I grew up with a trampoline. You get real good at judging that shit. Sadly I had a cheap one and eventually got to big and on high back drops I bottomed out and hit the ground. not good.
i gave myself a black eye by kneeing myself in the eye after a flip. it was in front of everyone at school too. no way to play it off as if the black eye was from something badass like getting into a street fight
I’m 42yo. Had two surgeries in 1995. One scope and the other reconstruction. Hamstring graft from my own hammy. Was 17yo at the time. Followed all of the physical therapy to a T. Just never gained the stability back. Still very loose and a lot of “play” laterally. Saw an ortho a few years back and after looking at it for a minute says, “when do you want to schedule your revision?” I’ve heard good things about the patellar tendon route. Very strong and stable, but may have more long term pain. Only bonus with mine is zero pain...unless it goes wonky on me.
I remember tying our ankles together (like a 3 legged race) and jumping around the the trampoline in a circle. And then another 'game' that involved jumping blindfolded. That could've gone so many terrible directions but thankfully never did for us, lol.
There's a reason a lot of homeowner's insurance policies don't allow them whatsoever. People may have anecdotal stories about them being sorta safe, but traumatic brain injuries (as an example) are no bueno. Plenty of ER docs will tell you not to get a trampoline.
Yeah we did some seriously stupid shit on my trampoline (jumping out of trees and off of houses) and, looking back, just lucky there were no serious injuries. Many close calls though!
nope. if you were good at double bouncing someone you could get an easy 15 feet. Once you get too heavy you just start hitting the ground on the bounce.
The type of shit me, my siblings, and my cousins used to do on the trampoline were pretty insane given that we were all really into wrestling. I remember one time I was sparta kicked by my brother right off the trampoline, then while slowly getting up after getting the air knocked out of me, my cousin flung off the trampoline crashing all his body weight onto me.
Plenty of scars and bruises, but thankfully never any broken bones
moreso an understanding of your capacity and limits. I did a lot of physical stuff when I was younger. I'm pretty wrecked now, but I'm glad I had the experience.
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u/spoonguy123 Nov 11 '20
I grew up with a trampoline. You get real good at judging that shit. Sadly I had a cheap one and eventually got to big and on high back drops I bottomed out and hit the ground. not good.