Well, an arvo of fun filled waterskiing turned into an arvo of pain and disappointment - after runs on the wakeboard and single ski it was almost time to call it a day....came off on the single, decided to have one more run and whilst trying to get back up I felt my hamstring pop.
Dang, off to hospital to have it assessed - now stuck on the couch icing it up and hoping it is not as bad as it feels!
It is between a grade 2 and 3 (ie. worse than a 2, but not a total rupture)....crutches for a few days but more importantly no surfing for a while - that is going to kill me.
Anyone out there with hammy injuries that have healed quickly? I need some encouragement 🙂
Yikes! I feel for ya man!
Not a ham but I did my knee in playing indoor soccer and I was limping like a cripple and in pain for months! Need a reconst. surgery now...but i have too much going on and can't be off my feet so that can wait. NO MORE SPORT or ACTIVITIES for me.
It will get better before you know it Das....just take it easy for a few days.
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What you have is a ligament injury which will take a long time to heal, because there is very little blood supply to a ligament such as a ham string.
I recently dislocated my left knee when walking the dog. She took off to bark at a dog through a fence and I pulled her back on the leash awkwardly and POP!!! That was 3 months ago and I am now walking with great care and attention to detail. I can walk and stand up all day, but my knee protests much earlier than it would have if I had not dislocated it. I doubt if I will ever run again. The chances that the torn ligaments will ever completely repair themselves are very slim.
All medical advice that I have received is that it can happen again and much easier every subsequent time.
With luck I will not need any surgery.
I suggest that you take it easy for a very long time or it will not repair itself well or it will happen again. Work the injury, but don't strain it. Favour the injured ankle, but don't limp unless you must. Try as much as possible to walk evenly to reduce the likelihood of developing a permanent limp.
Double all estimates of repair time that you are given. If, for example, your doctor says that you will be able to ski in 3 months, the don't ski for 6 months.
Young indestructable footballers who have knee reconstructoin surgery and then go out to play in a few weeks may be OK now, but when they are old they will very likely be crippled.
I'm sorry to be such a wet blanket, but this is not something that will quickly heal up and go away. As of now you must take great care of yourself.
Good luck.
I dislocated my hip 4 months ago.. not cool, and hurt a lot.
Same blood supply issues with that, but mainly to the bone head of the femur. Outlook is ok, but its still sore occasionally now 4 months later.
Life goes on, back on the snowboard (once it eventually snows in NE USA) and on the wakeboard once i get back behind our boat.
I have to have MRI scans when home in march to make sure its all good with blood flow etc and the bone is healthy.. if not, into surgery i imagine. Too expensive to have anything scanned here. (like $5000+ as opposed to $125 in Melbourne). I never realised how amazing our health system really is until coming to the US.
All the best with getting healed and back on the board.
[ Edited on 10-1-2007 by xornge666x ]
i feel your pain.
last year i tore my quad. thought it was healing well and played a light game of hockey ofter 5weeks off, only to re tear the original quad but also the other that was must have been working over time. now have this nice dimple at hte top of my leg.
take the time to research the next project...
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shaihulud wrote:What you have is a ligament injury which will take a long time to heal, because there is very little blood supply to a ligament such as a ham string.
No probs about being a wet blanket - fortunately it is an injury of the musculo-tendinous junction (not the ligament itself) therefore the blood supply to the muscle belly and surrounding fibres is much greater than say your hip or knee ligaments.
Having studied Exercise Physiology (inc anatomy etc) helps keep things into perspective as you always realise it could have been worse. Like a few of you have mentioned, damaging joint ligaments (eg. posterior cruiciate in the knee) would have been much more concerning!
Hopefully someone out there has a positive story about recovering sooner than expected?
😢I feel your pain Alan....rest up, and don't rush it back.
I tore a hammy at cricket many years ago, and since then I've strained it a couple more times. I think it's something to do with age. I tried to go back after a couple of weeks, but it went again. It's something you can't rush - ask Shane Watson.
Also dislocated my right knee cap in the late 80's at cricket - was unbearable. They morphened me up, had two docs holding my shoulders, one my thigh, another my lower leg, whilst one doc then put pressure to pop the knee cap back around. That put me out for the season due to all the muscle damage and tearing. The funny part was (well looking back on it) was when I was lying on the ground when it first went, they took my pads off to have a look up under my trousers at my knee, and to hear all the groans and words of "don't look up there" was pretty funny.
bugger that sucks oh well mate as has been said take your time and hope you get back to working on the dub soon. this would be a perfect opportunity to do some of the fiddle intricate work on small parts at a table
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Hmmmm.............. a young'n i invited from work to play Over 35 Summer Soccer did his in the 3rd round. That was at the middle of November. Tried to come back for the game befor Christmas - but 🙅
Hopefully be ready for the restart on the 18th Jan.
