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Off to Colorado - ACL help +k

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deepvoice
Posts: 268 - Karma: 700

I tore my acl first day of the season at a railjam so now after a couple months of mad physio and rehab my doctors have cleared me for the season to go easy and moss with my team. but at least ill be out. Also i was wondering if anyone else here has riden without an acl and if they have any tips to play it safe or things that bothered there knee while riding.

I AM gettting surgery in the spring, the doctors dont want to opperate now because my knee is still growng so they dont want to damage my growth plates cause then id have one leg shorter then the other. i have a donjoy, and my miniscuses both have tears already and my pcl is partialy torn aswell so damaging those from sking is not an issue but one that i still wish to avoid.

i just wanted some help for if there were any tricks ie chairlifts, pow, whatnot to avoid
+k to you if you can help

thanks again

Dec 8 2011 12:31PM
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s.parker
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yo dude, i did this exact thing in 09' i was in the first comp of the season and blew out my knee. my doctor said the same thing, with a ton of work i could ski just really lightly, no jumps or rails or anything. the only thing that really bothered me was one day there was some powder and leaning back on my skis ached it alot. so try to avoid that. other than that i had no problems just skiing along not doing jumps or anything. and just taking it easy. chairlifts and ropetows are fine, the only thing that you should definetly do is when your done skiing always ice it for like 20 minutes, or else it will hurt like a bitch for the entire night.

good luck with all your shit, it sucks.
Dec 8 2011 12:45PM
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doitbig
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Just be careful.  I wouldn't spin or do anything to risk popping it out.

Dec 8 2011 3:21PM
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TheHamburglar
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I skied without my ACL last season, wore a breg fusion at all times on the hill. in february, landed backseat off a tall box and snapped something in the same knee that felt like an ACL- surgeon thinks it was scar tissue that attached to my PCL, or something like that. either way, it hurt, and it was similar to the initial ACL tear. couldn't walk for a couple weeks, season was over.

keep those legs strong, ski conservatively, be very careful.
Dec 8 2011 3:26PM
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Capernicus
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Skip this season dude. Get a second opinion.

You can further tear your meniscus making it harder, if not impossible to repair. This will lead to many problems when you grow older. And since you are young (growth plate talk) you don't want to do this.

But if your doctors think waiting 5 more months will give you adequate time for your growth plates to improve or whatever, then what do I know. I would get another opinion however...
Dec 8 2011 3:59PM
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deepvoice
Posts: 268 - Karma: 700

the reason i am out here is because i was unable to refund my trip so thought i had t try myself out on skis at somepoint, but yeah i have the thought looming in my mind that the seasons not worth it so ill see. ive had 3 doctors and 2 physio guys all say that it should be fine but im still prett weary on that.

thanks for you help guys ill aviod sitting backseat and putting myself in those situations and get the icepacks on speed dial. i just wanted to hear some opinions from ns because everyones done something to there knee and when you ask the doctors if you can ski its kinda hard to explain to a normal person what we really do ahah

thanks again +k to you all

Dec 9 2011 9:27AM
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SKETCHY_D
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dude ive had three acl surgerys and im only 19, dude take it easy and just do some casual riding if you really want to ride that bad, stay away from sharp cutting and park man. even though its already torn the more you pop that thing out the worse itll be down the road

Dec 9 2011 10:36AM
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crawley
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Maybe you already have, if so, disregard.
Dec 9 2011 1:15PM
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