lelos12345 said...
got stuck in my straps at a good speed twisted my knee as i got thrown over the front
hurt like hell been off it for 5 weeks ice pain killers and all
does anyone have any tips on getting it strong again ... im sure i'm not the first guy or girl to do this
any help would be taken on board as i miss my sailing
cheers leo
Wow, still got pain...and I share it,
Three weks ago, snapped a fin at over 30knts...and the resulting wipe out was big, sudden and painfull. I have a severe grade two medial cruciant ligament injury.
Got another week of the water....I hope
This is what I did
I sat down and though very carefully about how I fell and researched what I thought I had (remember you know what happened personally). I had some bruises on arms, and facial marks from the board that helped me put it together..
I got opinions from TWO physio's who are specialist in the bio-mechanics of the body and joint injury. (not all physio's are good in all areas of the body).
(Pay the extra to see a bio-mechanic psecialist in the knee area...for ideas as to finding them, find someone who plays rugby or snow ski's heaps and they will know
)
I also paid very high important to supplimentation of the body during the healing process (as should be done daily anyway as food today is hollow in nutrition). Not just eating well, as this is done anyway, but increased my nutrition in forms of vitamin and mineral intake, EFA's, increase protien intake (suppliment) and HGH stimulation (no not injecting or taking illegals).
Pay attention to the exercises given to you by the physio. As simple and easy as they are at times, do not overlook doing them as directed to increase the strength in area to support the strain so as to enable the injury to heal
Bottom line, if you still have pain, then the injury is still there. Pain is the symtom, make sure the physio is treating the injury not the pain
Find another physio, who is a specialist in the area of knees. Getting a MRI is GREAT advice.
One thing that has really helped me is full leg brace, ankle to hip. This has allowed the MCL to rest and repair and the leg brace is taking any side load.... get a brace if need and pay for a good one!!!
Having had my fair shair of injury from extreme sport and my proffessional sport career, I cannot stress the importance of quality advice.
cheers
Climber
