Hey all,

Has anyone returned to windsurfing after a hip fracture / surgery?

I stacked my mountain bike 9 weeks ago and suffered an inter-trochanteric fracture of my right hip. Airlifted out of the Helena Valley bush by the RAC helicopter and operated on the next day with a titanium nail down the middle of my femur and 2x screws across the fracture. Big shout out to the fantastic WA emergency services.

I'm feeling pretty good now - walking well with one crutch (and short distances without), lots of physio and riding a static indoor bike. As long as I can get the muscles whipped into shape I am pretty confident for the summer season starting around November. The unknown for me is how the hip and metalwork will react to impacts from chop / jumps. The metalwork can stay in for life but I have the option to have it all removed in a year, which I intend to do.

There's a few forum posts about hip replacements but I couldn't find any about fractures. In some ways my case is better than a hip replacement as there was no damage to the joint area and I already have very good mobility - about 90% I'd say. But my metalwork is more scary than a hip replacement!

51 yrs old, btw. No underlying issues - the fracture was all down to trauma from falling at speed. Amusingly, the hospital staff kept saying I was too young to have a hip fracture