Pre holiday injury paranoia ...

Is it just me that suffers from this?

Still have 10 days till I go away but am now refraining from some ski-ing on an indoor slope (more to avoid being injured than causing myself any damage though that's not to say I'd be above doing that either lol :D) and am also avoiding playing in my regular 5 a-side matches for fear of being injured before the holiday arrives! :)

Absolute paranoia! :roll:

Jenno wrote:Is it just me that suffers from this?

Still have 10 days till I go away but am now refraining from some ski-ing on an indoor slope (more to avoid being injured than causing myself any damage though that's not to say I'd be above doing that either lol :D) and am also avoiding playing in my regular 5 a-side matches for fear of being injured before the holiday arrives! :)

Absolute paranoia! :roll:

My wife has this fear too, go away on the 22nd, and she wants me to stop all physical activities... :cry:

Play badminton, 5-aside footy and go on the dry ski slope (Sorry purists!)
Have to say if you are paranoid about it, it is probably more likely to happen, as you won't be playing as you normally do, or skiing as you normally do.

I get this too and it does seem to make accidents all the more likely to happen.

Against my better judgement, I took my normally sensible horse out for a ride (OH tried to talk me out of it!) the day before I went skiing this year and lo and behold he was a complete idiot in the middle of a busy dual carriage way. I'm sure he knew this would be the worst possible time for me to come off, though threats to sell him to the glue factory eventually did the trick in making him behave!
He did the same thing last year too, only then it was bucking, prancing and trying to jump the speed bumps in the road :roll:

Pardon my total ignorance of all things to do with horse riding but could he perhaps have been responding to any change in the way you were riding i.e. if you were holding back a bit more than normal - though I guess there's not much different you would be doing if just trotting down the carriageway! Just a thought and probably a wrong one :-)

The way I'm going by next Monday I'll be wrapped up in cotton wool and bed ridden :P

Have to say I have been extremely paranoid about injuries recently, the dog nearly pulled me over on sheet ice the other day and I declined to join someone in the field by my house for a spot of skiing at the weekend for fear falling over on crappy snow.

19 more sleeps!

I always feel that the more cautious you are the more inclined you are for something to go wrong, this does not apply to actual skiing though. Just get on with everyday life and enjoy your holiday. 8)

I used to get completely paranoid until I fell on the first day in les arcs and buggered up the whole of 2008 :cry:

Now I live for the moment :D (although I do still wrap my boys up in cotton wool).

I can understand how you feel. I tore my knee almost 2 years ago jumping up on my horse(bareback)... and have been waiting for our crap Canadian medical system wait list to get it fixed.
I still ski with a hinged brace and painkillers :lol:...but everytime I ski ,I talk to the ski gods and say.."Please let me get through this ski day with out the knee giving out" The things we do for the love of skiing. :D

Great news though..today I received a call for my MRI booking,it has taken a year to get!

Jeeno,have fun on your vacation!

oh gosh I would be afraid at anytime to ski indoor :shock:,we dont have those here!What are they like to ski on?