[nathankaye]

Had a bad fall other day having a game of footie with lads. Feels like ive fraction 1 or2 ribs. Yep, Its not comfortable using the pole but better than heaving ladders n a bucket of water around. Not to mention climbing up n down.
And people still manage to moan at us for wfp.  I pity the poor souls!! 

[Johnny B]

Hope you are back to full fitness soon.

You reminded me of a football accident I had some years ago. I was in goal, and went up for a cross. An opponent went for the ball with his head, missed the ball and clattered into the middle of my chest. The impact knocked me into a back somersault and took the breath out of me.

I went to the hospital a couple of days later, and although I wasn't x-rayed, I was otherwise treated as if it was a fracture. I was trad then, (as I still am today), and had to carry on working. Every time I moved there was a sharp pain, and my chest at the point of impact went a strange yellow! It was about 4-6 weeks before I had fully recovered.

John

[deeege]

Nasty injury breaking ribs.

I broke 2 back in 2010. Took 8 weeks to fully recover then straight away I broke them again. Was 6 months in total before I was 100%.

[jonboywalton75]

Both legs knackered from footy
Left ankle and right knee
If I was still trad,  well I would  have packed in.
I'm  59 and hopefully carrying on a few  more years

[nathankaye]

Since going water fed last yr, I keep finding more and more reasons why I enjoy it n benefit from it. Ie, no ladders, reach easily windows I had to leave in past, makes easy work of leaded  windows. Can continue to work in light rain and can still work whilst injured.
Tho I hope I have no more injuries now to make me appreciate it more than I already do.
Like most wfp fellers/ladies (?) I have said I should have done so earlier. For yrs I was dead against it after picking up a whole lot of work from dissapointed customers and I couldnt see how it cud improve my work....how wrong I was!! As for picking up others work, if they didnt splash n go, they would still have the work.

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I took a tumble in a customers garden a couple of years back. As I went down I thought I'd broke my upper arm. The pain was excruciating. Turned out I'd torn a muscle or ligament or something. Took six weeks to heal. Odd thing was it didn't cause a big problem working with wfp, hardly felt it, but the occasional bit of trad I did caused serious pain. Ridiculous when you think of the weight of a blade compared to a pole, even a light one. But it wasn't the weight that caused the problem, it the sideways motion of blading that caused the pain.

[Dave Willis]

Three legs and six fingers on one hand for me.

[ChumBucket]

Three legs and six fingers on one hand for me.

Apparently you're known as the "Wiltshire Tripod"

 

[dotty]

broken coller bone playing rugby

[stan stansfield]

Had a bad fall other day having a game of footie with lads. Feels like ive fraction 1 or2 ribs. Yep, Its not comfortable using the pole but better than heaving ladders n a bucket of water around. Not to mention climbing up n down.
And people still manage to moan at us for wfp.  I pity the poor souls!! 

perhaps you should play blow football instead of traditional football,then you will be safe in your work and home life

[Smurf]

Since going wfp I've....
Triped and fell over the hose more than once
Fallen down steps
Fallen up steps
Fallen over plant pots/bird baths
And the best one to date fell in a pond
That's not mentioning the customers things I have broken or damaged either

ALL MAY I ADD FROM THE SAFETY OF THE GROUND WAVING A STICK ABOUT