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    Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 9:11pm

I'm getting concerned about the state of my knees from too much hiking as well - is this easily resolved through getting a trapeze boat?

Mine are stuffed from Skiing over the last 25 years (and crashing too much) and they hurt like hell in the winter.  Not hiked out for years, but after a long race (like say the East coast piers race) I can only just about walk!

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Post Options Post Options   Quote Black no sugar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 8:52pm

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  well my dad got hit on the back of the head while gybing and somone took him to hospital and the nurse said to him "was it a road traffic accident?" he was wearing wetsuit spray top etc  blonde women
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Post Options Post Options   Quote fizzicist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 8:35pm

My elbow currently resembles a cricket ball though - I suspect that the tennis ebow is probably just a bruise.

Knee-wise, after a particularly arduous race, my knees are sore and if I bend down to release the pressure, they sometimes lock completely and it's really hard to stand up straight - feels like they're going to explode. :(

I really love the 300 but it seems to be trying to hurt me at the moment.

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That's what i was wondering.........i've wrecked my knees from sailing and they burn and ache after every sail i have.  And i've had the tennis elbow thing.  From my experience and other people i've spoken to it never really goes away completely and once you've got it it will keep coming back.  But it will get better from time to time - when i get it i just take it easy at the gym and stuff and wouldn't lift the same kind of weights that i would normally.  But its not the end of the world and wont really affect you're sailing.
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I have had to have head x-rays following an 'interesting' gybe when I got hit on the back of the head by the boom.  That was not too bad, it was the fact that it then drove my forehead into one of the deck fittings and I ended up with blood pouring down my face.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote fizzicist Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 Mar 06 at 8:19pm

I've just returned from a two hour stint in A&E to have my elbow X rayed following a slight misadventure involving 35knots of wind and a dead run in an RS300. Turns out I've not chipped the bone (thankfully) but they've told me I have tennis elbow.

Anyone else been afflicted with this due to sailing? Or any other interesting ailments. I'm getting concerned about the state of my knees from too much hiking as well - is this easily resolved through getting a trapeze boat?

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