Bones and joints work together to keep us moving. During Bone and Joint Week, look after your musculoskeletal health by staying active. Simple posture exercises can help support your spine, reduce strain and improve balance. Aim to do them 2โ3 times a week for healthier bones and joints.
Doctors reattached Rick Allenโs arm the night of the crash. Four days later, they had to amputate it. The infection had already won.
He was 21, the drummer of Def Leppard, and one of the biggest bands in the world was halfway through its next album. On New Yearโs Eve 1984 he lost control of his Corvette near Sheffield. The seatbelt came undone, threw him through the sunroof, and severed his left arm.
A drummer with one arm. The label was waiting. The record was unfinished. His bandmates came to the hospital and told him they were not looking for anyone else. They were waiting for him.
Six weeks later he was behind a kit again. His right hand played the drums. His feet took over what his left arm used to do, triggered through a custom electronic pedal system. What once took two arms now took one arm, two feet, and a year of rebuilding.
In August 1986 he played in front of tens of thousands at Castle Donington. In 1987 Def Leppard released Hysteria. It hit No. 1 in the US and the UK, spun off seven hit singles, and sold more than 20 million copies.
Rick Allen played on every track.
With one arm.
Nobody could give him his old life back. So he built another way to play.
Sometimes the way you have always done something is not the only way.