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A Little Injury Advice Please
Unfortunately, I crashed the weekend before Christmas when I hit a patch of
solid ice, which on that day was called "snow". This was a couple weeks before the Donner area in California got all of the snow recently, I could have used some of that earlier. I learned a few things that day since I only started boarding last year (I'm now 51 and my family had been going up for a few years prior). Anyway, I was turning from heelside to toeside right before a shady area that is normally icy on the best of days. I was a little full of myself I guess and thought I could get in one more turn before the icy area (this was around 1pm and the slushy areas were actually riding much better than they were when icy earlier in the day). When I hit the ice, just as I transitioned to toeside, I went down so fast I couldn't do anything conciously. I went down on my knees and apparently my left hand. I say apparently because I didn't really notice anything wrong with my hand at the time but I actually cracked the scaphoid bone. It's a ******* of a bone with an unusually long recovery time and I'm currently in a cast. Now to the question, my knees were screaming for at least 5 minutes sitting there on the "snow". I'm not sure I have ever felt a more sustained pain in my life. After a while I was able to continue boarding for a few more runs. Roughly four weeks later my knees are still slightly painfull to the touch and I thought they were doing better. Yesterday I went back up, cast and all with some knee pads! Wrist was fine, first time I went to my knees though, just after binding up nothing violent, I thought I had gone back to the original crash. Very painfull. I realize the knees are just bone and other non-meaty things but, will it be next year before they feel normal again?? It's been roughly 4 or 5 weeks since the original injury and they are still tender to the touch but other than direct pressure feel fine. After going to my knees and feeling they weren't that recovered sure made me tentative the rest of the day. Am I dealing with the knees for the rest of the year?? Sorry for the length, Stan. |
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Stan wrote:
I realize the knees are just bone and other non-meaty things but, will it be next year before they feel normal again?? There's a bunch of meaty things in your knees. See your doctor. Neil |
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Neil Gendzwill wrote:
Stan wrote: I realize the knees are just bone and other non-meaty things but, will it be next year before they feel normal again?? There's a bunch of meaty things in your knees. See your doctor. Neil Possibly brusied the bone, get medical advice ASAP and try rubbing arnica cream on the tender area twice daily. Regards JayP |
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You *really* should see a doctor. There are quite a few things that can
go wrong with your knees, and if left unattended some of them can become chronic. But you need to see a specialist, and ideally you should get MR pictures. Arne |
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"Stan" wrote in message ... [...] Now to the question, my knees were screaming for at least 5 minutes sitting there on the "snow". I'm not sure I have ever felt a more sustained pain in my life. After a while I was able to continue boarding for a few more runs. Roughly four weeks later my knees are still slightly painfull to the touch and I thought they were doing better. Yesterday I went back up, cast and all with some knee pads! Wrist was fine, first time I went to my knees though, just after binding up nothing violent, I thought I had gone back to the original crash. Very painfull. I realize the knees are just bone and other non-meaty things but, will it be next year before they feel normal again?? It's been roughly 4 or 5 weeks since the original injury and they are still tender to the touch but other than direct pressure feel fine. After going to my knees and feeling they weren't that recovered sure made me tentative the rest of the day. Am I dealing with the knees for the rest of the year?? Sorry for the length, Stan. A few years back I crashed onto my knees (icy park, jump too big, shouldn't have been there etc.etc.). Went down with enough force to break one of the knee guards I was wearing. One knee was really swollen and eventually I went to the doc. Luckily there didn't seem to be any real damage but he gave me a load of ibuprofen for the swelling which sorted it out. He said I probably had Bursitis but it was impossible to tell for sure without a scan. Don't seem to have had any problems since. You can't be too careful though, it's easy to damage a ligament so you really should see a doc, even if it seems to cure itself. Jay. |
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Quit your crying!! Your knees are bruised. Tape up the cast and get
back out there. It's a tough sport and you don't have that many years left.. Next time take it in the face! |
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Thanks for the tip, og. I dried all my tears and you were right I don't
feel a thing now. Maybe your knees are just tougher than mine since you're probably down on them so often. Actually, I haven't been hanging around here enough to know if you are a kidder, or just a kid. Doesn't matter though. I'm guessing you're pretty far from being 50. Let's see if you're still boarding by then... or what other sport you take up when you get there. Really, to everyone else thanks for the responses. I was hoping someone with some previous knee-to-ice experience would have some sort of timetable on when they might feel normal again. I didn't go into it before but the orthopedist that I saw for the wrist checked out the knees and no ligament type damage. Probably bone bruises, definitely not the garden variety bruise though. Now og..... go to bed!!! Stan. "og" wrote in message oups.com... Quit your crying!! Your knees are bruised. Tape up the cast and get back out there. It's a tough sport and you don't have that many years left.. Next time take it in the face! |
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:56:24 -0800, "Stan"
wrote: "og" wrote in message roups.com... Quit your crying!! Your knees are bruised. Tape up the cast and get back out there. It's a tough sport and you don't have that many years left.. Next time take it in the face! Thanks for the tip, og. I dried all my tears and you were right I don't feel a thing now. Maybe your knees are just tougher than mine since you're probably down on them so often. Actually, I haven't been hanging around here enough to know if you are a kidder, or just a kid. Doesn't matter though. I'm guessing you're pretty far from being 50. Let's see if you're still boarding by then... or what other sport you take up when you get there. Ha! You couldn't be more wrong! -- Champ |
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:56:24 GMT, "Stan" allegedly
wrote: here enough to know if you are a kidder, or just a kid. Doesn't matter though. I'm guessing you're pretty far from being 50. Let's see if you're still boarding by then... or what other sport you take up when you get there. Boarding and skiing.... and he rips too. - Dave. -- The only powder to get high on, falls from the sky. http://www.vpas.org/ - Snowboarding the worlds pow pow - Securing your e-mail The Snowboard FAQ lives here - http://rssFAQ.org/ |
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Stan wrote:
I was hoping someone with some previous knee-to-ice experience would have some sort of timetable on when they might feel normal again. No knee-to-ice experience, but a knee did get a little twist last April. It didn't feel right until August. My other knee has had problems for years. This year I'm using a Cho-Pat (cho-pat.com) "Dual Action Knee Strap" on my problem knee and it has helped keep me on the slopes and pain away. Dean |
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