damned knee!!

[Alan.P]

Sorry to hear it Doug, what now, painkillers, physio and long walks ???

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

sorry to hear this Doug,sounds painfull mate!! just a thought is it expensive to go private- you know when its your health at stake and stuff!!

 

[Gazzer]

Lots of tilers guilty of this ...me too. I remember my dad telling me to wear knee pads...but you know how kids are.
My knees are fine at the moment but i have been wearing knee pads for a while now...not long enough though really.
So a message to anyone starting out or even if you are established... Wear protection...umm i mean knee pads or us a kneeling pad.

Sorry to hear this Doug, take care .

 

[doug boardley]

Sorry to hear it Doug, what now, painkillers, physio and long walks ???

alwys done a lot of fell walking Alan, in fact going over to Middleham in N.Yorks for weekend and doing a 12 miler as part of the craic before we hit the boozer, but the doc says I should now be using two walking sticks and walking "telemark style" I've always steered clear of painkillers, believing that they mask an underlying problem, but as the doc said, the problem (osteo arthirosis) has been identified, and the painkillers are there to stop me getting pain when exercising my quads:smilewinkgrin:

 

[jamie B]

sorry to hear that Doug. I reckon knees and backs will come to us all at some points..I can remember telling the older fellas to shut up when I was an apprentice everytime they told me to put my kneelers on..god knows how many times I screeded floors etc with my knees sopping wet and cold at the end of the day..what an idiot! ..I never do anything (even at home) without using kneelers now..mostly 'cos both my knees click louder than fonzie from happy days..ahh the follies of youth eh?

 

[Gazzer]

alwys done a lot of fell walking Alan, in fact going over to Middleham in N.Yorks for weekend and doing a 12 miler as part of the craic before we hit the boozer, but the doc says I should now be using two walking sticks and walking "telemark style" I've always steered clear of painkillers, believing that they mask an underlying problem, but as the doc said, the problem (osteo arthirosis) has been identified, and the painkillers are there to stop me getting pain when exercising my quads:smilewinkgrin:

You wanna keep off them, look what happened to Ozzy :smilewinkgrin:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Sorry to hear this Doug, It makes my blood boil when I think of the dossers that will never suffer like you and I, and I would think most members, the pain and discomfort we put up with, by abusing our bodies over the years. At least we can be proud to be craftsmen, and have contributed something to society. Good on you, and good luck

 

[Andy Allen]

:rolleyes5::rolleyes5: 8 solpadols a day mate, that will sort you out

 

[Hawkofeagles]

**** Doug, Sorry to hear your knee is in the condition it is.
I just hope the youngster's take heed to the advice you have given.

 

[hillhead]

very sorry to read this Doug,thats tough.
i'm only tiling near 5 years now and have been using alpros at least half that time,knees are good so far.I'm getting more involved in mountain biking and hope this doesn't affect me badly,i'm even heading to scotland with my bike saturday week.