Leg rope and knee injuries?

[Hoody]

Stuffed my knee last weekend down Angourie way. Third wave of possibly the best swell Ive experienced Looks like its a partially torn medial ligament. Blew the take off and got pumelled, but it wasn't impact at the bottom that did it. It was about 6 seconds into the rag doll session whilst well and truly under water that I felt something let go in the right knee. Pretty sure I was clear of the board so thinking it may have been the legrope pulling the knee in a lateral direction (the medial ligament is whats gone).

So my question is has anyone else out there experienced this. Also does anyone wear a leg rope on the thigh to reduce leverage at the knee joint?

[jaffa1949]

Wow, that's hard luck a medial ligament is a sorry type,injury.

With partial tear the ligament if encouraged to heal completely will thicken up the remaining fibres, importantly do your full rehabilitation exercises, one way to ensure you have a stable joint after the injury is to ask your physical therapist how to strengthen and establish a correct balance in all the muscles that work through the knee. It is also possible you may have cartilage damage I hope you have had a full examination and diagnosis to help you decide your course of treatment.

How did it happen ? On full rag doll, who knows, your best guesstimate is probably right!
Would leash on ankle or just below knee ( longboard style ) make a difference? and thigh ( possible risks vascular compromise or cut by the cuff there or muscle de-briding )

The leash on the lower leg has some boney structure support , I prefer the just under the knee leash, for boards of heavier weight, I think you were unlucky thank heavens it wasn't a SUP

[Hoody]

Yep not the best of luck Jaffa, but kind of asked for it. About 6 weeks ago strained a muscle in the right thigh, probably a knee stabiliser. Never stopped surfing despite some pain and got away with it for a while.Probably not wise aye, considering this knee will keep me out of water for atleast 6 weeks probably more. Such is life.
Hopefully with rehab will be stronger than ever. Hell Mick Fanning ripped the hamstring from the bone and seems to be going OK!

[jaffa1949]

Yep an angry Angourie hits hard, great wave to try when it's powered up
Hope you got a good one or two before you got the smack down

[Hoody]

It was so good. Same swell that created the Quick silver pro Kirra final between Slater and Parko. Gotta fes up though. The 2 waves I got were further in and had no where near the power or form of the point break. When I did paddle out the back my mate said he'd just caught the best 3 waves of his life. There were only about 7 guys out at this stage. I sat out wide and watched a dude from Byron drop and slot into barrel after barrel after barrel on a big old single fin. There was no way I wasn't going to have a go. Wave was beyond me, but when knee is good, swell is East at 13 plus seconds and wind is west I will be back.