grounded :-(

[oh2ski2002 0]

Soooo as much as I could NOT wait to get started on AFF, ive torn my shoulder and need surgery to fix it--with approc 4 month recovery time! Sooo, pretty sucky. Pretty much ended my plans of aff---as last week i had a dislocation in a tunnel, and do not want it happening at 10k feet.

Anyone else every have similar crappy situations??

[d123 1]

It happen to someone I know last season. Last jump with 1instructor. Dislocated during free fall. The Instructor open for him and he landing with a weird flare but on a 300 sq ft parachute.

After the operation he plans to continue the AFF.

Warning YASA (Yet Another Student-newbie-beginner Advice)

During those 4 month do something close to skydiving like paragliding so you'll still be flying a canopy and you don't give a chance to the fear to saddle in. I did the same thingy after my accident. Paragliding and kite boarding. DHV1 is the key word in paragliding and bow-kite is the key word in kiting (total depower). That and really, really fly in the days with good wind. You'll love the ground lunch! But BEFORE doing anything check with your doctor. I'm thinking that paragliding is not be that intensive for the shoulder.

Cheers,
Jean-Arthur Deda.

Lock, Dock and Two Smoking Barrelrolls!

[adventurechick 0]

I'm grounded too right now!!

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[kelpdiver 2]

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Anyone else every have similar crappy situations??

I was grounded for nearly 9 months after shattering the proximal humerus (shoulder joint, essentially).

Typical rehab for other shoulders at my PT clinic was 2-4 months, but I'm not sure you'd be ready to start AFF at the conclusion. (And I have to laugh at the idea of paragliding during the rehab) My case was more severe - it was 10 weeks of idleness to let the bones knit before we could start the rehab, so all the muscle was gone.

It sucks, but of course, it could have been on your first solo jump. That would really have sucked.

good luck on the surgery.

[RkyMtnHigh 0]

I can empathize with you....I was grounded for 30 days by both my Cardiologist and Internal Med doc due to pericarditis. After the follow up, I got the thumbs up...got excited about getting back in the air and shit if I didn't tear my MCL and perhaps cartilege on my right knee...now I wear a hinged knee brace. I've stayed off of the knee and tried to have little stress on the area except for physical therapy each week. I have days that are good and days that my knee feels like someone hit it with a baseball bat...if I feel good this weekend, I might be jumping with the support of my knee brace...if not, I stay on the ground and edit videos. Such is life. The sky isn't going anywhere...

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[d123 1]

A paragliding tandem doesn't involve any big shoulder usage while a skydiving tandem does. Flying again is a big morale boost and it motivates you more while in the rehab time.

If a person gets prime shoulder condition in 4 month (almost same strength and range in both shoulders) and at that time he's ready to go back to the sport that dislocated the shoulder in the 1st place (he is ready to handle the same stress level that dislocated the shoulder on the same shoulder in the same position without any problems) then after 2 or maybe 3 month in the rehab when he only got mild discomfort for holding the hand at shoulder level while sitting in a nice lazyboy for 5-7 min he is ready to try paragliding. ICE after & before.

Yes, you might need people to help you collapse the glider in strong winds so you don't have to fight a big force by yourself and maybe some help for take off when you inflate & charge. You can also choose the days when the wind is good.

Piloting a paraglider from a comfy lazyboy generates a smaller stress level on the shoulder when compared with what freefall&arch + opening shock can do. Hardlanding is the same in shoulder stress level in both sports but flaring a paraglider is a lot more easy than a student parachute and it has usually bigger size.

Also even if this MIGHT be true on a statistic level it has to be dealt with by a case by case method. That's why he should speak with his doctor and the paragliding instructor.

I know a paragliding pilot that dislocated his shoulder and after 6 weeks was piloting again with some help on landings and take off. He got almost good condition in 2 to 3 months. Building the muscles was the key.

I know paragliding is viewed as a lame for most of skydivers but maybe he wants to try it.

just my 2 cents.

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[SmoothAl 0]

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Anyone else every have similar crappy situations??

Hey oh2ski2002...I hear ya. This is my little tid bit of a story... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=2750295;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

SA

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

Back in 98 when I had about 900ish jumps... low turn... impact... shattered right ankle... ambulance ride... surgery... 8 screws and a plate... 6 months off jumping...

Heal up. Take re-hab seriously. Do what the doctors tell you. Finding a doctor that's also a jumper is a plus.

[ZigZagMarquis 9]

A-chick... why are you grounded??