Shocking moment Strongman collapses in heap as kneecaps shoot up into his thighs when tendons snap

A father's kneecaps changeable up into his thighs aft helium snapped some tendons and collapsed successful a heap portion competing successful a Strongman final, leaving him feeling similar helium was 'on fire'.

Dan Jones had been competing astatine the Strongman contention successful Southport connected September 1 and made it done to the final, which progressive carrying 80kg 20 metres to the decorativeness line.

Horrifying footage shows Mr Jones racing along, conscionable seconds from the decorativeness line, earlier collapsing successful a heap arsenic helium ruptured some patellar tendons, sending his kneecaps shooting up into his quads.

The 29-year-old elder IT expert was rushed to Leighton Hospital successful Crewe, Cheshire, wherever helium was fixed painkillers earlier undergoing a gruelling five-hour op to person his tendons fused backmost together.

The father-of-one, who has been successful infirmary for 3 weeks and has to larn however to locomotion again, hopes to beryllium discharged earlier his 30th day adjacent month.

The patellar tendon joins the thigh musculus to the shin bone, and helps straighten the genu for movements specified arsenic walking and going up and down stairs.

While it's uncertain if 5ft 11in Mr Jones volition beryllium capable to vie again helium says his injuries person not enactment him disconnected taking portion successful aboriginal Strongman competitions if he's capable to.

Mr Jones, from Weaverham successful Northwich, Cheshire, said: 'I was going into the past lawsuit successful 2nd place.

'If I had won this lawsuit determination was a accidental I could person won my class and if I had travel 2nd I would person travel 2nd wide retired of 16 people.

'The feline that I was racing against was successful archetypal spot astatine the clip truthful I was having to bushed him, which is wherefore I was going arsenic accelerated arsenic I could.

'It was a freak accident, we're inactive not 100 percent definite however it happened.

'After slowing down the video with doctors and surgeons, it looks similar my close genu patellar tendon snaps retired of nowhere, which causes my limb to fold underneath me.

'Then my near genu bends underneath maine and this tendon snaps connected interaction with the ground.

'I felt similar I was connected fire, my kneecaps were successful my quads due to the fact that my tendons ruptured.

'The weirdest happening I retrieve is silence. The full assemblage was cheering everyone connected and past it went deathly soundless and I conscionable laic connected the floor.

'I was precise upset, I had a accidental of winning. We were precise adjacent to the extremity with 10 metres to spell successful the competitions.

'I lone needed 3 much seconds of moving to decorativeness the event.

'In the video it showed that I was somewhat successful beforehand of him erstwhile I went down truthful I knew if I had finished the lawsuit determination was a accidental I could person won.'

Mr Jones started grooming to vie successful Strongman successful January this twelvemonth and came archetypal successful the First Time class astatine the Manchester Strongman contention successful July.

For training, helium worked retired 8 hours a week and ate a 4,500-calorie high-protein and high-carb fare that allowed him to extremity the scales astatine 136kg [21st 4lbs] erstwhile helium competed.

During his operation, helium had an interior brace fitted to some legs to assistance assistance the betterment of his tendons and is attending physio sessions each day.

He's present documenting his betterment travel connected TikTok, posting a regular video update from infirmary each day.

Mr Jones said: 'During country the doctors said they needed to fuse my tendons backmost unneurotic and marque definite my ligaments underneath my genu were wherever they should be.

'They past needed to enactment 2 sutures into my shin and physique an interior brace to assistance my assemblage fuse the tendon backmost unneurotic arsenic champion it can.

'I was successful furniture and not capable to determination my legs, I was disquieted astir everything. I was reasoning "Will I beryllium capable to locomotion again? How agelong volition it take?"

'The champion conjecture is perchance the accent of the time [caused the injury] arsenic determination is nary existent crushed wherefore it happened due to the fact that determination were nary signs, it was conscionable a freak accident.

'The doc said it was precise uncommon to spot 2 patellar tendons spell astatine the aforesaid time.'

Once Mr Jones is capable to basal connected his ain and usage the toilet unassisted helium volition beryllium discharged from infirmary but has been told helium won't beryllium capable to locomotion without assistance until astatine slightest February adjacent year.

Mr Jones has hopes of representing England successful the Open Strongman contention successful 5 years' clip but pursuing his injuries surgeons person said this whitethorn not beryllium possible.

Despite this, helium is inactive hopeful to retrieve from his mishap and get backmost to the gym and instrumentality to competing successful aboriginal if helium can.

Mr Jones said: 'The surgeon has said it could beryllium the extremity of each the Strongman competitions but it's a lawsuit by lawsuit basis.

'He said it would beryllium precise uncommon that I'd beryllium capable to vie astatine the level I was again, but we don't cognize until I commencement healing.

'My biggest extremity is to beryllium a dada and beryllium capable to pursuit my girl astir and play with her.

'I should beryllium capable to spell to the gym and bash aspects of the Strongman things.

'There is simply a accidental I could inactive bash their Strongman but possibly not astatine the aforesaid I was before. I'm not going to springiness up connected it [the dream].

'It has been horrendous but I've got small goals to conscionable specified arsenic lasting up and moving astir and present my adjacent extremity is to effort and basal unassisted.

'The lone happening that is keeping maine going is these small goals.'