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First season Post ACl/Meniscus surgery?

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KramerC
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Had surgery this summer and am looking for others experiences the first ski season after. Is it reasonable to think i will be at the same level as last year?
Oct 20 2009 1:21PM
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reBlocke
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Yes, it is.  You have to rehab really hard the entire time until youre full strength.  After like 4 months my insurance stopped paying for rehab (which is pretty standard, if you're not an athlete 4 months is plenty of rehab).  I sacked up and payed for more myself and it was probably the best money I've ever spent.

Just take it somewhat slow and do a lot of mellow jumping to build the muscle when you get back to snow.  I had surgery July 1st on ACL+meniscus (had most of it removed and the other part sewed up because I had several tears in it) and was back to full strength or better by the end of January.

It's all in the rehab.
Oct 20 2009 1:29PM
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chickenwang
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i had surgery the day after graduation in june and ive just been biking a shit load and doing squats/lunges/calve raises like crazy since my insurance ended last month. hoping to start skiing again by early dec.
Oct 20 2009 1:44PM
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schlopy
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Just keep your mind set on the goal. Keep a positive attitude and work hard for it. Keep yourself active doing whatever you can to stay in a positive mind set. I had surgery 2 years ago and about 7 months later i could hit full sized jumps, and by 10 months no longer used a brace for anything.
Oct 20 2009 2:19PM
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whitewater413
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i had the same surgery at the end of april and they told me id be good to start light skiing at the end of december. but take the rehab very seriously like it was said earlier and dont rush back into when you do go skiing take it slow and build up the confidence slowly
Oct 20 2009 6:26PM
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wskibum176
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i had ACL surgery june 17th and im hoping to catch the tail end of the season. only time will tell
Oct 20 2009 8:49PM
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snomaster
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a lot of it is mental too. If you've done rehab enough you should be good. be smart, grow into your confidence and kill it.
Oct 20 2009 8:54PM
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travis_halverson
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how early was everyone getting back to hitting rails and jumps?
Nov 15 2009 1:27PM
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Alkyy
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I was out all last year, tore it early december, wasnt able to get surgery till march, went out the other day and hit a box.  Doesnt feel 100% but im deffanatly getting there im hoping that by the start of january ill be 100%

Nov 15 2009 3:44PM
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shocker611
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uh got surgery on a t tair in my meniscus (3 pieces) and got it repaired and not taken out and had a partial tear in my acl last august and skiid all the next year.. I was skiing before i was even cleared to run and it actually held up pretty nicely.. idk if its a very good idea but i went for it and never retore any of it
Nov 15 2009 5:11PM
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snomaster
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no surgery until March. Damn.
Nov 15 2009 5:13PM
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SARTRON
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surgery in 9 days. woooo...
Nov 15 2009 5:28PM
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shocker611
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^ Have fun! Didnt sleep for an entire week after my surgery so just be ready for some pain afterwards! haha
Nov 16 2009 5:45PM
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SmokeyTheBear
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Yeah I'm waiting to see how mine goes its funny how so many people did acl and meniscus at the same time. Anyone else get an autograft from your patellar tendon? I had surgery in march and i still got mad tendonitis in it and it keeps me from training too much it blows.
Nov 16 2009 7:52PM
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KramerC
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i got a graft from a donor bodes Achilles tendon. Its supposed to be the strongest for the knee and in 9 months most of the dna has been converted to mine.
Nov 17 2009 12:48PM
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snomaster
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I've heard too many weird stories about using patella, like an itch that never goes away where they took it from...

I'm really happy with my braided hamstring graft from my own body that I know is strong. Plus it gives you another scar for street cred.
Nov 18 2009 12:31PM
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Alkyy
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^^i couldnt get surgery for so long after because i got mono right as they were doing blood work it sucked.

But with what i quoted.. I got the patella and WOULDNT advise it.  My doc left it up to me and i choose that because its a stronger graft for the most part.  what i didnt know is that i still wouldnt be able to kneel do heavy squats and have it be constantly this weird numb itch, shit itches but the skin is numb so you cant do anything about it it sucks.  and i was doing rehab 3 days a week and i work out 4 days a week now to get ready for ski season so im deffanatly not slacking i wouldnt say

Nov 18 2009 12:39PM
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SmokeyTheBear
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Yeah im having the same problems minus the itch. It takes up to a year for the patellar tendon to heal back up again it takes forever. My doc just said overall it was the safest cause it was strong and they knew my body wouldn't reject it and there was less chance of infection
Nov 19 2009 10:30PM
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