making movie

[andy0417]

I am making a movie, in which, a charcter is hit in both Knees with a bat and will be in a wheel chair for the rest of the film. I need some help from the viewers on this. I need to know to what extent on the injury must happen to leave him in a wheelchair, as well as, what mobility is allowed with this injury (bending). please post a response, or email me at Andy041787@yahoo.com

[souljah]

What time frame is it till the end of the film? The reason I'm asking is because I don't think a bat to the knees wouldn't do permanent damamge, unless the joints were turned to pulp, which would mean repeated beating and absolutely no mobility.

If the time from the injury (a good hefty crack to the knees, that means I want to hear a snap, crackle and pop in the movie :D ) till the end of the film is about a couple of weeks to maybe 2 months, then I think it's plausable that the character would be wheelchair bound for that time.

As for mobility, I'm not sure. It'll depend on how severe the damage is.

My friend dislocated his knee and ended up with a hip to foot cast for 6 weeks, so no mobility there. He was still on crutches for few weeks after the cast was taken off.

I hope this helps and good luck with the movie.

[Old Warrior]

I have doubt about this being a serious inquiry - but I will treat it as such. A modest crash on my motorcycle (at less that 30 MPH), where my knee hit the pavement as I put the bike down to avoid a car, resulted in a torn acl, mcl and meniscus. For 6 weeks I was in a full leg brace without which; I could not walk. If the same damage was done to both knees I would have been in a wheelchair for at least that period. The accident ended my epee career, but opened me to the world of kendo - for which I am quite grateful.

[andy0417]

the film takes place 10 yrs after the injury, in which he is perminently in a wheelchair. I have been doing research on this topic for about a week now, and I found people who have had 1/2their knee cap removed and are fine, If, the knee was hit enough times, would it be possible for him to be in a wheelchair 10 yrs later, please reply

[andy0417]

when your say no mobility, would i be able to sit in a wheel chair with my knee bent?

[litige]

Are you making a movie? or just want info, if you will be able to walk because soon you will get your legs broken by some guys?....Or maybe...you will break some legs!

[litige]

if its for the movie, "hit" him in the lower back many times, he will get paralyzed and his legs won't work.

[Will]

I don't know why you're asking a kendo forum for this information. Kendo, you see, is the Japanese fencing. If you're serious about making a film about someone on a wheelchair and you're willing to put a weeks worth of time researching this topic alone, why not go to a medical forum. Or maybe an physical therapy forum, or email a physical therapist or something.

The knowledge of the severity the injury must be will only be given in terms of personal experience, not kendo experience.

[Will]

The knowledge of the severity the injury must be will only be given in terms of personal experience, not kendo experience.

Uh yeah, I'm on crack. The last sentence "The knowledge of how severe the injury will be can only be given from personal experience, and not kendo experience."

[Yowai]

Why don't you try the bat to the knee experiment on yourself?

[andy0417]

I don't know why you're asking a kendo forum for this information. Kendo, you see, is the Japanese fencing. If you're serious about making a film about someone on a wheelchair and you're willing to put a weeks worth of time researching this topic alone, why not go to a medical forum. Or maybe an physical therapy forum, or email a physical therapist or something.

The knowledge of the severity the injury must be will only be given in terms of personal experience, not kendo experience.
i searched on google and this site pooped up, i posed it without really look into the site

[ALI G]

Why don't you try the bat to the knee experiment on yourself?

I heardz youz likez 2 workz on yerselfz....

[Bear]

I agree to the bat to the back...definite lack of lower body movment.
But since your making a movie and I am in the same dept. here's an idea..

Bat to the head and you will have a character that not only is in a wheelchair but doesn't have any lines = You don't have to pay him as much!
:evil:

[Sir Percy]

I am making a movie, in which, a charcter is hit in both Knees with a bat and will be in a wheel chair for the rest of the film. I need some help from the viewers on this. I need to know to what extent on the injury must happen to leave him in a wheelchair, as well as, what mobility is allowed with this injury (bending). please post a response, or email me at Andy041787@yahoo.com

Should be able to find a number of old episodes of Ironsides starring Raymond Burr on the old movie/series channel.

[Koushinkuma]

You may want to think not about the injury itself so much as the complications. An injury that is not set correctly or in time may heal wrong, leading to disability. Furthermore, bad injuries can lead to arthritis over time, especially in middle age to older individuals, especially if it is a joint that you continually have to use. A minor knee injury can turn into debilitating arthritis over say 20 years. Ask any old football player. So the character could have a backstory like, "my knees were pulped, the doctors did what they could but they never healed right." A lot of it will have to do with how old the character is IMHO, though if he is a kid or something when his knees are demolished you could say they didn't grow right or something. If the patella was shattered into a bazillion pieces by repeated striking that might be plausible.

You might look at a sport trainers or occupational therapy site tho, or maybe ask a doctor who specializes in this...we deal with slicing, not busting stuff up.

[isi]

I have doubt about this being a serious inquiry - but I will treat it as such. A modest crash on my motorcycle (at less that 30 MPH), where my knee hit the pavement as I put the bike down to avoid a car, resulted in a torn acl, mcl and meniscus. For 6 weeks I was in a full leg brace without which; I could not walk. If the same damage was done to both knees I would have been in a wheelchair for at least that period. The accident ended my epee career, but opened me to the world of kendo - for which I am quite grateful.
But are you still riding motorcycles?