MCL injury due to ski

I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee due to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice ground, My
left body fell on ice ground, and I twisted my right leg outside about
60 degree. It has been three weeks. I still have strong pain when I
move my right leg side by side. But I can move my right leg slowly back
and forth without pain. I take advil 400mg three times per day.
Since I try to avoid to put my body weight on my right foot, I have
pain and sore on right side of my body, my hip. I feel my right foot is
stiffer than a week ago.
Do I have to keep my right knee warm, exercise perhaps? How do I heal
my right knee faster? Will the knee ligaments be permanently weak or
susceptible to injury? Is it possible I can ski again? What
rehabilitation do I have to exercise?
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.

wrote:
I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee due to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice ground,
My
left body fell on ice ground, and I twisted my right leg outside
about
60 degree. It has been three weeks. I still have strong pain when I
move my right leg side by side. But I can move my right leg slowly
back
and forth without pain. I take advil 400mg three times per day.
Since I try to avoid to put my body weight on my right foot, I have
pain and sore on right side of my body, my hip. I feel my right foot
is
stiffer than a week ago.
Do I have to keep my right knee warm, exercise perhaps? How do I heal
my right knee faster? Will the knee ligaments be permanently weak or
susceptible to injury? Is it possible I can ski again? What
rehabilitation do I have to exercise?
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.

A sprained ankle/knee can be healed by exercise. For ankle, put the
balls of the foot on the floor when sitting or heel if standing (you
can play it a bit for most effective position), and press the floor to
straighten the ankle with as much force as the ankle can bear, then
rotate it by referencing the pressure point going around the whole foot
edge until the ankle clicks.

For knee, keep the foot/feet flat (with balls and heel equally weighed,
and it's better to work both feet together) on the ground, and keep the
knees bent, then rotate the knees in circle (to a largest circle) by
referencing the pressure go around the feet--right edge, heel, left
edge, and balls, while keep your head steady. Pressure the "hurts"
and/then around it, waiting for the "pop."

Good lucks,
IS

Did you actually go see a doctor who told you you have an MCL injury?
If not, that's where you have to start -- not asking random strangers on
the internet for a fix to a self-diagnosed problem. If you have seen a
doctor, you should be asking him/her about treatment and recovery.

--
Mary Malmros
Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug.

wrote:
I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee due to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice ground, My
left body fell on ice ground, and I twisted my right leg outside about
60 degree. It has been three weeks. I still have strong pain when I
move my right leg side by side. But I can move my right leg slowly back
and forth without pain. I take advil 400mg three times per day.
Since I try to avoid to put my body weight on my right foot, I have
pain and sore on right side of my body, my hip. I feel my right foot is
stiffer than a week ago.
Do I have to keep my right knee warm, exercise perhaps? How do I heal
my right knee faster? Will the knee ligaments be permanently weak or
susceptible to injury? Is it possible I can ski again? What
rehabilitation do I have to exercise?
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.


Mary is right. It sounds like you haven't seen a doctor to even diagnose
the injury. If you have, go back and ask specific questions on how best
to recover, whether you should undergo any professional PT or what you
can do at home, and when you should be able to think about skiing again.

FWIW a couple years back I had an MCL sprain. It wasn't bad, though it
felt like murder in the following weeks. Lots of ice, lots of directed
exercises, and lots of general exercises and working out later I'm
better than I ever was. At first I couldn't walk for a week, then over
many months it sloooowly got better. It was two years before I could
say that I had full knee strength back. Those ligament injuries can be
persistent and painful and you really need professional advice on how to
recover so you don't risk further damage and have the best shot of a
full recovery.

Once your doctor says it's OK, starting a regular regimen of strength
training is a fantastic way to prevent injuries. Doesn't need to be
super intense, but every bit you can make your muscles and ligaments
stronger makes you that much less susceptible to soft tissue injuries.

"Jon C" wrote in message
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wrote:
I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee due to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice ground,

I too got this injury when I was at Geilo Norway for the World Masters.
I was going to a Team Captains meeting walking across a frozen bus
turning circle carrying skis and briefcase. The heel on my SNS boots
caught the top of a rut and my toes went down into the deep hollow.

Next morning the OC took me to a hospital for xray etc.
The doc said I had two courses available to me as it would take 12 weeks
for recovery, later confirmed by my doc.

