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Skiing with stitches

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JahJahBinks
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So I fell on a downrail and had to get 5 stitches right below my knee cap. Do you think I could ski with them by Saturday? I got the stitches saturday night. Any of you all skied before with stitches on a place like your knee?
Feb 1 2010 10:09PM
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tinkytwinky
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theres no way you could without ripping it back open, if you bend your knee hard it will rip the stitches and cause super pain.
Feb 1 2010 10:12PM
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Shadows
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i got 20 stitches on my shoulder blade a while back - they ripped. skin is SOFT and stitches are thin pieces of thread that act like blades through skin. think of a cheese wire slice thing sliding through a block of cheese.
Feb 1 2010 10:15PM
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Blurst
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It's not worth just letting it heal and getting back a week later.
Feb 1 2010 10:16PM
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Piste.Off
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i skied with some stitches on my ankle. some came out but it was all ready healed. i wouldn't recommend it unless you're positive your cut wont open back up.
Feb 1 2010 10:17PM
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JahJahBinks
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Shit, this cut is uber deep and they said 12 days which is RIGHT before I go to Vail. So at least im  stoked on that.
Feb 1 2010 10:26PM
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ski_ENDUB
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in that case, I would do everything I could to try and heal up as much as possible and not do anything to jeapordize a trip to Vail
Feb 1 2010 10:59PM
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tharvey3894
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i did the same thing in jackson off a cliff, i knicked my nee and had a pressure crack right under my knee cap, about 2 inches wide and 5 inches across... i had to get stitches, it was the first day there too.. its painful to ski without anything. what i did was i double and tryed trippling up my knee sleeves, i eventually got a knee imobilizer, which i was able to loosen up a bit. but i couldnt do any park, and it was kinda hard, but i was able to ski 2 more days in jackson. so its possible, just i would wait to get them out before any park or cliffs... and stretch them too, what i mean is get the skin used to tension where its held together, then there is less of a chance of them tearing. and you dont want to tear them, because its not the stitches tearing, its your skin
Feb 1 2010 11:06PM
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tharvey3894
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also my cut was down to my bone, and you could see under my knee cap cavity, and by my knee cap so its was a pretty good one. but personally, unless your skiing somewhere extremely awesome, just let it heal, so that you dont have them in vail or later.
Feb 1 2010 11:08PM
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JIB_WALRUS
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lol

i just got six stiches removed out of my back and i skied with them but if there on your knee i would only ski if you could bend your knees. good luck!




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Feb 1 2010 11:09PM
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EvanA02
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skiing on 5 right now!

ive had no problems, they are on my outside of my thigh though
Feb 1 2010 11:10PM
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tharvey3894
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on the outside of your thigh thats not bad for skiing, just probbly painful if anything if u fall on it. hes got in the worse place. which is where most of your movement is when you ski, cause your skin stretches. and it sucks so badly.
Feb 1 2010 11:13PM
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Smith Optics
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Bobby Brown skis with stitches

Feb 2 2010 1:02AM
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-ShredTheGnar-
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bahaha who knew smith had a sense of humour
Feb 2 2010 1:07AM
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readiculous
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Only 5 stitches, and 7 days later? You've probably got an appointment to get them out on monday huh.
I got 7 stitches on my index-finger and then went and stocked groceries all night that same day.
Don't be a puss... Hit the hill.
Feb 2 2010 1:23AM
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tharvey3894
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its different if its on your knee
Feb 2 2010 7:39AM
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Sharknuts.
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i mean if they are in a spot were the ski stretches easily than definitelty dont do it! but other wise hell yea! i got ten stitches under my chin a couple days ago, skied to the emergency room got them stitched up, never took my boots off, back by 11 o clock
Feb 2 2010 12:08PM
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LightAscension
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Well Bobby Brown is a fuckin badass. So unless youre so badass that you throw switch dub 1440 misty's...wait until you get them out cause ripping your knee open would really suck and you'd just have to do the process all over again.
Feb 2 2010 2:08PM
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J-Evs
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ya skiing with snitches sucks, they always tell everyone everything, and are really bums.


no seriously though, id say wait a bit
Feb 2 2010 4:17PM
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P_Steezy
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A couple weeks ago I got 5 stitches in my back and the doctor advised that I didn't go skiing because it would stretch the cut out slightly and make the scar worse. I went skiing anyway (about 5 days later), and sure enough, it stretched out and looks a lot worse than it could. I only get to go skiing on the weekends so I'd say it was worth it, but if you hate large scars all over your body I wouldn't recommend it. I would also think that your location (the knee cap?) is also a lot worse because of all the bending you do with your knees while skiing
Feb 2 2010 5:33PM
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JahJahBinks
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I figured I would bump this thread rather than make a new one....So we are getting 3-6 inches tomorrow, which is huge for Kentucky, and I really want to go up to my local golf couse and set some boxes up. I still have the stitches but they are doing awesome. I can bend my knee to its full extent and the stitches are still in. Nothing hurts at all. It will be 10 days tomorrow. and they said to wait 12. Do you all think I'll be good?
Feb 8 2010 3:50PM
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Furrer92
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I think if you have that much mobility and everything seems good you could go for it, hitting boxes is pretty safe just don't try any crazy shit
Feb 8 2010 3:57PM
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JahJahBinks
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Define "crazy shit"
Feb 8 2010 3:58PM
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Furrer92
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anything you're not comfortable with
Feb 8 2010 4:02PM
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JahJahBinks
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Anyone else have thoughts on this?
Feb 8 2010 5:40PM
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UnloadLances
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Sooo...I have 22 stitches on my Burt cheek. Should I ski or nah?
Dec 16 2014 12:26PM
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AbusedBanana
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I skied less than 24hrs after surgery on my hand last year and skied all season with 3 inch pins sticking out of my hand and I lived. Just avoid falling on your knee at all costs or they might riiip open, i was afraid the pins would catch my splint and rip out of my hand.. but they didn't so just take er easy on the slope.
Dec 17 2014 9:07AM
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