Injuries

Re: Tennis elbow for it to heal you need to have more healing than damage! So you either prevent further damage (strap) or premote healing (by encouraging blood flow) or if you can afford the time/money both!

Re: Cortisone injections I would really not like to get into this discussion, apart from the say in most circumstances I am very much against them.

I spend two thirds my sailing time singlehanded trapeze helming and one third hiking (still helming).

In my experience, helming a boat with trapeze crew is marginally the easiest on my knees - not too much hiking needed!

Second easiest is the trapeze helming - not too bad at all -unless I do something daft.

Worst for my knees by far is hard hiking in anything but especially in a singlehander as theres no way to take a short rest. Straight legging helps, but being human, I can only keep that up for so long and eventually need to shuffle and change position. The next day I can hardly walk sometimes. Can't wait for 5 days x 3 races a day in RS200 at Garda!

So if you're singlehanding - get a trapeze is my advice. Doublehanded get a trapeze crewed boat or if hiking boat get a very, very fit crew so that you can sneak the odd breather!

As far as injuries go, best I know of was a dislocated knee at the Fireball worlds a few years ago. The guy was in a lot of pain  but on arrival at hospital still refused to let them cut the wetsuit off him - hero or just tight?