First was to contact the physio at home and submit to 12 weeks of torture
and acute pain, lessening each week.
Second was to go home and rest for 2 weeks then gently move around
the house for the next 2 weeks. Followed by 4 weeks of daily increasing
movement and strength exercises and then 4 weeks getting outdoors each
day gradually building up to the level of race fitness I'd started with.

I chose the second.
But on week 11 I was kneeling on the carpet fixing a screw in the lower
door hinge when my knee went again. This time I felt my lower leg
separate at the knee joint from the upper leg. Another 12 weeks!!

You need to have some physical therapy perhaps. It seems to help. I
didn't have the same injury, but I had a knee injury from a fall
during skiing last year. A kinesiologist helped me.

June

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I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee due
to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice ground,
My
left body fell on ice ground, and I twisted my right leg outside
about
60 degree. It has been three weeks. I still have strong pain when I
move my right leg side by side. But I can move my right leg slowly
back
and forth without pain. I take advil 400mg three times per day.
Since I try to avoid to put my body weight on my right foot, I have
pain and sore on right side of my body, my hip. I feel my right foot
is
stiffer than a week ago.
Do I have to keep my right knee warm, exercise perhaps? How do I
heal
my right knee faster? Will the knee ligaments be permanently weak or
susceptible to injury? Is it possible I can ski again? What
rehabilitation do I have to exercise?
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.

I didn't find that physiotherapy was torture at all. I had ultrasound
treatments and very gentle exercises that increasingly got more
intense. Whenever there was pain, I was told to stop.

June

"taywood" wrote in message
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"Jon C" wrote in message
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wrote:
I got medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury on my right knee
due to
ski. I fell on ice ground, my right knee did not hit the ice
ground,

I too got this injury when I was at Geilo Norway for the World
Masters.
I was going to a Team Captains meeting walking across a frozen bus
turning circle carrying skis and briefcase. The heel on my SNS boots
caught the top of a rut and my toes went down into the deep hollow.

Next morning the OC took me to a hospital for xray etc.
The doc said I had two courses available to me as it would take 12
weeks
for recovery, later confirmed by my doc.

First was to contact the physio at home and submit to 12 weeks of
torture
and acute pain, lessening each week.
Second was to go home and rest for 2 weeks then gently move around
the house for the next 2 weeks. Followed by 4 weeks of daily
increasing
movement and strength exercises and then 4 weeks getting outdoors
each
day gradually building up to the level of race fitness I'd started
with.

I chose the second.
But on week 11 I was kneeling on the carpet fixing a screw in the
lower
door hinge when my knee went again. This time I felt my lower leg
separate at the knee joint from the upper leg. Another 12 weeks!!

wrote:
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.

1) Go see doctor
2) Go see English teacher
3) Go see Psychologist (you shouldn't be asking for medical advice on a
skiing newsgroup)
4) Don't cross-post
5) My advice is valid. While I'm not a doctor, I play one on TV.


--
I'm Gumby dammit!

Gumby wrote:

wrote:
Please give me some advice. Your help will be appreciated.

1) Go see doctor

Crapshoot. Just because YOU found a good one doesn't mean that anybody
else will. As a matter of fact, the odds are against it. A friend's
BIL has been undergoing medical treatment for debilitating hip pain for
years, possibly decades. Diagnoses (no HMO constraints, one of his
docs is on retainer to the Lakers) have ranged from a dual hip
replacement to bed rest. Latest one suggested snipping the muscle that
the sciatic nerve passes through, which had hardened. That seemed to do
some good, but not permanently. Friend said that one of the docs told
him that 80% of all back surgery is useless or harmful.

2) Go see English teacher

He speaks English better than we speak his language.

3) Go see Psychologist (you shouldn't be asking for medical advice on a
skiing newsgroup)

Some docs discourage questions. Make that MANY docs. Many others are
unable to answer them even if they want to. Many others answer wrong.
See #1.

4) Don't cross-post

His cross-posting was reasonable and sensible and has been replaced.

5) My advice is valid. While I'm not a doctor, I play one on TV.

Any Emmies to your credit, or are you just trying to be funny?

My car won't start and my back hurts. Both pretty much wipe out skiing
for the foreseeable future. Don't make me any angrier than I already
am.

--
Cheers,
Bev
*************************************************
Never argue with a woman holding a torque wrench.

"The Real Bev" wrote in message
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Gumby wrote:

5) My advice is valid. While I'm not a doctor, I play one on TV.

Any Emmies to your credit, or are you just trying to be funny?

You must be old enough to remember that ad on TV. It must be the must
unconvincing line ever.