{"id":19462,"date":"2015-08-14T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2015\/08\/14\/injury-update-matt-brammeier-back-home-after-crash-at-tour-of-utah-r3309\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T14:12:15","slug":"injury-update-matt-brammeier-back-home-after-crash-at-tour-of-utah-r3309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/injury-update-matt-brammeier-back-home-after-crash-at-tour-of-utah-r3309\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury-Update: Matt Brammeier back home after crash at Tour of Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Brammeier has returned home following his accident at the Tour of Utah. The Irishman sustained severe injuries in a collision with a race vehicle when descending from Guardsman Pass in Big Cottonwood Canyon. He was immediately transported to hospital by ambulance where he underwent several check-ups.<\/p>\n

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The injuries Matt sustained are significant, as he suffered fractures of the sacral and pelvic bones, as well as rib fractures on both sides, a bruised liver and fractured tooth. A small pneumothorax is resolved. Matt and the team want to thank the staff at the University of Utah Trauma centre who took great care of him. He is now back in Great Britain where he will undergo further treatment.<\/p>\n

At the moment it is not certain when he\u2019ll make his return. \u201cWe don\u2019t expect him back on a bike for at least the next 6 \u2013 8 weeks\u201d, says team doctor Jarrad van Zuydam, who\u2019s focus is on a full recovery to allow Matt a return to racing at the top level. The Irishman himself is already focussing on 2016: \u201cIt\u2019s looking like my season is well and truly over, so I\u2019m looking forward to return hungry in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n“Matt arrived home safely and is recovering well. He will be getting about on crutches for the next few weeks to allow his pelvic fractures to heal. His chest injuries are not as severe as was first feared and his pain is already far better. We don\u2019t expect him back on a bike for at least the next 6 \u2013 8 weeks but we are confident that he will make a full recovery and a return to racing at the top level.”
\nDr Jarrad van Zuydam \u2013 Team Doctor<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n
\n“The last days have been tough as you can imagine but I\u2019m starting to feel better already. I had some extraordinary care over in Salt Lake City and can\u2019t thank all of the staff at the University of Utah Trauma centre enough. I\u2019m still in a fair bit of pain, but over all, considering what I just hobbled away from I can\u2019t grumble for one second. I\u2019m just happy to be in one piece and to be back home with my family and Fianc\u00e9e and looking forward to starting my recovery process already. I\u2019ve had one of my most enjoyable years of my life this year with the team and I can\u2019t thank them enough for all they have done for me so far.”
\nMatt Brammeier \u2013 Rider<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Brammeier has returned home following his accident at the Tour of Utah. The Irishman sustained severe injuries in a collision with a race vehicle when descending from Guardsman Pass in Big Cottonwood Canyon. He was immediately transported to hospital by ambulance where he underwent several check-ups. The injuries Matt sustained are significant, as he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3667,3285,3668],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-19462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-matt-brammeier","tag-team-mtn-qhubeka-p-b-samsung","tag-tour-of-utah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19462"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=19462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}