Injured!

Snowboard bums who ride hard know they're going to sustain injuries. It's pretty much inevitable. The best you can do is to take calculated risks, and hope that your falls and collisions don't prevent you from getting back out on the slopes. Four days ago I was snowboarding at the Remarkables when I took a nasty fall. I had tried to boardslide a wooden log in the new terrain park, and metal edges have a tendency to dig into wood. I fell from a height of about ten feet whilst traveling forward at ~15mph. Stick those digits into a physics equation, and you'll see that I landed with a fair bit of force onto my right arm. The initial prognosis from the ski resort doctor was "torn rotator cuff", which was later confirmed by a physical therapist. I cannot lift my arm much higher than 3 inches, and attempting such movements is very painful. Luckily for me, New Zealand provides free healthcare for accident victims. It doesn't matter where you're from, and you don't need insurance! Consequently I have been going to PT sessions to get back on the road to recovery. I go through a routine of exercises, and the physio uses some fancy machines to help fix my muscles; one shoots low-frequency electro-magnetic radiation, and the other zaps impulses between electrodes taped to 4 spots on my shoulder. Thank you New Zealand and ACC for taking care of me.