Thread: Hunting with a knee injury

I tore my quad tendon to a point after I slipped on a bluff on LBI at 22. I couldn’t get off the island for 2 months and had to work and then would limp around with a stick for the weekend/during the week. The knee would lock and flex awkwardly most of the time.

When I got off the island, the physio found out what was going on and had to break down the healed scar tissue by hand and use infrared.I got a shitload of exercises to do around strengthening my quads and hips to try keep that knee more stable.

I tried hunting a couple of times while I was recovering and it was not easy and actually set me back a bit. If a doc or physio gives you exercises to do, don’t skimp and carry on doing them after you think you’re healed. Get a good brace as well. My knees are better than before and I attribute that almost entirely to carrying on those exercises.