In the scary movie “Shooting up into his thighs,” a man breaks both his knees and his tendons.
At the time of the terrible event, Dan Jones, from Weaverham in Northwich, Cheshire, competed in a Strongman event in Southport, UK.
Making it through to the last, the senior IT analyst had to carry an 80 kg weight 20 meters to the finish line.
Jones fell into a heap just seconds from the finish line after rupturing both patellar tendons, which link the thigh muscle to the shin bone, sending his kneecaps shooting up into his quadriceps.
Afterward, he was sent to the hospital in a hurry.
Once at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, the dad-of-one was given painkillers before having a five-hour operation to have his tendons welded back together.
He needed to remain in the hospital to learn how to walk once more.
Jones said, “I was running as fast as I could because the person I was racing against was ahead of me and I had to beat him.”
“We’re still not sure how that unusual catastrophe occurred.
An unexpected tear occurs in the patellar tendon of my right knee, which causes my leg to fold under me. This occurs after I slow down the video with the medical professionals and surgeons.
Then my left knee bends beneath me, and this tendon snaps on ground impact.
Once at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Cheshire, the dad-of-one was given painkillers before having a five-hour operation to have his tendons welded back together.
He needed to remain in the hospital to learn how to walk once more.
Jones stated, “I was running as fast as I could because the person I was competing against was in first place, and I needed to win the race that I was competing against.”
“We’re still not sure how that unusual catastrophe occurred.
When I slowed down the video with the doctors and surgeons, I suddenly experienced a tear in the patellar tendon of my right knee, which caused my leg to fold directly under me.
Then my left knee bends beneath me, and this tendon snaps on ground impact.
Jones also remembered the “de@thly silence” at the horrible moment he sustained his wounds.
Silence is the strangest thing I recall. The entire audience applauded everyone, but then it turned de@thly quiet, and I just lay on the floor, he said.
“I thought I had a chance to win and was very upset.” We were rather close to the finish with ten meters left in the competition.
“I simply needed three more seconds of running to complete the event.”
Along with daily therapy sessions, Jones had an internal brace fitting both legs to aid in the rehabilitation of his tendons.
He also recorded his path on TikHub and posted development updates.
Jones is hopeful about getting well from the accident and wants to start competing once more.
According to the surgeon, it is possible that this will be the final Strongman tournament, but he emphasised that it will be determined on an individual basis.
“We don’t know until I start recovering; he indicated it would be rare if I could compete at the level I was once again.
Being a dad and being able to chase my baby and play with her are my main ambitions.
“I should be able to do some Strongman activities and go to the gym at the same time.”
“I might still perform their Strongman, but maybe not as dynamically as I used to be. I intend not to give up on [the dream]. It has been terrible, but I have a few goals to meet—standing up and moving about, for example—and now my next aim is to attempt to stand alone.
“These little goals are the only thing motivating me.”