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Boo
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Please help me with my dissertation on surfing injuries.
Hi
I am a keen surfer from North Devon and am currently doing a Foundation Degree in Sport and Exercise Rehabilitation.
For my dissertation I have to find out about surf related injuries and the causes behind them.
I know I am new to the forum but would greatly appreciate anyone who has been injured to fill out the questions below.
One of the stipulations of my course is that the questionnaires have to be confidential, so please could you copy and paste
the questionnaire into a PM for me?
It looks long, but I promise it doesn't take more than a couple of minutes 
Thanks loads in advance.
Hayley
An Investigation Into the Most Common Surfing
Injuries and Why They Occur
The purpose of this questionnaire is to find out what the most common surfing injuries are and why these common injuries
occur. Please complete if you have sustained an injury from surfing. All information will be kept strictly confidential.
Section A - Your Details
1. Age:
2. Gender:
3. Occupation:
4. How old were you when you began surfing?
5. In an “average” month, how many days do you surf?
6. How long do you spend surfing on a typical day?
7. Have you received any surfing training from a professional individual or school before
your injury occurred?
8. If yes, how many hours training?
9. Choose the category below, that you feel best describes your surfing ability at the time
of your injury.
Beginner:
• Riding the white water.
• Learning to stand up.
Improver:
• Popping up confidently on the majority of waves.
• Starting to ride on the green face of waves and starting to turn.
Intermediate:
• Turning on the green face of waves confidently.
• Confident at duck diving/ turtle roll.
Advanced:
• Confident at surfing reef breaks.
• Confident at completing aerial manoeuvres.
Please state your ability level here:
Section B – Your Injury
If you have sustained more than one injury while surfing please refer to the most recent.
1. How old were you when your injury occurred?
2. What and where was your injury e.g. fracture – left arm, sprain – right wrist, abrasions
– foot, concussion? (Please give as much detail as possible)
3. Did your injury occur suddenly or gradually get worse over time?
4. Was your injury self diagnosed or diagnosed by a professional?
5. Did you complete a warm up prior to surfing?
6. Can you think of any reasons why your injury occurred or what caused your injury?
For example:
Conditions too advanced – such as large surf;
Did not warm up/ or warm up sufficiently;
Not using usual surfboard;
Not physically strong/flexible/fit enough;
Did not follow correct safety procedures such as checking equipment, conditions, covering head when resurfacing, following
the drop in rule, others not following the drop in rule;
Crowded;
Sharp fins;
Windy conditions.
Please state briefly here how your injury occurred and why you think your injury occurred.
7. Please give any other details which you feel are relevant.
Section C – Conditions
1. What type of break were you surfing when your injury occurred (reef, beach etc)?
2. Roughly what was the size of the waves when your injury occurred (ft)?
3. What were the sea conditions like (messy, clean, closing out etc)?
4. What were the weather conditions like (windy, raining, sunny)?
5. Roughly what was the sea temperature?
6. Was there anything else about the conditions which you feel may have contributed to
your injury?
Thank you for completing this questionnaire.
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