badday

[powerhouse]

Went and bought a big daddy for big guys and pulled my hamstring the 2nd time trying to get up. So I guess thats says I am done for a few months. Any one else out here ever pulled that stunt?

[Lars]

My dad did that last year, though he didn't pull it he tore it. Had to have surgery and several months recovery. no fun.

[DemolitionMan]

Sorry to hear that.

[Jorski]

Years ago I pulled a hammy....A friend's kid with a J-Craft (light fast boat) that had a 225HP Yamaha outboard just had to show me all the hole shot that he could muster.

One thing that I can tell you, is that once it is feeling better, wait a little longer than you think...re-injured mine trying to get back too early.

In fact, when you do come back, get up on two, and drop a ski for a little while.

[russlars]

Never pulled a hamstring on myself skiing, but have had 3 occur on people behind my boat. One on a set of combos, one on a slalom and the other on a wake surfer. All 3 of these were on older folks that haven't skied for several years or were trying something new. It's a long recovery time, usually 3-6 months. Good luck.

[davidstan]

last year i had a pull/slight tear of right hammy. Limped for 2 weeks but was sking again in 8 weeks but had to switch to left foot forward.

[sleeporbutter]

A friend of mine tore tendons right off his pelvis last year. It was early, he went first, and later thought the injury may have been prevented with a good warm-up/stretch. He had surgery and four months off work to recover.

[silverblueBP]

Have a doctor friend who thought he'd be cool and try skiing on one 2 summers ago, he hadn't been on a ski for years. His first try up and he tears a hamstring. He passed out once we got him into the boat. We thought he had some internal bleeding so...3 hours later we left the local E.R.

That was a very short day!

I had 2 summers in a row where I fractured the same 3 ribs on the left front from bad crashes on a slalom. Getting old sucks!

[ahhudgins]

As we get older it's really important to work out in the off season. I'm 49 and was in great shape this winter until I started to have problems with tendonitis in one of my shoulders (long story). Doctor said it shouldn't require surgery but I needed to rest the shoulder. I stayed out of the weight room for 3 months and when spring rolled around I only skied on trick skis, combos, and some lite wakeboarding. A few weeks ago I felt good enough to try my slalom ski. I was just about to get on top of the water and I felt my lower back tighten up. Made a few cuts and decided to let go. My back is doing better but I won't try that again until I've been back in the weight room some more. I ALWAYS STRETCH ON THE DOCK BEFORE I SKI!!!!

I agree. Getting old sucks.

[bigmac]

I ALWAYS STRETCH ON THE DOCK BEFORE I SKI!!!!

Stretching before exercise is not necessarily shown to prevent such injuries, and is potentially harmful. At least two peer-reviewed studies have concluded that it can actually increase the risk of injury. This was also the conclusion of the CDC based on an extensive literature review.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-15-stretching-muscles_N.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071358/




Getting old sucks.

That I agree with.

[stars83stripes]

Proper stretching should occur only after the muscles are warm. Unfortunately, 12oz curls don't count. :-(

[DJ 50]

12oz curls don't count. :-(

Crap, I've been doing it wrong for years then. There goes my whole work out plan.

[ahhudgins]

At my age I just try to use some common sense. At the gym I do cardio, stretching, weights, then cardio again. I will not just walk in the door and start grabbing weights.

At the lake I swim at the dock for a few minutes and then stretch before getting in the boat. I'm not skiing a course all day long and we always take a dip when we get back to the dock. I remember the days when I could jump out of the truck and get behind the boat but those days are long gone.