Confidence lost after Skateboard fall

DPdrummer

Started skating again about a month ago after roughly 4 years off it. Managed to avoid getting hurt while falling, for the most part, but only yesterday landed very badly on my left ankle and ended up badly damaging ligaments, I've been advised to rest it for 3 weeks or so but I honestly cant see myself staying off the board for that long, my only problem is that now my confidence is gone and I really dont know if I'll feel comfortable on the board again. How can I gain confidence again? Just by skating around and building up slowly again?

BAKER95

I had a bad fall too and damaged the muscle in my knee and i was also given tablets and told to stay off the board for a while , i gave it a week ( bearly ) and i felt ok again so i started skateboarding again , the pains are coming back and i'd advise you to rest for as long as you can i found it hard to stay still , as far as getting confidence goes i'd say take it easy and slowly get back into trying new tricks .

billykwok

Hiya where do you usually skate when you are just starting off?