Injury Roster 2013/2014 Ski Season

[dlague]

This is a few days after and it was in my trail report. Was at Smuggs and found an awesome creek bed about 4' wide that had a ton of snow in it that had blown off a main area. Looked super clean and clear. Made it a ways down and made a turn on what looked to be an edge of a drift but it was a log coming into the bed at a slight angle with a thin coating. Just slammed my leg into the side of it and ejected. Took the.next day off skied the following four. It was an awesome little run though. I'm a lucky sob.

Lucky is right! Hope you have no complications!

 

[Cornhead]

Couldn't be happier that my knee was a non-issue during four consecutive days of skiing. Thank God, I was afraid the remainder of my season was in jeopardy. Hopefully it'll be good to go, baring a midweek dump, it'll get a full week's rest. I suspect tendinitis from overuse, that and supporting my fat body. Time to get serious about rectifying the latter, both my knees will.thank me.

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[Savemeasammy]

Torn rotator cuff. It happened at the summit at Sugarloaf. Tin and I were skiing together, and we both crashed and suffered our injuries at the same time...! I had an MRI on Monday, and the official diagnosis was this morning. Now I need to decide when to have surgery...


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[hammer]

Torn rotator cuff. It happened at the summit at Sugarloaf. Tin and I were skiing together, and we both crashed and suffered our injuries at the same time...! I had an MRI on Monday, and the official diagnosis was this morning. Now I need to decide when to have surgery...


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Ouch...

As far as when, how long is the recovery/rehab period? Do you have other things you want to do before the surgery?

 

[hammer]

Have to start this at some point I guess...

Hit the roads too hard in preparation for and after a race and I have a stress fracture in the fibula near my right ankle. Will get specifics later this week but I'm guessing I will be told to keep off of it for several weeks. More bothered about the break from running since I built up to decent mileage (for me) over several months. Should not really affect ski season since I normally don't get out much early on, just need to heed advice.

Grrr...

Bump.

This took longer to completely heal than I expected but I'm back up and running (pun intended). Up to 25 miles/week right now in training for a HM in August. Still felt it a bit when I started back up running in March. It did delay the start of ski season to January but given the location of the break (near the ankle) the impact to skiing wasn't too much at all.

Just one of those should have listened to my body moments. Harder to do when I've never had much in the way of sports-related injuries in the past.

 

[dlague]

Torn rotator cuff. It happened at the summit at Sugarloaf. Tin and I were skiing together, and we both crashed and suffered our injuries at the same time...! I had an MRI on Monday, and the official diagnosis was this morning. Now I need to decide when to have surgery...


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Good luck! PT is the hard part! Hope you have good recovery once you have the surgery! My wife had a broken shoulder a couple years ago and went through a similar experience!


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[dlague]

Hope Tin is ok as well!


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[Edd]

Torn rotator cuff. It happened at the summit at Sugarloaf. Tin and I were skiing together, and we both crashed and suffered our injuries at the same time...! I had an MRI on Monday, and the official diagnosis was this morning. Now I need to decide when to have surgery...


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Is it a partial or full tear? And what's the pain like?

I partially tore mine through too much exercise, I think. An MRI confirmed it and there was mild pain for a couple of months. Then it went away, and only returns if I exercise certain ways. That's taken a toll in the amount of strength I can build.

I decided to live with it. If the pain started interfering with things, I'd get the surgery. However, shoulder surgery can be tricky, from what I've read. Recovery time can be lengthy.

Good luck. Hope the pain goes away one way or the other.


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[HowieT2]

Is it a partial or full tear? And what's the pain like?

I partially tore mine through too much exercise, I think. An MRI confirmed it and there was mild pain for a couple of months. Then it went away, and only returns if I exercise certain ways. That's taken a toll in the amount of strength I can build.

I decided to live with it. If the pain started interfering with things, I'd get the surgery. However, shoulder surgery can be tricky, from what I've read. Recovery time can be lengthy.

Good luck. Hope the pain goes away one way or the other.


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I agree. I'd try to avoid the surgery. shoulder is a much more complicated joint than the knee.
I hurt my shoulder skiing and am pretty sure it was a cuff tear. I couldnt raise my arm and putting on a shirt was extremely painful. Luckily it was my non dominant arm so I dealt with it and it healed after about a year and a half.

 

[steamboat1]

Torn rotator cuff. It happened at the summit at Sugarloaf. Tin and I were skiing together, and we both crashed and suffered our injuries at the same time...! I had an MRI on Monday, and the official diagnosis was this morning. Now I need to decide when to have surgery...

Tore my rotar cuff back in 1980. Doctor told me my shoulder would never be the same unless I had surgery. I elected not to have surgery & although it took a long time to heal everything is fine. If I didn't remember the fact that I had to reach across my body to close the drivers side door I couldn't even tell you which shoulder I hurt. Of course I was much younger back in 1980.

