Exercise is harmful

[G-Daddy]

Is there a forum yet to document the collective pain and suffering chasing the wind has caused us? All this stuff about 'healthy pursuit of sport'.... What about the less healthy elements like blowing apart body part X while attempting Y.

How did you hurt yourself (Kiting? Windsurf? Fall off an SUP? Tripped in the campground?, Fell off the truck unloading gear? MVA en route to the beach). How did you recover? What did you learn from the experience? What would you do differently? Injuries can be windsport related in any way...

If we're not careful this might eventually be a very long thread...hopefully not too long, stay safe out there.

[G-Daddy]

Two weeks post blowing my foot apart...[/url]

[KUS]

there IS a thread on this will look for it....

just saw my Xray of my femoral periostial hematoma sticking out 1/2 inch, still out for a while, fun stuff

[G-Daddy]

Two weeks post blowing my foot apart... A lisfranc fracture/dislocation of my midfoot. Basically a seperation of your forefoot from your midfoot along the metatarsals. Bunch of small fractures involved but it's mostly a ligamentous thing. Very bad injury. Blows apart the arch in your foot. Commonly associated with WS because of the footstraps and associated leverage which can occur in the area. This is one of a few things that can happen if you go backwards while board and rig go forwards and your feet are buried deep in the straps. Mine was very atypical... feet actually popped out of the straps after a jump, holding boom got thrown forward over nose of board after it hit the water, and my foot hit the rail of the board as I passed over it at high speed.

Very long recovery from this injury. Hopefully see you all at the beach next year, but I'm done for the season.

[G-Daddy]

oops, double post... is it possible to edit the thread? Or I can just add this to the other one.

G

[KUS]

could add the works to this

http://www.bigwavedave.ca/phpBB2/viewto ... 5&start=15

[Sandy Beach]

I remember that bloody Gordon's day well five years ago, Kus. Always pushing your limits ;)

G-Daddy, you seem to be healing fast.

Play safe out there!

[windsurf247]

That sucks Gene. Maybe its time to invest in a small dinghy or cat. Good family adventures, easy on the foot and you still get to play in the wind.
Also, I expect your repertoire of tunes to be exceptional by next summer
Take care.