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    Posted: 07 Apr 14 at 9:28am

Hi everyone; unfortunately I am a bit of a lurker, I read most of the forum everyday but contribute very little, shame on me, but I will ask a bit of advice.

Unfortunately I snapped an Achilles tendon last October whilst on holiday, (nothing to do with sailing).  I sail on the sea so there was no sailing for me anyway over the winter.  I think I am almost over my injury with only a slight limp when I walk.  This week I am about to start my 40th dinghy sailing season and I am a bit concerned about any possible reaction.  Has anyone out there suffered a similar injury and did it affect you?
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Is this not the sort of question you should be asking a doctor, not a load of people you don't know on the internet!?  Ouch
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Oh yes, the doctor is fine about it but I was wondering how anyone else who had a similar injury was affected.  
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I did a two thirds rupture, eventually it was fine, stretching is essential.  Go see a good sports physio first, they tend to be better informed than your typical GP.
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I screwed my knee up as kid sailing, generally speaking I can sail, windsurf, snowboard, bike ride without much grief.... however if I over exert then it can flare-up again and takes a good while to recover.  (The pysio also said I was in high risk category for all those nasty knee injuries, which the resultant diagnosis could be no more sailing/snowboarding etc.)

Bottom line for any former injuries- take it easy, build it up gently... enjoy what you do and don't push it, because re-injury is often worse than the initial injury.  For me that probably means no permanent hikers (kites) and no very long-day events again.  Neither being much of issue given the time available to go sailing anyway.  


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My knee is being done in a few weeks time, hence the purchase of perching dinghies.
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Originally posted by laser193713

Is this not the sort of question you should be asking a doctor, not a load of people you don't know on the internet!?  Ouch


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Injuries on the beach or boat park are more common than on the boat IMO, fortunately the beach injuries can be avoided to some degree.

Ask others for help dragging the boat around and with launch and recovery.....If you explain your situation you might even get someone like me who'll do most of the work for you.

I injured my back a couple of years ago helping to launch the safety boat when there wasn't enough people on the job.....never again. If there are not enough folk helping on that particular job then I'll not lift a finger unless someone is in danger.......I'll ask, ask, ask.

I did tear a ligament in my calf a couple of years ago playing hide and seek with my grandkids. Not as bad as your injury granted. When I could walk again it hurt like hell but sailing didn't seem to aggravate it......dragging the boat about did though.

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Sports physio and endless stretching seems to be the answer, for mine, I had to cancel my plans to do a major event this week, heart breaking but I really want a good long summer, so have to be pragmatic.
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You don't say what sort of boat you are sailing.  Most sailing is pretty low risk for your achilles as the impact loads are low and hiking is not stressing it at all.  The only real exception is trapezing and even with this there is less stress on the achilles than running.  However the point above is well made that your major risk in fact will be launching and particularly recovery and that's where I would take care.  The meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal a few years ago which I have continued to quote to my patients ever since was categorical about stretching before exercise being actively harmful and increasing the risk of injury.  The advice is a warm-up and if anything needs stretching to do it when muscles are fully warm and at working length.  HTH
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