 

[abc]

I agree. I'd try to avoid the surgery. shoulder is a much more complicated joint than the knee.
I hurt my shoulder skiing and am pretty sure it was a cuff tear. I couldnt raise my arm and putting on a shirt was extremely painful. Luckily it was my non dominant arm so I dealt with it and it healed after about a year and a half.

"Rotator cuff" is just a catch all name for a collection of muscles and tendons forming the "rotator cuff". In each individual case, it maybe a different muscle or tendon. So whether surgery helps or not, or how long the recovery, depends on which specific muscle got torn or operated on.

A year and a half sounds like the typical time it takes for a muscle tear to heal on its own.

 

[marcski]

My shoulders are an orthopedist's wet dream. I have a separated shoulder on one side and tears on both. I'm sure they'd recommend surgery. Good thing my baseball career is long over.

 

[Savemeasammy]

There are a few things going on with my rotator cuff, but the most significant is a full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon, which is retracted by approximately 1.8 cm. There is a small tear in another tendon, and a few other tendons have tendonopathy (which sounds like the generic replacement term for tendonitis). The tear is significant enough that the doctor believes it will only get worse as I get older. I suffered the injury in early February, and my shoulder seems to be getting worse, not better... Sudden, reflexive movements cause pretty severe pain, and my shoulder (and bicep, which is the muscle associated with the tendon tear) is usually in some state of discomfort. Most nights I wake up at least a time or 2 due to pain. My other shoulder also has some sort of a rotator cuff issue, but it is something that I can live with - like a few of you others. This recent injury is just in a different category. I've tried to let it heal on it's own, but it just isn't going to happen...


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[abc]

There are a few things going on with my rotator cuff, but the most significant is a full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon, which is retracted by approximately 1.8 cm.

1.8cm is HUGE! (or perhaps it's 1.8mm?) You might want to get a second opinion to confirm?

But if it's fully torn and not even close to each other, I don't see how it'll heal on its own.

The question becomes whether surgery will actually do the magic (in other words, will the repair hold?). Assuming it will stay attached after surgery, I don't see too much point in waiting. The earlier you have surgery, the sooner you get back to the game.

 

[HowieT2]

There are a few things going on with my rotator cuff, but the most significant is a full-thickness tear of the supraspinatus tendon, which is retracted by approximately 1.8 cm. There is a small tear in another tendon, and a few other tendons have tendonopathy (which sounds like the generic replacement term for tendonitis). The tear is significant enough that the doctor believes it will only get worse as I get older. I suffered the injury in early February, and my shoulder seems to be getting worse, not better... Sudden, reflexive movements cause pretty severe pain, and my shoulder (and bicep, which is the muscle associated with the tendon tear) is usually in some state of discomfort. Most nights I wake up at least a time or 2 due to pain. My other shoulder also has some sort of a rotator cuff issue, but it is something that I can live with - like a few of you others. This recent injury is just in a different category. I've tried to let it heal on it's own, but it just isn't going to happen...


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i think the key there is that the tendon retracted. If it's just torn it can heal, but when it's completely apart, it needs to be surgically repaired. Good luck.

 

[HowieT2]

My shoulders are an orthopedist's wet dream. I have a separated shoulder on one side and tears on both. I'm sure they'd recommend surgery. Good thing my baseball career is long over.

I know a doctor.:lol:

 

[Savemeasammy]

1.8cm is HUGE! (or perhaps it's 1.8mm?) You might want to get a second opinion to confirm?

But if it's fully torn and not even close to each other, I don't see how it'll heal on its own.

The question becomes whether surgery will actually do the magic (in other words, will the repair hold?). Assuming it will stay attached after surgery, I don't see too much point in waiting. The earlier you have surgery, the sooner you get back to the game.

Yes, 1.8 cm...

The doc showed me the MRI images. He showed me where the tendon was connected, and then where it SHOULD be attached. I don't have any real context to put the image in, but it looked significant.

My wife and I just need to talk about when the most sensible time for the surgery should be.


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[Savemeasammy]

I know a doctor.:lol:

Hear, hear!


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[abc]

Yes, 1.8 cm...

The doc showed me the MRI images. He showed me where the tendon was connected, and then where it SHOULD be attached. I don't have any real context to put the image in, but it looked significant.

Find a good doctor to do the surgery and get it over with.

My wife and I just need to talk about when the most sensible time for the surgery should be.

Remember you're losing muscle as you wait. (not a big deal for a couple weeks, but could be significant if it's months)

Tendonitis usually heal on their own, unless you keep aggravating it (which unfortunately you probably are, due the deficiency of the torn tendon).

 

[MadMadWorld]

Find a good doctor to do the surgery and get it over with.


Remember you're losing muscle as you wait. (not a big deal for a couple weeks, but could be significant if it's months)

Tendonitis usually heal on their own, unless you keep aggravating it (which unfortunately you probably are, due the deficiency of the torn tendon).

He keeps aggravating it because he's a knucklehead