7th April 2015 – Rehabilitation Begins

Posted on April 7, 2015 by zmetheringham

After a couple of days at home, struggling around the house on crutches, still in good spirits but realising that the road to recovery will be not quick and starting to look at the days to the next indoor races fly by !

Got referrals to Fractures Clinic at Stoke Mandeville and appointment with Paul Thawley at Elite Physical Medicine tomorrow.

4th April 2015 – 3rd April 2015 – Training Week With Gravity at Hintertux – Day 7

Posted on April 5, 2015 by zmetheringham

My last day, and being on crutches means no skiing with Glen on the final morning. 😦

But massive thank you to Helene, Byron and Spencer for taking me Ribs and Banana Split shopping (that really cheered me up).

A even bigger thanks to Helene for looking after me all week.

Late night flight back to Gatwick with Glen, again thanks Glen for looking after me. (He did really well pushing all his and my luggage, our two sets of skis and me in a wheelchair around Munich airport and then back in Gatwick).

3rd April 2015 – Training Week With Gravity at Hintertux – Day 6

Posted on April 5, 2015 by zmetheringham

What started a great day turned into a nightmare.

Whilst skiing in powder I hit some really deep powder and went over the tips of my slalom skis and landed with a twisted knee.

Glen and a passing German paramedic came to my rescue. So have to be stretchered down on the front bucket of a piste basher then ambulance to see the same Doctor who saw me at the beginning of the week with my infected ear.

After x-rays and test and a revisit to the Doctors the next day after the swelling had gone down a bit, they think, luckily, that I have only stretched my Medial Collateral Ligament. So means rest, elevation, ice, etc for a few weeks.

So it also means my I can’t spend a 2nd week in Austria with Ambition on a taster week. Also means my parents have a sort out getting me home a week earlier.