Just wondering how to fix my knees quickly now that i've had my first awesome crash. They didn't seem too bad afterwards and I even kept riding for a while, the next day and two days later still it hurts to walk and I can't straighten my legs without pain.

I basically landed with them folded underneath me from quite high up and then the kite ripped me forwards with the board digging into the water as per the picture below.



Just wondering if anyone has some good physio exercises/drugs/etc they can recommend.

If it's drugs you wanted you should've just asked....

deXtrous said...

If it's drugs you wanted you should've just asked....

Looking at the drawing, I'm pretty sure he already has some good drugs

Use fish oil. for some odd reason it helps my knees recover after heavy sessions

Saffer said...

Use fish oil. for some odd reason it helps my knees recover after heavy sessions

That's because fish oil is a natural anit-inflamatory Saffer.

Also agree with the Glucosamine Chondroitin, I take this too and have found it helped a lot after having to have orthoscopic surgery on my medial miniscus in one of my knees.

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When i got sore knees from too much kiting and the wind starts cranking so i just have to go again, my best friend is voltarin rapid (25mg) takes all the pain away for me. I also take fish oil (meant to have like 12 1000mg capsuals a day for it to have a noticable anti inflamitory affect according to the last chemist selling it to me... Staffer may disagree though..) Also Glucosamine chondroidant stuff apparently takes months to work. more like an ongoing treatment. glucosa bit is to replenish whats getting worn out and condroy bit is to help it stick there better. If u have inflamation anti inflammatories ice elevation and taking it easy are the way to go. If you think that you've got more than something fixed by these maintainance measures its worth being checked out. Lizard really said it all better and much shorter than me

ps that pic is awesome. can i suggest you provide the tech drawing for marcus's next backyard project.

The flaxseed or fish oil is good along with glucosamine which will help repair your joints. I started taking it when I had a kiting accident and ended up in a carpark. I noticed it came good faster after i started taking it. I still take it now to try to prevent injury.

And maybe I wasn't clear so just in case, don't rub fish oil on it, take fish oil capsules.

everything that everyone else

and yoga
it gets the blood to the connective tissue

wishy said...

So I took one of your advice and took voltaren. Anyone just starting to get good at hurting themself should seriously talk to their doctor about voltaren...awesome stuff. OMFG.

Be weary of taking Voltaren on a regular basis. Its not very good for your stomach. Take it too often and you'll be sh|tting through the eye of a needle.

Smedg said...

When i got sore knees from too much kiting and the wind starts cranking so i just have to go again, my best friend is voltarin rapid (25mg) takes all the pain away for me. I also take fish oil (meant to have like 12 1000mg capsuals a day for it to have a noticable anti inflamitory affect according to the last chemist selling it to me... Staffer may disagree though..) Also Glucosamine chondroidant stuff apparently takes months to work. more like an ongoing treatment. glucosa bit is to replenish whats getting worn out and condroy bit is to help it stick there better. If u have inflamation anti inflammatories ice elevation and taking it easy are the way to go. If you think that you've got more than something fixed by these maintainance measures its worth being checked out. Lizard really said it all better and much shorter than me

ps that pic is awesome. can i suggest you provide the tech drawing for marcus's next backyard project.

That's the idea with the fish oil and the Glucosamine Chondroitin though Smegd, you keep taking it as a preventative/maintenance measure. Taking Voltaren/Ibuprofen/etc only treats the symptoms that occur as a direct result of whatever is causing the pain, they don't help with the actual issue itself.

As the old addage says "prevention is better than cure".

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Saffer said...

wishy said...

So I took one of your advice and took voltaren. Anyone just starting to get good at hurting themself should seriously talk to their doctor about voltaren...awesome stuff. OMFG.

Be weary of taking Voltaren on a regular basis. Its not very good for your stomach. Take it too often and you'll be sh|tting through the eye of a needle.

Good advice Saffer, I take Voltaren 50 (prescribed) when a lower back disc plays up ( usually from not kiting for a week ! ) Dr and Pharmacist both say max 3 days on voltaren then at least 3 days off them or risk stomach ulcers.