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Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

Hi guys!
I have an old knee injury from snowboarding that tends to remind me that my knees aren't 100% whenever I go wakeboarding and last year I hurt my foot while attempting a tantrum.
My orthopaedist said that the knee injury was that a piece of my meniscus broke off. The foot or ankle injury was caused by the board hitting the water being perpendicular to the way I was riding(the tail dove) so the board stopped instantly and the pull on my foot was really intense. Still my foot didn't come loose but got half way out of the binding and I sprained my ankle.

This summer me and a buddy are going to live in Atlanta, Georgia (we're from Sweden btw) and I'm gonna buy a wakeboardboat. We'll live with his uncle and won't be working, just wakeboarding all day long all summer. Very Happy

So the question is, how do I prepare myself for this summer? I spend at least 5 days a week at the gym anyways so what exercises should I perform to make sure(or at least make it less likely) that my feet and knee's can handle the stress from wakeboarding all summer?

Any help would be really appreciated!

Thanks!

Mike

live4water · Newbie Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 19 City: Lancaster

im not a professional trainer but i am a college athlete and if its anything ive learned from playing sports and getting hurt...its to def ice and heat!! Heat your knee a couple times a week and that will help alot...also do smal weightless exercises like standing squats and things like that...they will help you out alot with strengthing you knee

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

well, it's not like it is hurt bad or anything. My knee is almost recovered. I push 200 pounds when I do lunges without feeling any pain in my knee. What I'm looking for is preventing myself from getting injured again. And it is mostly my fot I'm concious about.

Any exercises that would strengthen the muscles that helps the ACL's and so on to hold my knee's and ankle's together. =)

Thanks again!

--cresko-- · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 496

If you knee is almost recovered, then your doing fine. As for strengthening its never good to push yourself and work out 5 days a week on lower body. Your right with the lunges, but also strenghten the rest of your leg, and on off days do so as you please with your upper-body. For lower, try working all the muscle groups. Possibly a cardio aswell. And if your overly concerned with injury, try looking at knee braces. Talk to the doc about that.

Roos · Outlaw Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 192

well, I work out legs like 3 times a week....
One time i do the quads and seat muscle? (ass-muscle? =) )
Another time it's the calfs and the hamstrings.
The thrid time I either go running or spinning.
The other days + both leg strengthning days I do parts of the upper body as well.

As for cardio, I do it like 5 times a week on mornings before breakfast. What I've understand is that I should try to get long elastic muscles so now I spend 10 minutes stretching after each cardio...

Thanks for the input!