# Has anyone gotten injured by yoyoing? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219 "2014-02-28T00:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyoguy1234321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@yoyoguy1234321](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoguy1234321)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/1 "2014-02-28T00:38:47Z")
It doesn’t have to be a broken bone or anything. ---
**Author:** ![lopenator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lopenator/32/1494_2.png) [@lopenator](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/lopenator)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/2 "2014-02-28T00:42:14Z")
Yes. Haha One time I was doing a bind and (not to my knowledge) there was a knot in the strong. I went and threw my second throw doing a breakaway, and BAM. The yoyo-went a half foot down the string and gashed me in the chin. Open gash. I still have it. I did this yesterday haha. I need a helmet for this hobby. Not to mention its a metal yo. I’m sure plenty of people have gotten injured haha. Extreme! ---
**Author:** ![Nathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nathan/32/191605_2.png) [@Nathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nathan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/3 "2014-02-28T00:42:34Z")
Worst from a medical perspective was splitting my temple open when I didn’t realize a yo-yo was snagged. Most painful was getting hit in the groin. ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/4 "2014-02-28T00:48:52Z")
Has anyone every gotten injured from yoyoing? I’m up to… One split chin One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) Six black eyes One dislocated patella (on stage) Three split eyebrows One bruised retina (the most painful by far) Countless bruised/split knuckles 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. I think that covers most of it. ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/5 "2014-02-28T01:03:30Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > I’m up to… > > One split chin > One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) > Six black eyes > One dislocated patella (on stage) > Three split eyebrows > One bruised retina (the most painful by far) > Countless bruised/split knuckles > 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. > > I think that covers most of it. Are we still talking about yoyoing or have we moved onto kick boxing? Yuki ---
**Author:** ![abby1371](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abby1371/32/1075_2.png) [@abby1371](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/abby1371)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/6 "2014-02-28T01:09:34Z")
I have smashed my knuckles several times I hit my self on the head However the only mark I have had was when I was doing an Eli hop and it hit the bridge of my nose didn’t feel a thing but there was a mark on my nose for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Yoyo_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/7 "2014-02-28T01:42:06Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > Has anyone every gotten injured from yoyoing? > > I’m up to… > > One split chin > One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) > Six black eyes > One dislocated patella (on stage) > Three split eyebrows > One bruised retina (the most painful by far) > Countless bruised/split knuckles > 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. > > I think that covers most of it. How long have you been yoyoing…so many injuries I’ve had a yoyo hit the side of my nose and started bleeding Upper lip bruise, it was puffed Hit in the head Smashed knuckles And people still prefer metals… ---
**Author:** ![Elluzion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elluzion/32/1269_2.png) [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/8 "2014-02-28T01:44:00Z")
I get boing-e-boing’d in the groin all day long ---
**Author:** ![Casey888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Casey888](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Casey888)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/10 "2014-02-28T01:54:18Z")
> [@The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](#): > > How long have you been yoyoing…so many injuries > > I’ve had a yoyo hit the side of my nose and started bleeding > Upper lip bruise, it was puffed > Hit in the head > Smashed knuckles > > And people still prefer metals… its because 5a XD ---
**Author:** ![The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Yoyo_Nerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/11 "2014-02-28T02:19:39Z")
> [@kclejeune](#): > > its because 5a XD I know , I’ve seen his preformance, but still ---
**Author:** ![xiaoxiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/85e7bf/32.png) [@xiaoxiao](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/xiaoxiao)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/12 "2014-02-28T03:09:57Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > Has anyone every gotten injured from yoyoing? > > I’m up to… > > One split chin > One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) > Six black eyes > One dislocated patella (on stage) > Three split eyebrows > One bruised retina (the most painful by far) > Countless bruised/split knuckles > 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. > > I think that covers most of it. If you don’t mind me asking, what performance? :? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Yoinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/the_yoinator/32/1140_2.png) [@The\_Yoinator](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/The_Yoinator)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/13 "2014-02-28T03:10:37Z")
I have a scar just next to my left eyebrow from my Electric Flash, I also have another scar on the other side from my speed dial ---
**Author:** ![yoyospirit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyospirit/32/219875_2.png) [@yoyospirit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyospirit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/14 "2014-02-28T03:34:51Z")
I nailed a kid in the head doing a breakaway, but that may or may not have been an accident… ---
**Author:** ![WretchedRapture](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/wretchedrapture/32/1124_2.png) [@WretchedRapture](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/WretchedRapture)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/15 "2014-02-28T03:38:38Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > Has anyone every gotten injured from yoyoing? > > I’m up to… > > One split chin > One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) > Six black eyes > One dislocated patella (on stage) > Three split eyebrows > One bruised retina (the most painful by far) > Countless bruised/split knuckles > 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. > > I think that covers most of it. Geesh. This is what it takes to be a professional, huh? \>.\<’ ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/16 "2014-02-28T03:44:22Z")
Well, speak of the devil I just over powered a hop doing offstring leg orbits and hit myself in the mouth with a Fiesta XX. Big gash and bruise on my lip. That sucker is heavy! Yuki ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/17 "2014-02-28T03:46:01Z")
> [@The\_Yoyo\_Nerd](#): > > How long have you been yoyoing…so many injuries About six years now. Go high risk or go home, I guess. > [@xiaoxiao](#): > > If you don’t mind me asking, what performance? :? It was a talent show rehearsal about four years ago performed in front of a small crowd. Needless to say, it was an awkward 45 minutes laying on stage waiting for the ambulance to show up. ---
**Author:** ![klown702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@klown702](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/klown702)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/18 "2014-02-28T05:13:18Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > Has anyone every gotten injured from yoyoing? > > I’m up to… > > One split chin > One chipped tooth (you should see the other guy) > Six black eyes > One dislocated patella (on stage) > Three split eyebrows > One bruised retina (the most painful by far) > Countless bruised/split knuckles > 30+ broken light bulbs and all of the glass-in-foot that comes with them. > > I think that covers most of it. wow that’s dedication. I hit my self in the forhead last week. not hard enough to hurt my self but almost. ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/19 "2014-02-28T13:22:48Z")
Various cases of string burn, some bad enough to leave a mark on my hand for several days. Hit myself in the lip, which has happened to everybody I guess Hit my knuckles a lot, but you get used to it. Hit myself In the jaw, temple, cheek, and forehead. All left some kind of bruise but nothing major 😃 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Beau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/d_beau/32/694_2.png) [@D\_Beau](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/D_Beau)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/20 "2014-02-28T20:35:03Z")
Am I just completely making this up, or wasn’t there a guy who broke his leg during a contest? Just a freak thing from stepping wrong or something. I vaguely remember seeing a video of it. He was a young Asian guy. ---
**Author:** ![jbritter3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jbritter3/32/1265_2.png) [@jbritter3](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jbritter3)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219/21 "2014-02-28T22:53:41Z")
I gave myself a black eye back when I started to learn to bind. I couldn’t bind with the full size bearing of my dark magic so I binded with the half bearing after a hard sleeper… Most painful black eye I’ve ever had. At school I made up stories just to be funny and by the time I got to it was a yoyo they didn’t believe that either lol. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-injured-by-yoyoing/64219.md?page=2)