Did a side ligament in my knee 2yrs ago in soccer - took about 3mths before i wass back.
All cool now.
All to do with stretching and regular work out.
Good luck
Futue te ipsum!!!
I've never done anything like that (not even broken a bone) so I have no quick-heal stories unfortunately.
Maybe you'lll be the one to heal quickly to have that story for other people? :P
HOPE IT HEALS QUICK! 😁
I had a similar injury many years ago from a nice down hill MB stack. My advice is chat to a physio and when the time comes get the interferential, do your painful stretching excercises and eventually increase your core stability with strength training. I'm sure you know the drill but if not fire me an email and I'll pass it onto my wife who is a physio, my right knee is about 97% 🙂
Pretty_Blue_Bug wrote:I've never done anything like that (not even broken a bone) so I have no quick-heal stories unfortunately.
Maybe you'lll be the one to heal quickly to have that story for other people? :P
HOPE IT HEALS QUICK! 😁
haha.. i remember when that was the case. was only up until about 5yrs ago. i had never broken anything or damaged anything badly. i had this strange ability to jsut be able to bounce.
bounced of moving cars, jumping off busses, bridges that were surely too high, jumps at the snow and one several on the bmx that scared many, plus a motorbike high side at 100klmh...
then one hockey game i got cracked across the thumb knuckle and it broke! i dont know what messages that has sent thru my body, but from that day forth my ability to bounce had slowly started to deminished.
since then i have cracked a colar bone, torn my quad/s, busted my nose twice (once kinda of embarissing as it involved a glass payne door), cracked a rib, twisted ankle.
it seemed that after every snow trip i had some injury that i would otherwise never usually gotten.
but hte bounce is returning... i can feel it.
lets hope das, that you are not ont he same destruct path that i once was.
Simply Cruzin'...
Getting older = slower healing and less bounce factor.
I have been lobbing myself off motorcycles and mountain bikes for years and at 37 dont bounce anymore. My last one ( I bent my humerus, didnt break but so sore for six weeks, mega bruising and trail rash ++++) left me groaning on the ground.
My $0,02c (inc GST) is to get a good relationship with a good physio or sports medicine centre. Go regularly ( mine says not to come back for xx weeks rather than every week to $$ his coffers) and do the horrible painful stretches regularly. As you get older the stretches help more an more. You will notice cold weather ( if we ever have and in qld) and may get cramps @ night ( a whole new world of pain).
As others have said, try to recover fast = quick re-injury.
Footballers have hyperbaric, magnetic + radio Rx as well as mega supplements, muntiple daily physio and massage and still end up crippled. Once you lose your mobility you end up stuffed. (take it from me with 20 yrs of nursing) so be active to a ripe old age....
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This is turning into an interesting thread about repair time and its relationship to age.
When I was 19 I nearly broke my back in the second row of a rugby scrum. I never played any team game sport after that, but the damage was done. I had no hint of trouble until I was 50, when my back popped out and I now have trouble at the L4/L5 lumbar joint, that needs chiropractic to keep me mobile. The mearest twist under load can imobilise me for days.
When I was young I repaired quickly, now things take a lot of time.
There is and old saying, "You know when you are old, when you are afraid to jump."
What with my recently dislocated knee and long standing back injury, I am now very afraid to jump from any height.
I'm only 63. That's not old.
My advice to those of you who think that you are indestructable is this. You are not. Always keep in mind what life will be like when you get old. If you get an injury, seriously consider not doing what caused it again or you can regret it when you are old and all that takes is time.
I think a major contributing factor to the tear was inflexibility - I was a runner (100 and 200m) for many years and had great flexibility but then I stopped and the fascia between the muscles tightened up along with the muscles themselves. I've been "meaning to" get into some flexibility routine for ages but always procrastinate - I guess this was the impetus I needed.
I'm in no hurry to get back into water skiing, but would hate to be out of the surf for too long. Fortunately I have friends close by who are physios/OTs so they will help get it sorted (treatment has already started).
I am just hoping advances in medical science will enable them to consistently and effectively regrow cartilage soon - my knee has already had a big clean out (arthroscopy) so I am just waiting for the arthritis to kick in.....ahhh getting older, lots of fun hey.
Hey Alan, i did a grade 2 doing exactly the same thing a few years ago, rest up fella! I know your pain!
Dasdubber wrote:I think a major contributing factor to the tear was inflexibility - I was a runner (100 and 200m) for many years and had great flexibility but then I stopped and the fascia between the muscles tightened up along with the muscles themselves. I've been "meaning to" get into some flexibility routine for ages but always procrastinate - I guess this was the impetus I needed.
Yeah stretching is your best friend, although I tend only to do it when I get a particular tight spot or a niggle, but it is something we all should be doing (sports people or not) I've got 3 year old twins and would kill for their flexiblity.
Best of luck with the healing process, but be patient.
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