any ankle injury beta?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:51 pm

You know what they do to horses. So since they are going to be putting you "down" soon. I was wondering if you would contribute your body to an experiment that I am going to be conducting at the M/L. I want to take your body and tie it in a harness and throw it off the top . I want to try to subject the human body to a factor 2 fall. The theory of mine is that your dead corpse will rip in half at a factor two fall on a rope that doesn't have any other dynamic contributors(i.e. belayer,friction from draws,rope drag).

So how about it, You are gonna be dead soon anyway?

Post by **Meadows** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:18 pm

Icing is supposed to reduce swelling so you don't need to worry about it as much, but do ask your orthoped.

Post by **meetVA** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:28 pm

J.H. you are always thinking aren't you? I think though that I'm not ready for the horse route. With modern medicine they can just cut the offending body part off. The upper half works just fine. If I lose both my feet I'll just have to learn to how campus and stem with the stumps.

Post by **CBP** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 5:37 pm

i broke my tib&fib right at the ankle in 1996/97?......all i did for recovery was: stretch alot, eat well and get back to doing something everyday that made me sweat.

treat yourself well.

Post by **funny monkey** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 7:40 pm

A good climbing ankle will be strong, and flexible. The majority of ankle complaints following an injury is flexibility. Strength will come by it self. Try the every boring flexibility techniques.
A-Z (as posted) is great, because it also teaches your brain communication with your ankle and should take the load off your mind when you need to place your foot in a very precise spot on the rock. It is boring - that I will vouch for, so knowing this, get a bourbon bottle and work at it for at least 3 hours a day: seriously about the hours (2 times a day for 1.5 hours), not so seriously about the bourbon. Heal well.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:17 pm

Have you ever climbed drunk, not t-totaled, just feeling it . You can send some shit then!!! WOOOOOHHOOOOOOOO!!!!

Post by **CBP** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:54 pm

uh- sure,, yeah.....

Post by **magnetic62nd** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 2:42 am

But hey, look on the bright side. At least you can bake cookies and bring them to hungry climbers at the rec center...

Post by **meetVA** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 4:39 pm

Thanks to everyone for sharing their stories and ideas.

Although I'd rather not climb with a popping-tendon (b/c hey it IS really gross as already mentioned) maybe it isn't the end of the world. Anybody other than Christian climb with a popping tendon? Anybody know what that means in terms of potential injuries or weakness? Christian does your tendon pop out when you are walking?

And for magnetic62nd, there will be more of those cookies at the gear sale this weekend at the Gorge. Feel free to eat and donate to a good cause. Or taunt the gimp and make a donation a quarter to throw an insult or derogatory comment about me being weak.

Post by **leah** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 6:10 pm

VA, about the ice - after spraining my ankle last fall, i iced it for literally the next couple months, about once a day, after walking around on it all day, or doing some serious yoga, and eventually after climbing a little - anything that made it ache. i haven't found anything official to back this up, but i know it really helped me, espeically with the swelling & pain.

also, next time we're together (and after you've put the crutches down!) i'll show you some good yoga poses for a recovering ankle.