MSW hospital ward

[surfrat]

paddled into a submerged groyne and slashed my hand.
That photo of Tyler Warrens back foot bunion made mine tingle....it's nearly that big now too!

one day i will remember to use the ear plugs that are in the glove box before i go surfing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chris F]

one day i will remember to use the ear plugs that are in the glove box before i go surfing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hear you on that. Or rather I used to hear you

[lovely03]

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[katieewatson]

oops

[adamUK]

Skewered my wrist on a bit of steel but managed to peel the flap of skin that came off back over the top. Ouch.

[dalejenga]

did this in august - down that long hill to little fistral carrying a fishing rod too . Never jump off your board when u see a speedbump coming at high speed! haha. the bump was small and the bruise non-existant, but went for a surf and the bump went to that size. lifeguards sent me to hospitla but nothing serious luckily, still got the bump now tho 1 month later!

[Squelchy]

i thought your bum was facing the wrong way there for a minute

[matt101]

I will never forget the pain. My foot got decapitated off my leg. I was skating a bowl basically training. For the up coming surf season and I went into it too fast with way too much speed and aggression. And my back foot slipped off and landed on the coping. and it went pop.

[bod]

torn knee ligament, second time in two months - really fucked off

[the blowin]

apart from the fecked intercostals from over - surfing / paddling wrong ( arching up too much ) , have got the maddest min-mal - nose shaped bruise that stretches from inside upper thigh to pelvic bone , comlete with ominous lump, all from yet another duck diving disaster - two inches lower and it was maritime castration time.

[Chris F]

torn knee ligament, second time in two months - really fucked off

Bummer. ACL? Need surgery? What happened.

[Andrews Water Sports]

For everyone getting neck rash check out the NeckTech rash reducer. I've been surfing for 20 years and always get horrible neck rash from all of my suits. I use to smear Vaseline all over my neck which would get all over my suits, ruining them. Also, it seemed the Vaseline would never work the entire time I was surfing.

To combat this problem I recently purchased a NeckTech rash reducer from Andrews Water Sports (http://www.andrewswatersports.com). I wear it every time I surf and never get neck rash. It's fairly inexpensive and works really well. Definitely worth the $20.

[Chris F]

What a blatant plug. Surely you should at least use a different username?

[shackattack2]

Just returned early from Indo with nasty bout of dysentry (or however ya spell it). Plus reef scars on my back, and an unfortunate head plant at Ulus resulting in large Gorbachev esque sacr on my forehead. Also creaky neck as a result of said head plant

....give me sympathy please

[Black]

....give me symphony please

Beethoven's 5th!

[Archy_is_God]

Spent most of the day in A and E today....

Knee's been playing up again for a while and today the old miniscus cartilage tore into two.

Looking at an MRI next week followed by surgery..... again.

Bugger.

[Black]

^^^ Ouch - now that really does get my sympathy. I was going to complain about a torn muscle in my pec but I don't think I'll bother after that!

[thedeadly]

torn knee ligament, second time in two months - really fucked off

mate, it takes a lot longer than 2 months for a ligament to heal, try 6 months before you test it again ! took mine 5 years before it stopped hurting every now and then

[Chris F]

Knee's been playing up again for a while and today the old miniscus cartilage tore into two.

Looking at an MRI next week followed by surgery..... again.

Sucks to be you. Major bummer mate.

[corduroylines]

Bust ankle, rolled it playing basketball. Now experiencing major pain that is stopping sleep! Argh!

[Black]

Yeouch! I've been feeling sorry for myself with various niggles but I'm getting it in perspective now. How long recovery?

[ATTMFKH]

This is a sad place to be posting

Current injuries include ........... dodgy hip / flexor or groin that the doc will see on Thursday , been annoying me for 2 months now............. large lump on cranium thanks to board to the head on Saturday - was under the water for a good time so never covered my head when I came up......... doink

[FTURUE]

meh! this fucking kills! dunno how i cut it originally, but i heals into a tough scab/solid bit of skin, then everytime i surf it splits and pisses blood everywhere. i was at sea and it healed over a space of 3 months and i was like great it shouldnt burst again, first surf booom fucking blood everywhere, good job its winter now and wearing boots for a good few months should let it heal again. i reckon putting a tailpad on all my boards should stop it bursting aswell as its a little softer.

but tbh im not going to spend 100's on tailpads for all my boards, im just gunna man the fuck up!!

[Chris F]

That's ming. How did you first do it? You sure there's nothing in there? Would go to hospital / medic and have it lanced so it drains properly.

[roberdy]

eeeeewwww, izzat your heal? Looks liek you have a fricken cist or something, would deffo go get that looked at if it has been hanging round for months, forget mtfu, if it is infected that could get really gross!

[FTURUE]

That's ming. How did you first do it? You sure there's nothing in there? Would go to hospital / medic and have it lanced so it drains properly.

first did it surfing, maybe caught it on a fin somehow, i think its just where the boney part of my skinny foot has bin rubbing on the wax/deck of the board and its goes so sore its bled and turned into a scabby bit of skin. its not puss'y or anything, was thinking of going sickbay at work, but my feet are stinking real bad lately so im going to save the embarrassment

eeeeewwww, izzat your heal? Looks liek you have a fricken cist or something, would deffo go get that looked at if it has been hanging round for months, forget mtfu, if it is infected that could get really gross!

nah its the boney bit just down from my big toe, it has bin there for months and months now. think i'll have this beauty for life haha.

[Chris F]

was thinking of going sickbay at work, but my feet are stinking real bad lately so im going to save the embarrassment

Yeah, good idea, rather suffer with a long term injury than be embarrased by slightly smelly feet Sure they are used to it.

[Archy_is_God]

John, you have developed what is known in the trade as a 'back foot bunion'.

Think of it more as a badge of honour than a hinderance, as after a while it will toughen up and just look like you are growing an extra toe.

Mine bled incessantly for a whole summer and turned into this volcanic hole of ulcer-like pain before healing. At one point, skin grew over the top of it, leaving a bleeding hole inside, which sounds similar to what you may be experiencing.

Check my post of Tyler Warren's foot earlier in this thread.

Welcome to the club!

[roberdy]

was thinking of going sickbay at work, but my feet are stinking real bad lately so im going to save the embarrassment

if you can't stop your feet from stinking bu surfing more and wearing flip flops, get some betadine iodine scrub from boots for abut £5 a litre and use that twice a day, the women won't retch so much when you get them home then... Worked for me.

[Archy_is_God]

Check my post of Tyler Warren's foot earlier in this thread.

Here ya go: