MSW hospital ward

[The Decorator]

After 41years of hanging onto the side of my bowels doing nothing for a living my appendix decided on Sunday morning to make a bid for notoriety. By Sunday evening I was doubled over. Spent the night in Nambour hospital in Queensland having morphine injected in to my tummy then got knocked out at 0900 for a laparoscopy appendectimy (sp?). It hadn't burst but was pretty unhappy by all accounts.

Back home now feeling beaten up with three little scars on my belly. Hurts to burp laugh and fart but can walk around and Surgeon seemed to think I should be back in the water inside 2 weeks.

[roberdy]

After 41years of hanging onto the side of my bowels doing nothing for a living my appendix decided on Sunday morning to make a bid for notoriety. By Sunday evening I was doubled over. Spent the night in Nambour hospital in Queensland having morphine injected in to my tummy then got knocked out at 0900 for a laparoscopy appendectimy (sp?). It hadn't burst but was pretty unhappy by all accounts.

Back home now feeling beaten up with three little scars on my belly. Hurts to burp laugh and fart but can walk around and Surgeon seemed to think I should be back in the water inside 2 weeks.

Glad you are doing alright Mr Decorator, appendix giving out can be pretty nasty! Hope you are back in the water sharpish!

[WeAreMemories]

Currently have a black and blue left ankle, following getting fcuked at Aggy last Thursday. Guessing it will be a good week longer before I will be back in.

Week longer, I wish. Have not surfed since 10th Feb and currently having Physio

[ATTMFKH]

1st day physio for me on rotator cuff ......... guy gets the shoulder model out , I ask if it's to scale , he says yes , I said it looks small - he said it is , it's a scale model , oh , that's not what I meant to ask you ............... descended into a laugh fest,

Big rubber band and an A4 sheet of exercises ................. fucking state of the NHS

[Black]

My arm got badly wrenched last night - might have to chop it off.

[Chris F]

Pulled same fucking muscle between shoudler blades last night. Felt a bit tweaky after a moderately brutal bouldering session, then woke up at 2am in agony. Had to go downstairs and snack on some diclofenac and sit on the sofa until the pain subsided enough to get back to sleep.

[roberdy]

1st day physio for me on rotator cuff ......... guy gets the shoulder model out , I ask if it's to scale , he says yes , I said it looks small - he said it is , it's a scale model , oh , that's not what I meant to ask you ............... descended into a laugh fest,

Big rubber band and an A4 sheet of exercises ................. fucking state of the NHS

Interesting and not to shit you up mate but the rotator cuff problems I have had for the last 5 years have all miraculously gone away since getting the offending disc removed and an implant put in.... Cannot believe how much my shoulders have all settled down now, I was 5 weeks post op yesterday, am pretty much off pain relief and am feeling stronger each day. Still not allowed to do any impact stuff as bone hasn't fused with implant yet but when it does it will be super strong and should last the rest of my days

Physio regime is pretty full on atm tho, just shoulder/rotator exercises about 4 times a day! Back on the pilates ball and balance board too for core strength, dunno where I will find the time once I am back to work!

[Chris F]

get a roll of theraband off amazon. Use it anywhere, any time.

[ATTMFKH]

1st day physio for me on rotator cuff ......... guy gets the shoulder model out , I ask if it's to scale , he says yes , I said it looks small - he said it is , it's a scale model , oh , that's not what I meant to ask you ............... descended into a laugh fest,

Big rubber band and an A4 sheet of exercises ................. fucking state of the NHS

Interesting and not to shit you up mate but the rotator cuff problems I have had for the last 5 years have all miraculously gone away since getting the offending disc removed and an implant put in.... Cannot believe how much my shoulders have all settled down now, I was 5 weeks post op yesterday, am pretty much off pain relief and am feeling stronger each day. Still not allowed to do any impact stuff as bone hasn't fused with implant yet but when it does it will be super strong and should last the rest of my days

Physio regime is pretty full on atm tho, just shoulder/rotator exercises about 4 times a day! Back on the pilates ball and balance board too for core strength, dunno where I will find the time once I am back to work!

