Schwarzenegger Breaks Leg In Ski Accident

(AP)  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke his leg while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho, a spokesman said.

Schwarzenegger, 59, was taken to a local hospital for X-rays after the Saturday morning accident and was soon discharged with a fracture to his right femur, said Adam Mendelsohn, the governor's Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications.

Schwarzenegger would have surgery to repair his femur when he returns to Los Angeles from his scheduled holiday trip, Mendelsohn said. The governor was resting at his Sun Valley home Saturday night and still planned to spend Christmas there.

No one else was involved in the skiing accident, Mendelsohn said.

The fracture was the second medical problem suffered by the governor in just over a year. He spent several hours at a University of California, Davis, hospital last December with a rapid heartbeat after coming down with a stomach flu.

The Sun Valley Resort, a favorite skiing destination for celebrities, includes a short ski trail named "Arnold's Run" after Schwarzenegger. The trail is categorized as a black diamond, or most difficult, for its challenging terrain.

The name and level of difficulty of the trail the governor was skiing when his accident occurred were not released.

[hermit22]

How many of these guys with broken bones skipped drinking their milk when they were kids?

[godofredo29]

Arnold is 58. I'm a 55 year-old former powerlifter who still lifts weights. I have osteoporosis. I found it out when I was just resting my weight on my ribcage on the side of my bathtub and a rib broke. It's called a fragility fracture. My neighbor my same age broke his heel mowing his lawn. My uncle broke four ribs water skiing. Face it guys. There's something they don't tell us at the doctor's office. I will tell you the solution to osteoporosis for men: testosterone replacement therapy, calcitonin (NOT Fosamax) and calcium suplements. And, of course, weight bearing exercise.

[kerimparrot]

It would not have happened if he had been in California

[vancouverboo]

Please note that it's not true that steroids produce reduced bone mass.

[cbtbcd12]

MERRY CHRISTMAS...To any Yahoo troll who happens to find this

[elgraz]

I said Merry Christmas to All..........print it oh Godless CBS.

[elgraz]

Merry to All and to All a Good night !!!!!!!!!!!!

[elgraz]

That's the way it goes Arnold. At least you have great medical insurance. I have none at 68 years old.

[elgraz]

I'm so confused..............Arnold who ??? Bush who ???

[randalds]

Makes one wonder what kind of movie actor Bush would have been?
Get well soon Mr. Schwarzenegger.

Posted by jn122736 at 02:04 PM : Dec 24, 2006

I could see him playing Hitler in the final days in the bunker. Little mustache, psychotic, paranoid, moving around troops on a map that don't exist, etc. He wouldn't even have to act, just be himself.