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[Gloersen]

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Edited April 10, 2023 by Gloersen

[dave2ball]

Love the pictures wish you a speedy recovery

[mwetskier]

thats definitely gonna leave a mark.

 

[Wish]

Not sure that image is for adults..geeez. Second the speedy recovery. Prays your way.

[Bruce_Butterfield]

Ouch! Hope it was some of your trusted buddies doing the cutting and providing the proof:)

 

Good luck with the recovery.

 

So....Turtle soup for Christmas dinner?

[jetpilotg4]

@Gloersen God speed to a quick recovery!! That looks like it hurt!! Whats the recovery time on that? Ive been dealing with insertional Achilles Tendinitis, any relationship to what you had going on previously?? Merry Christmas!

[Chef23]

Good luck for a speedy recovery.

[Jordan]

I thought the picture was going to be of the turtle!!!! Yikes!

[WaterSkier12]

Speedbridge is great! Arthrex's best invention. Good luck with ur rehab

[skierjp]

Right back at you,

happened July 29th, this year. Tail of ski blew out

[liquid d]

Duct tape that right up, and you're good to go!

[epnault]

Oh man, that looks so painful. Speedy recovery

[daryl]

@skierjp And here I thought my Achilles scar was bad - you win....

Speedy recovery @Gloersen !

[Kwoody51]

Here I thought I was going to see a smashed turtle... those pics are why I couldn’t be a person mechanic!

[Gloersen]

@jetpilotg4 – insertional Achille’s tendonitis if repetitive can lead to calcific tendinosis which, over time, can lead to Haglund’s syndrome. So it’d be advisable to conservatively treat the acute tendonitis with stretching/strengthening routines until symptom free. Otherwise the sudden, high load, repetitive stresses of skiing likely will make it worse. If the AT acts up when first walking in the morning, that’s a tell-tale sign of needing more rx/rest. In my case the Haglund’s had flared up (after several years of dormancy) about 7 weeks prior to rupture but I just continued to ski through the discomfort.

 

@skierjp – nice incision Jim, hope you’re all healed and back on the water. Bet you’ll be thinking more about going to a deep/short fin setup.

 

@Bruce_Butterfield – turtle soup for Christmas dinner is a great idea!

 

Everyone should keep a roll of duct tape in the boat and vehicle; couldn’t have driven home without taping it.

 

Thanks Ballers for the well wishes. Merry Christmas to everyone!

 

[lpskier]

Peter, did you use the same Doc as KLP? LaPoint Ski Park wishes you a speedy recovery and a blessed and merry Christmas. Just because you are on injured reserve, don’t be a stranger. Come down and do some driving.

[harddock]

Get well soon!

 

[Gloersen]

@lpskier - John, Kevin Murphy is definitely the go-to guy but only performs knee or shoulder procedures, I was referred to one of his group partners.

 

Soon as partial weight-bearing is feasible I'm looking forward to getting down there, hanging with the LaPoint Ski Park denizens; driving and soaking up pointers.

 

Hope everyone rips well on a Merry Christmas Day!

 

 

[Horton]

 

[sixball]

Speedy recovery! I hit something years ago and could never find anything. It crushed my Goode 9500. Sent me flying! Never thought about it but we do have some big turtles. Oh ya Goode gave me a new ski.

[sixball]

Oh no stitches just bruised ego. Dammer that looks bad.

[WaterSkier12]

Sixball, wife broke her Goode 9500 years ago between the bindings, ski was babied to the max and she couldn't recall hitting anything. Luckily no injury.

Dave was gonna give us $100 off of a new ski

[Bruce_Butterfield]

@horton Now that would make some good turtle soup!

[Horton]

Turtle photo courtesy of Mike Erb. @teammalibu

[teammalibu]

Yeah we got lots of them hiding under the dock! They keep the gator population under control!

[Gloersen]

Holy turtle soup dip! @Horton @teammalibu - that must be the one I thought was hit. That monster would yield enough daily turtle soup through rehab and until back on the water!

[teammalibu]

200+ lbs 100+ years old!

[DaveD]

@teammalibu They probably keep the skiing population under control too.

[MDB1056]

YIKES! @ horton @teammalibu Where is the lake that beast came out of?? I've seen some big alligator snappers but that's a monster!

[Gloersen]

Winter sucks, can't ski, can't even weight bear enough to bike.

But can show it's wise to keep your AT (or any other body part) at a distance from one of these...and I thought skiers did dumb stuff...

 

[Bruce_Butterfield]

just one more data point for the old saying that the difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.

[MuskokaKy]

Wishing the ballers a speedy recovery!

 

@teammalibu sweet turtle pic. Absolute Beauty!

[Fatroll]

I use Arthrex Fibertape in my dog ACL surgeries. I use the leftovers, to repair torn ski gloves, bindings, etc. Stuff is great material, strong and flexible even when wet.

[Roger]

April 18th for mine. Doctor cleared me for athletic activity right at 6 months (early as he predicted 9 to 12 months). Achilles rupture due to probable earlier slight tear that calcified over time. When it let go, it took the tendon all the way up to the calf muscle with it. Repair was tendon transfer from big toe to heel and fold down of strip of calf muscle.

 

[Gloersen]

Nice looking wound closure (I assume at 2 weeks post-op).

@Roger - you're LFF? Did you strike a buoy?

 

Braced for 9-12 months, hoping for 6.

 

Pushed the left rupture in '13 too quickly, ended up with elongation; trying to be more compliant for this right side.

 

Cool 9' vid from Arthrex for those curious engineering types...

 

 

 

[UWSkier]

Yikes! Good luck on the recovery!

[tap]

@Gloersen Neat video! After watching that 12 months doesn't seem quite as long.

[Roger]

@Gloersen - Didn't hit anything. Got in a little deep on off side turn and crushed about half way down on the ski and it let go. The doctor said I could have been doing anything, even just stepping off a curb due to how bad the calcification of the previous tear was. Yes LFF.