her crash on last night, it had her mother talking about it and Ethan Martens about being there when it happened
but she was to "groggy" to talk to them

**telliman** · 19th November 2008, 19:50

man thats so sad, i hope she heals enough to live a good life at the very least.
who cares abt being able to ride competetivly(thats a sad attempt at spelling) again as long as she can walk!!
wat an experience for ethan to go through as well, good luck to them both!

**green machine** · 19th November 2008, 19:58

Have a look at TVNZ's website there is an interview with her......and a news story about it.The poor girl has had a crap year alright

**Reckless** · 19th November 2008, 21:26

Originally Posted by telliman

man thats so sad, i hope she heals enough to live a good life at the very least.
who cares abt being able to ride competitivly(that's a sad attempt at spelling) again as long as she can walk!!
what an experience for Ethan to go through as well, good luck to them both!

+1 Telli-- Well said!

P.S. Down load the google toolbar Telli it has a spell checker, I use it heaps!

**Conquiztador** · 19th November 2008, 21:37

Wishing her all the best!

She now has 3 vertabrais that are fused to others. Not sure if they will de-fuse them sometime in the future when they have healed. If not, then her mobility/flexibility will be very limited.