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Early end to the season

Paul Hayes

Senior Member
Well for me anyway. Despite making plans to go and fish other parts of the Upper Trent my season has now come to a premature end as I have cream crackered my knee ligaments and a) can't walk far and B) can't get down the bank.
The annoying thing is I haven't got a clue how I've done it.
Really fancied the area to throw up some big fish to. Ah well have to make plans for next year now.

Paul
 
Oh hell Paul I did that, although I was well aware of how I did it.

It takes about 3 months before you can hobble to the safer swims. Wear one of those neoprene knee braces they are absolutely amazing. I still get some gip even now. Is it an MCL or ACL injury?

Conrad
 
You have my sympathy here ! After torn cartelidge in both knees and an ACL reconstuction in one, I know what kind of pain you are in !
Take it easy and do everything the quacks tell you, they do know best !
 
A1 pits you can park directly behind you and fish out of the boot, as long as you have a fishing bud to got with who will lug your kit about you can still go :D dont give up !!!!!
 
Sad news Paul and I feel for you as I may be heading down the same route myself.

Funnily enough I have been fishing the upper recently with some reasonable succes but have started having trouble with my knees big time and was at the hospital only yesterday for x-rays. Walking is not too bad much of the time but I have a real problem with stairs and of course river banks.

Get well soon fella.
 
Daniel, I'd be intersted to hear which area you've been fishing and your results. PM me if you wish.

Thank goodness for the physio at work though not content with treating muscle bound rugby players she also treated me as well. God bless her.

Paul
 
Sorry to hear that Paul.:(

I damaged my ACL and Lateral ligaments in my left knee and had to use a full mechanicle leg brace for years before they decided to do a full reconstruction. I was out of action for 6 months and was not able to climb the banks of the Trent for a full year, I still have to give consideration when picking my swim:(:(
 
I know the pain some of you are going through, knee pain is horrendous, had me in tears nearly a couple of times. I am awaiting dates for my 3rd op on my knees, i do hope its January and then i should be back for late Feb 11. Better get some fishing in to make up for it soon.
 
Bloody hell, it's like an epidemic :eek:....is it something to do with the gear we carry, or what? Both my knees are giving me severe gip (and both hips, as it happens :rolleyes:)

However, my Doc advises me to avoid surgery for as long as possible, and particularly in the case of hips, I certainly will. I know of a number of people in my area who have had a very bad time with hip replacement failures, a couple of them now pretty well chair bound :eek:

I wonder if this failure issue is one of those 'post code lottery' things, the surgeon you get because of the area you live in being the crucial factor?

Cheers, Dave.
 
I also have arthritis in my knees and according to our medical team here at work a lot of it is due to how we treated our bodies when we were younger.
Take me for example,
Fishing in all weathers from the age of 5, started playing rugby aged 11, also played football. Often stood up to my knees in water fishing often in freezing conditions. It batters the body and leaves us suffering in later years. But would we change things if we knew? like hell we would we enjoyed ourselves to much.

By the way Fred I am not much of a beer drinker nowadays I prefer wine or a good malt.

Paul
 
Mine was rugby, they still give me a bit of trouble now, but i can live with it ! Swim choice is another factor. I'm a big lad and have found them so much better since losing weight, cycling helps a lot too ! Neoprene supports are a good idea and I use them in cold conditions.
Having a job where i'm on my feet for 12 hours and lifting, kneeling, bending, climbing etc. doesn't help. The worst thing for me is going down steep slopes, banks etc. I'm fine going up !
Knee surgery has come on in leaps and bounds in the last 15 years, but the older you get, the more ropey your kness are likely to be ! Good luck !
 
Mine was rugby, they still give me a bit of trouble now, but i can live with it ! Swim choice is another factor. I'm a big lad and have found them so much better since losing weight, cycling helps a lot too ! Neoprene supports are a good idea and I use them in cold conditions.
Having a job where i'm on my feet for 12 hours and lifting, kneeling, bending, climbing etc. doesn't help. The worst thing for me is going down steep slopes, banks etc. I'm fine going up !
Knee surgery has come on in leaps and bounds in the last 15 years, but the older you get, the more ropey your kness are likely to be ! Good luck !

I know my generation is described by medical pundits as the first with the huge number of joint problems we have...but I don't know why? It certainly wasn't sport in my case...fishing is as far as it goes with me :D

One of my shoulders was diagnosed as having arthritis in my late twenties :eek: I was told it was the result of an old injury :confused: news to me :D Some time later my other one went the same way, and gradually (I am now 66) both knees and hips followed. As I have had back problems since I was a child, you can imagine that fishing sometimes has it's moments :D:

When I ask my doctor now, he puts it down to age...so how come it started in my twenties, and progressed steadily from there? The only thing I can think of vaguely in the sporting line over the years has been known to produce carpet burns on my knees, and sometimes elbows, depending on my current choice of the day from the Kama Sutra...but surely can't be blamed for all these hassles :D:

However, I must admit that during the sixties there were long periods that I cannot remember much about...so maybe I did something even sillier than I thought then :rolleyes: Shame...'cos if I could remember, I bet it was bleedin great :D:D

Cheers, Dave
 
My 'seasons' ended about the 2nd Monday in March 2008 when I had a replacement knee joint fitted. Three years on and a 2nd joint (same knee) and I'm still hobbling about on two crutches.
Managed to fish a couple of swims on the Trent a couple of weeks ago so life 'aint so bad.
Apart from a couple of 'rubbish tip' swims on my local river Wear that I'm still able to navigate (would have to be near death to fish them though) all my fishing will have to be a long distance affair.
 
knee injury is the worst. had a car crash 4 years ago that needed an op' 2 years ago to remove damaged cartilage but still have nerve damage that makes my foot drop when the knee gets sore and i can fall over it, not good when your traversing a bank with a vintage cane rod so i've learned to put the rod up the bank and be extra careful but it does have a big influence on where i fish and how far i can walk from the car. up to about 4 miles on rough ground and have to have the pain killers ready still
 
Understand the feeling exactly, had an ACL reconstruction 2 years ago and cartilage repair last year (too much football!), surgeon was excellent and am back playing 5-a-side in my mid-forties (though some would saying that playing was an overstatement!). Keep up the physio and take heed of how the doctors say progress is going, as we all believe we can move forward quicker than we should. Best of luck and look forward to next season.
 
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