Interesting that DJ, 'cos the physio guy was saying they had a visit from a world expert surgeon on shoulders and she had come to the conclusion that there may not be any advantage in having surgery at all , the post operative lay off from whatever gives you the grief was probably as good as anything ....... difficult to bin it though for a few months

[Leven]

Currently 2 months out of the water and going crazy!

Came back from a trip with a dislocated knee, torn MCL, damaged cartilage, and as it turns out, my knee never went back into line properly. Saw a Doc today who said:


Doc: If you'd come to us straight away, we'd have locked your knee straight with the patella in the right position to start the recovery.

Me: I did, well, within a few days of doing it anyway. You sent me for an X Ray, and an MRI, and gave me some crutches.

Doc: Oh. Ah Well. So do you want a physio referral to help get your knee back into alignment?

Me: No, I've done that already myself, and he's look at the MRI report.

Doc: Ok. Well Done. Anything else I can help with?


Interestingly, the physio told me what I've done, how to tape it in to place, and what I can and can't do to rehabiltate. Moral of the story? Physio all the way!


Also, anyone ever read PAin Free by Peter Egoscue? Incredible book. I'd recommend it for anyone out injured or on the road to recovery!

[roberdy]

Interesting that DJ, 'cos the physio guy was saying they had a visit from a world expert surgeon on shoulders and she had come to the conclusion that there may not be any advantage in having surgery at all , the post operative lay off from whatever gives you the grief was probably as good as anything ....... difficult to bin it though for a few months

You have a point mate. Fortunately I saw both my Physio and Surgeon yesterday, the physio said I am doing very, very well, probably as I have been commited to doing my exercises every dam day, she says as long as I avoid impact sports I can pretty much do what I want, including going for mellow surfs to start with in the next couple of weeks, building up as my strength returns STOKED AS FECK!!! Thought I was out of the game for 6 months ffs, it's been 7 weeks today since the op

When I saw the surgeon last night he sent me for some x-rays to check the implant is exactly where it is supposed to be, compared them with the x-rays taken right after surgery and the implant has not moved one micron and you can see where the bone is already fusing with it. Surgeon agreed with the physio and said I can get back in the water over the next couple of weeks (if there is a wave) but to take it easy so I reckon a couple of mellow longboard sessions and then Thurso East (or not).

Anyway, I feel better than I have in about 5 or 6 years I think, still occasional aching in shoulders but the exercises the physio gave mne have cured all the rotator problems I had and I think are strengthening me for the future nicely. Been hitting the gym pretty hard since last week and news from yesterday means I can now start to throw in the upper body and mobility moves I need to get strong for paddling again yee-fricken-haaa

[Black]

^^^^Good to hear improvements after surgery, my shoulder is doing better in the current flat spell too!! Watch out for docs who don't surf as I think they don't have a clue what goes down in a wipeout, they're thinking "yeah a bit of sitting on a board in the sea with sunshine could be beneficial"

[ATTMFKH]

Interesting that DJ, 'cos the physio guy was saying they had a visit from a world expert surgeon on shoulders and she had come to the conclusion that there may not be any advantage in having surgery at all , the post operative lay off from whatever gives you the grief was probably as good as anything ....... difficult to bin it though for a few months

You have a point mate. Fortunately I saw both my Physio and Surgeon yesterday, the physio said I am doing very, very well, probably as I have been commited to doing my exercises every dam day, she says as long as I avoid impact sports I can pretty much do what I want, including going for mellow surfs to start with in the next couple of weeks, building up as my strength returns STOKED AS FECK!!! Thought I was out of the game for 6 months ffs, it's been 7 weeks today since the op

When I saw the surgeon last night he sent me for some x-rays to check the implant is exactly where it is supposed to be, compared them with the x-rays taken right after surgery and the implant has not moved one micron and you can see where the bone is already fusing with it. Surgeon agreed with the physio and said I can get back in the water over the next couple of weeks (if there is a wave) but to take it easy so I reckon a couple of mellow longboard sessions and then Thurso East (or not).

