Ever wanted to know if you should be heading in for surgery for your skate based injury?   Wondering what the process might look like?   Or whether it should be managed conservatively?   Then you won’t want to miss this weeks pod with the legendary Dr Simon J. Kramer.   Simon is a orthopaedic surgeon from Germany. Having cut his teeth performing surgery’s on ankles and knees (a skaters bread and butter) he has recently turned his efforts to his practice as a sport physician treating the German Olympic skate team as their head doctor.   If it wasn’t enough he is also an incredible skater in his own right. Having been sponsored by shops, competed in the European championships and had pics published in mags you will not find someone who is more qualified or has more experience to speak on skate injuries then this guy.   Join us as we do a deep dive on topics such as:   Surgery or Conservative methods? how you know which route to take. Why we are seeing more and more recommendations towards training and therapy over surgery. Why you shouldn’t compare your surgical journey with your favourite athletes What the real reason is for not coming back from ACL surgery before 9 months.   Belief around returning from injuries. What it takes and the mental side of the grind. Studies for skateboarding. Why we need them to help the community and what you can do to help   Plus Much More.     Dr Simon is also funding a study on injuries for skaters which we need as many skaters as possible to go and take part in to begin collecting data to help assist the community. So please, head over to www.skateboardinginjuries.com and fill out the survey so the people that want to help skaters get the information they need.   Hope you enjoy this amazing episode