Ian Trettel Injury Update
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 | 12:20 PM
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PrintATLANTA – Ian Trettel ,19, of Silver Springs, Fla., was transferred this weekend from Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., to Shepherd Center in Atlanta to begin his rehabilitation and recovery process. Ian sustained a brain injury during a practice session at the Daytona Super-cross on March 5, 2011. Ian was admitted to Shepherd Center’s Acquired Brain Injury Unit for evaluation, care and observation. After doctors at Shepherd Center determined an appropriate treatment plan for Ian, he began a rehabilitation program under the guidance of a full team of medical and rehabilitation specialists.
Shepherd is a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital, specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitationfor people with spinal cord injury and brain injury. Founded in, a private, not-for-profit hospital, is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in the nation.
Medical and rehabilitative teams at Shepherd Center typically include the following: an attending physician, nurse, occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech language pathologist, recreation therapist, peer support specialist, nutritionist and psychologist.
The family wants everyone to know that Ian is doing very well and that they continue to be extremely optimistic that he will make a full recovery.
The family is appreciative to Ian’s friends and friends of the family, and to the moto-cross community for its outpouring of support, but requests privacy during Ian's recovery and rehabilitation. Cards and letters are welcome.
Various fundraising activities are taking place across the country to help offset medical and rehabilitation costs. TheRoad 2 Recovery Foundation has set up a fund on behalf of Ian to help with the management of fundraising activities. For more information on Road 2 Recovery and upcoming events, visit www.road2recovery.com or contact Anita Button at 480-276-1131.
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Get Well Ian.
We all are pulling for and hoping for a full recovery for Ian. Motocrossers have a great work ethic and it will help Ian through this. All he best.....pb
Please come support Ian on April 23, 2011 at Pala Raceway.. All the top supercross riders will be there.... It will be one big family coming together for one of their own.
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IT77 We are all pulling for you !!! You will overcome this !!!!
Get Well Ian, My Family Prayers are with you!!
Huge fan of this young man
Keep on fighting, it's what moto crossers are made for !
Saw Ian putting in some practice laps on both the main and the supercross tracks at Milestone a few weeks prior to his injury. Was a pleasure to watch him...... I'm looking forward to the day when I can once again watch Ian put his skills to work, I'm thinking it might be sooner than we all think! Hoping for the speedest of recoveries Ian........ Good Luck!
I suffered a severe brain trauma back on June 20, 2010. Hit the back of my head so hard it damaged my optic nerve, 3rd cranial nerve and my brain stem was bleeding. I'm 42 years old and people I do not know can't tell at all that I have cognitive deficiencies. Ian is a young man so his recovery will probably be better than mine. I still have a ways to go though. I'm not trying to steal his thunder, I'm just hoping he'll read this and it gives him a better outlook on things to come. Get well Ian, praying for you.
@ JNickell ,,, hi,, your not alone,, last April 11th I basiclly did the same thing,,, life flight,, life support,,, medical induced coma,, etc,,, I hope these posts help Ian's family to know that they are not alone,, and he can still achieve great things in life in time. The best thing they can do for him is to continue to be a great family and support group. Just like mine was and continues to be,
How many racers have to continue be broken & maimed before the AMA starts to take a non-convoluted look at these extreme track designs. There is absolutely no reason that more safety and less "extreme" for the sake of pleasing the crowd can not be looked at to serve a definitive solution to saving this professionals lives and at the very least from devastating injuries. Just sitting here in my office tonight and off the top of my head, like so many of you could do, I could name at least 25 fan favorites who have ended up like Ian, who BTW, lives in my home town in Marion County. And, take this into consideration. These pseudo-ex-pros who designed these track can't have a better foresight in preventing what hoses even the best...when they're at their best?
My wife Lisa and I send our best wishes to you Ian! Get well soon!
Stay strong Dude!
@ jeff 373... Good to know you are doing well dude. Jump on ronronmx.com. I'd like to trade private messages regarding our head trauma. Username: jnickell I think it'd be good for us both. Oh, and Ian, you may feel like you are in another world right now, but I'm here to tell you it will slowly make a comeback. Keep your attitude positive, negativity will only make you feel crappy and that doesn't fix things any faster.
Here is the reality about track designs. The fans want big jumps and excitement that is why they pay the big bucks. It is a dangerous sport like all racing but we all have a choice to compete or watch. Look at Carmichael he had a long and glorious career going faster then anyone with minimal injuries. So it is mostly luck and good judgement that keeps you injury free.