Anyway, I feel better than I have in about 5 or 6 years I think, still occasional aching in shoulders but the exercises the physio gave mne have cured all the rotator problems I had and I think are strengthening me for the future nicely. Been hitting the gym pretty hard since last week and news from yesterday means I can now start to throw in the upper body and mobility moves I need to get strong for paddling again yee-fricken-haaa

Good news mate - glad you're on the way to getting wet , watch out for the spring low bounces off the reef

I was back at physio this morning, back to square 1 for me with rotator cuff - 4 weeks more then cortisone injections if not responding

[roberdy]

Good news mate - glad you're on the way to getting wet , watch out for the spring low bounces off the reef

I was back at physio this morning, back to square 1 for me with rotator cuff - 4 weeks more then cortisone injections if not responding

Thanks ATT, not gonna be going anywhere near any reeefs for a good while yet, will probably avoid heavy beachies if we ever get any more swell on this coast at least for another month or so, don't wanna tempt fate! So just a few mellow longboard sessions I reckon, if Banff point gets a wave that would be perfect but as I am back to work in Sweden next week and looks like I will be there every week until Novemeber now I am not sure when I am gonna get time for waves, and it's the summer flatness upon us fingers crossed I might do the 500 mile round trip to surf small melvich sometime soon!

[Vince Noir]

left shoulder clicks everytime i bring it under my board when paddling. also got a sea ulcer now

[Chris F]

Vince, I'm no physio I would put money on that being an imbalance due to overdeveloped back / shoulder muscles.

Read this article, aimed mainly at climbers, but the problem is common to both sports;

http://www.theshortspan.com/features/in ... oulder.htm

[Vince Noir]

cheers man

i was having physio sessions cos of a muscular imbalance in my shoulder last year. i have dodgy shoulders i guess, and it seems that any physical exercise requires a good warming up of them

think i shall start doing those stretches again. teach me to do press ups with my gf underneath me hanging on like a koala bear without warming up

[Chris F]

You can get theraband on amazon. I recommend it as it's really helped me and I have dodgy shoulder syndrome too.

[Vince Noir]

ive got a few from the hospital around somewhere..had a surf today and it was feeling good and hasnt got any worse atleast

[Ferral]

so far this year-

5-6 weeks off with a bad shoulder
3-weeks out with a badly infected cut and bruised bone
3 weeks surfing at 50% due to a tweaked knee
and now estimated 1-2months out of the sea waiting for a perforated ear drum to heal

[manbearpig]

so far this year-

5-6 weeks off with a bad shoulder
3-weeks out with a badly infected cut and bruised bone
3 weeks surfing at 50% due to a tweaked knee
and now estimated 1-2months out of the sea waiting for a perforated ear drum to heal

man you been towing teahupoo again?? that shits baaad for your health, and its cutting down your surfing time!

but seriously how the hell do the pros hurl themselves into death pits all day long, and always seem to pop up the other side absolutely fine!!!

[rodent]

It catchs up with ya in the end, the pro's have doctors that inject them with wonder stuff to keep em going, if only mine would do the same

[mal-nourished]

travis logie had a cortisone to get him through his semi yesterday did you see the bruise on matt wilkos leg it was a corker..

[rodent]

How many hoops does a normal bloke have to go through to get a cortisone injection

[mal-nourished]

try do without rodent they just mask rather than repair i had two over a 6 month period and ended up worse off than when i started try get a good physio on it if you get any niggly injuries or rest..
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[Chai Wallah]

Not sure whether she uses MSW but Keela is certainly in the hospital after a face plant on a reef

[mal-nourished]

bit of lime and some salt ...ouch thats a nasteee..

[surfinsmiler]

Holy fuck that's gonna need a new passport photo! Hope she gets those stitch-plasters rather than actual stitches.Not so scarring.Then again the gash is a bit too canyon like for plasters.Tamayo Perry's head-board collision at Pipe is even worse to look at.Something like 50 odd staples.Yeuch! Hats off to them for having the cojones to charge those breaks.

[rodent]

Chai thanks for that

[wjp1]

Arh bollocks
Been diagnosed with Bursotis/impingement of the bursa on my left shoulder. Its been hurting for a while and the physio didn't help. Been told to rest it for a month
Gutted as my surfing was just coming together and a big swell is just hitting as I type.
Anyone had this - any tips on getting it better quickly other than avoid overhead movements and inflammatory drugs? I also suspect this might be something to do with with paddling technique as well as my shoulder instability (due to partial dislocation of my collar bone).
Gutted.