Brad Conger

Hi There,I'm still flat on my back watching college football since there is no waterskiing on tv. I had Approach bindings front and rear cranked down very hard to not release thinking that if neither foot came out I would be ok. Worked ok for three years and many falls, but mainly to the side. This was a wrong thing reaching forward going into 6 ball and a snapping out the front fall that I felt in my back and ankle, you read the rest in the post above. Hopefully this Monday I will get good news about no blood clots in my leg from the doctors and then into hard cast and then we are a third of the way back to skiing. Next the walking boot and then rehab with the start of slalom sometime after that???? We hope. Anyone heard of other injuries ones like mine with tendon muscle reattachment and how they went? At least we are here, able to communicate and plan for the future,getting better, and skiing right. Unfortunately our sport slalom, trick and jump is challenging but has hazards we have to accept to have fun. I'm with you about good releasing binding binding for my start back into skiing. Thinking of the Wileys' also. Others are saying hard shells???? I believe they are ok for snow skiing but water skis are different. Where do you guys ski at for training and how is your weather. Since my surgery we have had four of the greatest ski day of the year, oh well next year. I will check out achillesblog.com, thanks

Hi cliveous and all who have had this heel injury. I ruptured my achilles tendon on Aug. 22 on an out the front fall at 6 buoy in Northern California tournament. Didn't hurt that much but couldn't walk on it and had lots of swelling. I believed it was not that sever so self treated for two week and when it didn't get better and still could not walk went for help. Saw doctors who found blood clot in ankle from swelling and damage. I had a previous PE from a clot from a surgery so this surgery was more touch and go. This Tues. they reattached the tendon to the muscle which I heard was the worst way to have it happen. Now the same things you face for me, 6 to 8 weeks with a hard cast and on my back with no weight on my left foot. Then weeks in a walking cast and rehab. Hope I'm able to make it back as you do. Let me know how you progress and what is working. As you, I'm out of the denial stage and hoping to get back to competition form for 2010. Will be looking for a new binding for the future and interested in all information and knowledge you find out. Have fun in rehab.