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White Room
I must of got away light but did no real sports at school now 57 nothing wrong with the knees...
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jonnyc
I've just been connecting the fact very recently that most of the people I know who have knee problems now ,played a lot of sport or ran.
seems a bit unfair !!!
I was playing squash 7 days a week at school on top of other sports .another crazy decision with known ligament problems.
but we think we are invincible when young and keep thinking so till we start falling apart!!!
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Mr Tiler
I boxed for about 6 years in and just after school so im buggerd lol... mind you me heads already gone so other ligaments cant hurt lol
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Old Mod
Doug, that's a real rough deal u got urself there, sorry to hear that.
I'm in my VERY early 50's and I dunno what I'd do in your position, not an easy choice.
Blue Sky's m8!
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Dougs Third Go
my onset started I believe when I was 12, done the 100m and heard a "ping" in my knee, collapsed and had to e helped back to changing room. My mum took me to doctors and he said it was growing pains, kept going whinging but just to be told same until I went when I was 21 with an unexplained lump on outer side of my knee,,had an artroscopy and found that my cartilage was completely torn through in 3 separate places and had been for a number of years due to the calcification, ie the lump. A year, to the week, I was playing rugby at Leeds and had the same but on the inside of my knee,,,I got whipped in rather sharpish for that one removed lol.
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Dougs Third Go
Bluey's to you too 3-fall, what's your home DZ?, mine was Cark
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White Room
Growing pains heard that more than once....
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Old Mod
Silver stars Cirencester and Empuriabrava, much nicer haha warm skies Mediterranean seas,Pyrenean Mountains and so chilled out!
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Old Mod
Just read the whole post! U too Jonny! Totally crap!
I Hope whatever decisions u have to make, go well for you!
Was that a vertical drop that you could cover the distance in Doug? :sofahide:
Seriously, you need to think long and hard about your next move, is there any chance of you going into teaching Doug?
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Dougs Third Go
I was Mark Kirkby (arizona airspeed, multiple 4-way, 8 way world champs)'s best man at his wedding :smilewinkgrin:
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Dougs Third Go
I have most of qualifications to go into teaching John, but seriously I'm not cut out for teaching, I leave that to the Mrs (welding lecturer).
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White Room
This could be an interesting thread starter....
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Old Mod
Oh wow! That's kool! Or is it name dropping? :sofahide: Haha
yeah I've heard of them. Nothing so grand for me. But I do miss it terribly.
Sorry to hear that Doug but your health , and the quality of it are far more important ! I know that I will be bothered with arthritis in later life , as I've had a few bad breaks of late whilst playing football , metal shin bone , screws etc and my knee cap was taken out and put back in etc ...., ! Would hate the thought of a new job , plus their ain't much work out their!
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Old Mod
Oh oh! A very good friend of mine is Kevin McCarthy the instructor who taught Richard Branson jus before his attempted ballon stunt! Haha
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steve187
all the best Doug, my knees play me up, its not the being down, its the getting up that's hard, mine comes from years of tiling with wet screed and never wearing pads, in those days they dug into the back of the knee and were a real pain, i still hardly wear them, i do use a soft floor /garden mat to knell on but having to keep moving it is a headache. i have tried trousers with built in knee pads but as i'm short and on the cuddle size the pads are good for the shins only. I have cut down on my work load to save them a bit, . i remember a few years ago going to the doc with a left knee that i could hardly walk with without a stick , the doc said ' i have never seen such an old knee on a young man' i replied the right one is just as old why is that one ok,
anyway all the best for 2014
To all new tilers i echo Doug's warning '' wear the pads''
anyway all the best for 2014
To all new tilers i echo Doug's warning '' wear the pads''
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jonnyc
i have been wearing the yellow rubber kneepads from tiletrim that are comfortable.
but just seen alpro ergonomic pads from tradetiler.
are these the best for dodgy knees
but just seen alpro ergonomic pads from tradetiler.
are these the best for dodgy knees
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Gazzer
I used to like my alpro kneeling pad but hated the pads.
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Old Mod
dont know bout those, but have u seen Rubis ergonomic? Might be totally impractical for u tho Jonny, I don't know.
Rubi Ergonomic Seat SR1 81999 - £124.99 - www.protilertools.co.uk
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Mr Tiler
I brought these just before xmas they are sound I just didn't realise when buying you ave to slide them up to your knee as the straps don't break Tommyco Gel Mini All Terrain Kneepads, Gel227
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Mr Tiler
id love to have a go on these woulodnt buy them though lol there would be roller marks all over the tiles when grouting haha!
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Old Mod
Do your pads enable u too levitate then Ash? :lol:
they seemed to have helped me since ive started using them, you don't seem to roll in them like other pads because of the square design. Well worth the money from Tradetiler, you wont be disappointed
I suffer bad with ostoarthritis in both knees so I know what you are going thru ,I am now 60 and I know that I am getting close to retiring from tiling,floors are getting harder and going up and down stairs is a nightmare.I have tried so many pairs of kneepads, at the moment I have the tommyco and redbacks ,but the thing I find with the redbacks when I kneel the trouser legs twist and the pads are off center of my knees.The ones that I really did like was the coalminers kneepads but can not get hold of them now all the pits shut in our area in the 80s,so just got to strive on taking the tablets.I have made a large tile trolley so once its loaded up dont have to keep getting up whilst laying floors.
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steve187
a photo of the trolley would be good
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steve187
I have one but unfortunately my left knee will not bend enough to use it, if any one is interest in a loan to try it out, so unused except for the knee pads.
Easy to make got four castors from wickes the good ones about £40 ,some ply and 2 x 2 took me about half an hour to make its about 500 x 500, last week had 5m2 of 400 x 400 mm porcs stacked on it just pulled it along whilst laying, I have seen them on a couple of video's,so decided to make one,makes life a lot easy.Did have a few pictures on the phone but must of got wiped.
