Got ACL

[Paul]

Do some research. If it is gone it is gone. You can ski without it you just loose stability which is kinda important. I say ski it out and worry about it in the summer. No sleep till may

Of course, aside from assorted other issues caused by skiing on an injured knee, this approach will postpone surgery, postponing rehab, postponing the start or entirety of next season.

Great idea.

 

[wa-loaf]

Of course, aside from assorted other issues caused by skiing on an injured knee, this approach will postpone surgery, postponing rehab, postponing the start or entirety of next season.

Great idea.

Well that and if your knee goes out again you can create a lot more damage that is harder to fix. As much as I'd love to still be skiing (I passed up an opportunity to demo next years gear today) I'm now focused on skiing next year. Surgery and rehab will keep me occupied for most of the summer.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I've never injured my ACL..I've been really lucky..They had this poll over at the TGR forums and more people had ACL tears over there than not..My only injuries have been bruises..so I've been uber lucky..

 

[Skier75]

Can't say as I have.....but if I keep going the way I am, yah never know..... not that I want to. This past week my right knee was bothering me as well as my back and my whole right side from the back all the way down to my foot. Man it sucks getting old. I'm not gonna let that stop me though, we still have tickets to burn up and we're goin.....

I was out of commision the whole month of January from a nasty fall New Year's Day, PT said it was a badly bruised librum(shoulder socket, basically). I'm still working on it.....I lost some full range movement with it, but again don't want that to stop me from finishing out this season, just have to be careful not to take another dive.....

 

[Beast_Ed]

Blowing your knee is a part of the sport. I have had 4 knee surgeries on the left one and despite a little cartiledge tear on the right have avoided the knife there. I've also had shoulder resonstruction and a host of other injuries. I am feeling my age but can still shred I guess .. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ytHrqmqprk

 

[kickstand]

Torn right ACL mid-Feb 2003, surgery late March 2003. I hiked Mt Washington late July 2003, sans brace, almost 4 months to the day of the surgery.

The latest injury is a torn left quad tendon. I think the medical term is "ruptured quadriceps tendon". That was done February 19, 2007. Surgery was March 6, 2007. I finally got back on skis January 4, 2008. I've only managed 4 days this season, not due to the injury, but the leg is still fairly shaky. I have to say, I wish it had been a torn ACL. 8-10 weeks of complete immobilization. At least with an ACL you start your rehab immediately.

 

[MonkeyBrook]

I did not know for sure. I suspected it was gone and was going with the thinking that I can still ski, run, ride bike, lift weights...why do anything to confirm my suspicision. But as tgf points out, I had zero lateral stability and once I tried to play some hoops....it was clear something was wrong. So, mri led to surgery, rehab and back on the slopes for 1st day of the season. Good luck.

 

[deadheadskier]

Blowing your knee is a part of the sport. I have had 4 knee surgeries on the left one and despite a little cartiledge tear on the right have avoided the knife there. I've also had shoulder resonstruction and a host of other injuries. I am feeling my age but can still shred I guess .. http://youtube.com/watch?v=3ytHrqmqprk

nice turns

 

[Beast_Ed]

Thanks Deadheadskier!

I am most proud of my pre-blown-knee turns .. like these on the icy headwall of Outer Limits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=39geUbTvT8E

I can't rip on ice like before when I had all my cartiledge and ACLs.

 

[2knees]

Thanks Deadheadskier!

I am most proud of my pre-blown-knee turns .. like these on the icy headwall of Outer Limits: http://youtube.com/watch?v=39geUbTvT8E

I can't rip on ice like before when I had all my cartiledge and ACLs.

What years were you at CSC?

You rip btw.

 

[Hawkshot99]

I am one of the special 4 that blew theirs this year!!! Getting it fixed on wed.

 

[deadheadskier]

I am one of the special 4 that blew theirs this year!!! Getting it fixed on wed.

How did you do it?

 

[Hawkshot99]

How did you do it?

Copied fromanother thread....

I was in a skier cross race. In practice I was testing out the coarse. There was a very large "bump" that I could not see at night that I hit and became airborne going into a turn. (In skier cross the turns are banked, to allow you to go much faster through them.) I slammed into the turn like it was a wall and flipped over the back of it. My left ski did release, right ski did not.(I tore the right) There was almost no pain from my knee, it was a little sore, but nothing that would make me stop skiing. My left shin did hurt alot, from slamming into the front of my boot so hard. I finished the practice run including a 40 foot step up jump with no problems from my knee. I decided that since my shin was hurting so bad I would just take it real easy in my race(again no knee pain). I entered my heat and had the lead till the first turn when it gave out on me when I leaned over.

I later did a binding release check on the skis. I normally set them at a type III skier, but had raised them up 1 notch. They released 100% in spec, actually on the low side of it. So it was not the skis fault, just a freak incident where the angles were not right to release the binding. The left ski releasing was the first time that either of my skis released all year long.

 

[deadheadskier]

Bummer man, good luck with the surgery

 

[Beast_Ed]

CSC Freestyle & Killington 89-94 USSA Moguls

 

[wa-loaf]

I am one of the special 4 that blew theirs this year!!! Getting it fixed on wed.

Good luck man! Hope it all goes smooth. Give a post op report when you can.

 

[Hawkshot99]

Good luck man! Hope it all goes smooth. Give a post op report when you can.

Well I wont have much else to do for a while so I will if I remember.

I forget who, but one of the other 4 is getting his done on Wednesday as well.

 

[gladerider]

i answered so far so good. i think my ACLs are ok but both of my knees get swollen up every season whenever low pressure moves in. both of my knees took a lot of beating over the years. i should check it out, but got lazy.
i haven't seen much of swelling this and last ever since i started riding snowboard, though.

 

[severine]

I wasn't really sure how to vote with my new info. I guess "busted", though it's only partially. Sigh.

 

[o3jeff]

I might be joining you guys/girls after taking a pretty good spill down Gunbarrel at Sundown Sunday morning. I have been taking it easy the past few days and some of the pain has gone away, but if I push on the inside of my knee or twist or walk on it the right way it does hurt. From reading what some of you have said that sometimes there is very little pain even though there is some damage.

Going to call to make an appointment tomorrow and see what they say.