“I knuckled awkwardly on a reasonably large kicker in Les Deux Alpes and felt a savage ‘pop’ in my right foot – I’d snapped my Achille’s tendon. The prognosis after the operation was a tolerable four months out, but two months later I managed to slip over on a dodgy rug and it popped again. That meant three more ops, and a further five months out for the wound to properly close so I could learn to walk again and start my rehab!”

– Charlie Bulbrook

Oooft, this looks like something out of The Walking Dead… We’ve always wanted to know: what’s worse, doing your Achilles or listening to that godawful Toploader song?

Got a gruesome snap of your last injury? Send it in to [email protected] and we might be able to send you a prize next winter!