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How to prevent a blown knee

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jreilly
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Blown knees seem to be the most common injury for a skier. What are some ways to prevent from this happening? Is there anything in particular you guys do to prevent this common, time consuming injury?

Nov 28 2011 11:23AM
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Flying~Squirrel
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you cant get hurt in the air
Nov 28 2011 11:25AM
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Geonerd
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Cuadricep excercising in every way (Strenght, Reaction, stretching, etc)
Knee and leg polyometrics and awerness (equilibrium with balls and propioceptive excercises in general)
Warming up of knees before every session (doing circles both ways keeping knees together, bike)

If necesary just wear knee braces.

While skiing avoid bump and jump landing with straight knees, if you can...

hope it helps




Nov 28 2011 11:30AM
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Z-Juice
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yea strenghten your quads
Nov 28 2011 11:45AM
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BobYohan
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a good exercise you can do at home are one-legged squats. stand on one foot and try to sit down as far as you can and then stand back up. try to get down so your leg makes a 90 degree angle. really tough at first but they get easier with practice. good for balance, knee stability, and quad strength.
Nov 28 2011 12:49PM
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BenWhit
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you shouldnt wear knees braces unless absolutely necessary, ie. you've had a previous knee injury.

it's the same principle as ankle braces. they're really only used to correct a problem and to prevent further injury. if you use them consistently without necessity, you become dependent on them. it happened to me during football season. i started wearing them first day of practice. mid-season, if i didn't wear them during practice, my ankles would hurt like a motherfucker and they were ultimately weaker.
Nov 28 2011 12:59PM
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gombo8
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strengthen the quads. dont land with locked knees, dont noodle out when you land, dont let your knees turn into cheetos
Nov 28 2011 1:01PM
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Capernicus
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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/639384/
Nov 28 2011 3:06PM
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LolklonVolkls
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Cti 2 custom braces save many a knee
Nov 28 2011 3:41PM
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jKutcher
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One of the best ways to prevent this injury is to work on your technique. Landing back seat and twisting is one of the easiest ways to tear those ligaments. Work on landing forward in your boots.
Nov 28 2011 3:55PM
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jksl
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robot knees, it's 2011 damn it. get with it you cavemen.
Nov 28 2011 3:56PM
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jreilly
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very true but you can always mess up and land back seat that one time. Thats probably what happened to b paul
Nov 28 2011 4:31PM
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oil.
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if your ever in a fall, put your feet up in the air and slide on your back. basic racing concept
but always afterbang of course
Nov 28 2011 4:36PM
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