guy's and girls it's all in your hands.I'm turning 40 this year.I had a knee reconstruction about 6 years ago and hung up the boot's for good.With my confidence returning I had the urge to play competitive sports again .So thought I would play soccer as I thought it would be the safer code to play.we have been it training for about six weeks and I'm battleing injuries.2nd week of training I tore my hip flexer and was out for about 3 weeks and last week I tore the bottom of my calf muscle and will be out for about 2 weeks.

So what do I do payed $260.00 for rego and about the same on boots shin pads and goalkeeper gloves,so far it's over the $500.Physio has set me back about $300 and have a couple more visits this week.Do you think the body is telling enough is enough or is the body just trying to adapt.I'm sitting hear with a bag of pea's on my calf now.Has anyone made a return to sports after a long break away.Interested in any thing anyone has to say.Cheers Nick

tried stretching??

spend a good 10 minutes stretching after the first injury.The second injury was a bit of a freak.Ran into a pot hole the front of the foot landed outside the hole and as I was running tried to push of with the heel as it dropped into the hole and gave the lower leg a great stretch.

Edited 09/03/09 09:56 AM09/03/09 09:56 AM by rootster

well then it may pay to get some glasses to see the pot holes!

I played a heap of competitive sports until my late 20 early thirties, league, cricket , squash and martial arts.

My knees are so farked I walk down steps like a pensioner. Advise is varied, we can fix it V you could end up worse off

Flat surface nuff said, I'll manage

lol like these .Cheers Nick

I played a heap of competitive sports until my late 20 early thirties, league, cricket , squash and martial arts.

My knees are so farked I walk down steps like a pensioner. Advise is varied, we can fix it V you could end up worse off

Flat surface nuff said, I'll manage

sounds like my mum and dad,they keep telling me their surprised I can still walk why would you want to risk it they say.When I walk down stairs my ankles knee's crack every single step.I might have to listen to my god father buf-Phoon as he is the one who named me...cheers Nick

Edited 09/03/09 10:57 AM09/03/09 10:57 AM by Dagabond

I played Rugby for many years and I am now suffering at 38.

Bad Back, Neck, both knees, left ankle and right shoulder.

Being a big unit, I was always a forward for all my years of playing and now my body is making me pay.

I was also a rugby coach for senior grade rugby and saw many caree ending injuries that cost the player a heap of time off work or uni, just to play.

Forget the money, if you break something serious, you may be really regretting continuing to play.

Retire while you can still walk.

I might have to listen to my god father buf-Phoon as he is the one who named me...cheers Nick

But..... thy cannot fix farked joints it seems. Why is my right knee 1.5 times bigger than the left?

Fluid?another conversation and more fees for the Doc and the referrall........weeeeeee

I have already had an" inconclusive MRI" drrrrrrr drrrrrrrr

As Clint Eastwood said in Magnum Force "A man's gotta know his limitations"

I'm 47 and I know I dont recover like I used to anymore after the body gets a pounding from either a hard day on the yamaha or a few sets of tennis with the kids, past injuries like dislocated shoulder (5 times) dislocated knee, various busted bones mostly from motocross and other sports dont help especially in winter when everything aches . The mind still thinks like a 18 year old but the body is heading for the retirement home.

I know I'm taking a huge risk but honestly I really want to play,it's more of a social thing with drinks after training and I have worked so hard on losing weight.Had to buy some new bike riding pants went from a xxl to a large.In the back of my mind injury is there, but then on the other hand you only live once as well.I would rather wear away than rot away.Only if I had a crystal ball.I'm going to really think this one out,but probably like all decisions I made in life will make the wrong one here as well,and that doesn't mean I'm going to play.Cheers Nick

PS anyone intrested in starting a tenpin bowling league team at southgate?????