Hey everyone, Tom I completely understand where your coming from. Not so long ago I treated a Moto Cross rider with the classic signs, symptons and mechanism of injury for a Back injury, things went well. Patient was co-oporative and understood what was happening and it looked like it was going to be a pretty straight forward job. That is until the patients father arrived on scene. The One thing you must understand is that the parents of moto-cross riders have this annoying automatic reflex to pick up and dust of there children. Which of course isnt good, if the rider in question cant feel anything below his waiste and is complaining of searing back pain. I then contrasted that job to another job I went to a few weeks later. Pretty simple case of Pedestrian Vs Car. The patient was considerably younger and both he and the parents stayed remarkably calm. Now if you had asked me which case was more seriouse, I would say the Pedestrian Vs Car and yet the parents were so much calmer. Just goes to show.