The dad was rushed to hospital where he was operated on for five hours
The Strongman whose kneecaps ‘shot up into his thighs’ after snapping both tendons as shared an update from hospital.
Dan Jones’ ‘freak accident’ was captured in excruciating footage while competing in a Strongman final in Southport back on 1 September.
He’s now been in hospital since that day as he needs to learn to walk again following a hefty operation.
The dad was just seconds from making to the finish line while carrying 80kg when he fell down to the ground. Although he said medical staff still aren’t certain how it happened, he ended up rupturing both patellar tendons.
The freak accident was caught on camera. (Kennedy News and Media)
This tendon is what joins the thigh muscle to the shin bone, helping to straighten the knee for movements like walking and going up and down stairs.
“After slowing down the video with doctors and surgeons, it looks like my right knee patellar tendon snaps out of nowhere, which causes my leg to fold underneath me,” the 29-year-old said.
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“Then my left knee bends underneath me and this tendon snaps on impact with the ground. I felt like I was on fire, my kneecaps were in my quads because my tendons ruptured.
“The weirdest thing I remember is silence. The whole crowd was cheering everyone on and then it went deathly silent and I just lay on the floor.”
Viewers praised him for ‘getting faster’. (TikTok/danj3903)
Jones was rushed to hospital and underwent a five-hour operation to fuse his tendons back together and staying in hospital ever since.
Through TikTok he’s been sharing progress of his recovery and a recent video showed him on day 19 making great progress.
The clip shows him walking with a zimmer frame to touch the door ‘home’ and back.
“Day 19 and I’m touching the exit door hoping to get out the hospital and home,” he wrote in the caption. “We’re not a million miles away I just need be able to stand up in my own. We’re getting close.”
Doctors have said Jones won’t be able to walk without assistance until at least February next year.
While he hopes to represent England in the Open Strongman competition in five years’ time, his surgeon sadly said it will be ‘very rare’ that he’ll be able to compete at the same level again.
“But we don’t know until I start healing,” Jones added.
“My biggest goal is to be a dad, and be able to chase my daughter around and play with her. I should be able to go to the gym and do aspects of the Strongman things.”
Featured Image Credit: Kennedy News and Media/TikTok/danj3903
