Hi,
On the last day of ski season, March 30, 2007 (NE Pa.) on my last run i went off the rainbow caught my tip and ripped my ACL in half ,and mcl. I torn some of the middle ring gasket(can't remember the name, sorry). I went to therapy after to rebuild the mcl and had an ACL replacement with paterlar graft in June just as school was out. I am 47 years old and mom of 2 boys who mx and snowboard. I was so disgusted but moved on through therapy. In August i return to mx racing lightly in the women's division.(Motocross). It hurt some but not unbearable. I always wore a brace and didn't push it. When the snow came i returned to skiing, twin tips, because i like the terrain parks , boxes, jumps and rails. My knee is continuing to get worse. It even isn't the same shape as my other knee. When i get home it is swollen , almost looks like fluid. The front part of my knee has a solid swollen lump that is part of my knee. I've had that a while. By time i'm home at night i can't wait t o crawl in bed with an electric blanket and a darvocet with the pain. Well i had the great idea at the young age of 47 to start snowboarding to save on my knees. Been at it for a week and i thing i cracked by tail bone and pelvic bone. I just can't seem to do it. I love to ski and trick and jump but i think it is all over. Should my knee look different than my other. I exercise and always have been very active since i was young. Love dirt bike riding with the boys, racing and skiing. When i came home yesterday, we went from 1 to 8, i was thinking in my head i don't ever want to ski or snowboard again. I was exhausted and in so much pain. I am doing flat boxes, small rainbows, jumps, some 180 and 360's . I try to alway bend to absorb the impact but thing aren't improving. I am so depressed . Why is my knee so big and hard and i still can't bend it all the way like the other. I always walk with a limp. I think 47 is too old for learning snowboarding but is it too old for terrain parks? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh, by the way when i was healing after the surgery, the pain was wow! The insicion took forever to heal. It would blister up like a half dollar with pus and bust. The doctor put me on antibiotics acouple of times but it did it for months. I have an ugly scar from it opening all the time. I really don't care but feel like my sporting days are over.
thanks, Sorry that was so long1
Alyce
On the last day of ski season, March 30, 2007 (NE Pa.) on my last run i went off the rainbow caught my tip and ripped my ACL in half ,and mcl. I torn some of the middle ring gasket(can't remember the name, sorry). I went to therapy after to rebuild the mcl and had an ACL replacement with paterlar graft in June just as school was out. I am 47 years old and mom of 2 boys who mx and snowboard. I was so disgusted but moved on through therapy. In August i return to mx racing lightly in the women's division.(Motocross). It hurt some but not unbearable. I always wore a brace and didn't push it. When the snow came i returned to skiing, twin tips, because i like the terrain parks , boxes, jumps and rails. My knee is continuing to get worse. It even isn't the same shape as my other knee. When i get home it is swollen , almost looks like fluid. The front part of my knee has a solid swollen lump that is part of my knee. I've had that a while. By time i'm home at night i can't wait t o crawl in bed with an electric blanket and a darvocet with the pain. Well i had the great idea at the young age of 47 to start snowboarding to save on my knees. Been at it for a week and i thing i cracked by tail bone and pelvic bone. I just can't seem to do it. I love to ski and trick and jump but i think it is all over. Should my knee look different than my other. I exercise and always have been very active since i was young. Love dirt bike riding with the boys, racing and skiing. When i came home yesterday, we went from 1 to 8, i was thinking in my head i don't ever want to ski or snowboard again. I was exhausted and in so much pain. I am doing flat boxes, small rainbows, jumps, some 180 and 360's . I try to alway bend to absorb the impact but thing aren't improving. I am so depressed . Why is my knee so big and hard and i still can't bend it all the way like the other. I always walk with a limp. I think 47 is too old for learning snowboarding but is it too old for terrain parks? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Oh, by the way when i was healing after the surgery, the pain was wow! The insicion took forever to heal. It would blister up like a half dollar with pus and bust. The doctor put me on antibiotics acouple of times but it did it for months. I have an ugly scar from it opening all the time. I really don't care but feel like my sporting days are over.
thanks, Sorry that was so long1
Alyce
meniscus repair- Yes that was the name. I waited only 3 months to start mx. The pain was tolerable then but the skiing is real bad. Going down steps the pain goes straight under my knee cap too. I don't know what the bone formation is on it. I only had physical therapy not that proprioreceptor one and actually don't know what it is. It looks like knees from 2 different people and swollen at night with fluid or something. I better give him a call. I hate starting over but where i am at isnt where i want to be. I know i am not 13 but do not want to give up sports, yet. My mom is always saying "you are too old for that stuff" but i love going with the boys. thanks alyce
