Recovering from a knee injury (mental)

Start small and work your way up... First 180s on a one foot kicker and progress more and more. You will be back up within days if you commit.

Take it slow, knees are something to take pretty seriously (I know that's pretty obvious). You'll probably get back to where you were eventually depending on the injury, but don't expect to bounce back 100% right away. Knees take a looooong time to heal all the way.

make it a goal to get your body in great shape and your quads super strong. in my experience the fears start to disappear when i'm really confident that my legs can beast mode through anything. the muscles in your knee, kalfs, and quads give a lot more support and stability than ligaments

if someones calling you a pussy just say piss off, i tore my ACL last time i did that. but to get confidence id say start small with 180s as mentioned and if you have access, hit the airbag or a water ramp, but i do realize those are kinda scarce.

i heard peeing in a girls butt does wonders for this type of situation

http://www.google.ca/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=joe+murrell+blog&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=2Y_MTpqxLfDQiALPpZHCCw

read this, there's a lot of good info in here that'll help you get over the mental block

Actually, it's pretty much almost the exact opposite.... Train your hamstrings. If you've had a previous ACL injury, you need to focus on your hamstrings, not your quads as much. An explosive athlete is going to have their hamstrings about 120% of the strength of their quads. Look at a sprinter's legs, their hamstrings almost look like biceps. By overworking your quad's in relation to your hammys you create a lot more stress on your ACL. Too much hamstring strength CAN relate to PCL injuries in some sports, and lower back injuries, but most likely in skiing, you're not putting a lot of pressure on your PCL.. Focus on Squats, Deadlifts, and power cleaning... Good luck man, don't think about your injury, just think about how much fun you're having on the hill and how lucky you are to be skiing! you got it, good luck

Quality post!! this is one of the coolest things ive read

i had nearly the same injury on a rail except i split my kneecap in half too, so i nearly shit myself whenever i looked at rails; i got over it by basically restarting, on the smallest features and doing little tricks off the baby rails, so i assume it might be similar in jumps..
the fear just kinda wore off after a while, i still think about it, but in a matter-of-fact way instead of getting having nightmares

try to block out that memory, works for me

wear a knee brace. I had full knee reconstruction 10 months ago. ACL MCL LCL Meniscus. I feel like shit when I ski around normally. Scared to do much. My doctor told me the majority of his patients choose not to use knee braces and that I dont need one. When i put it on I forget about my knee and just ski like normal. Its a mental thing for me for sure, i can definitely gey by with out.  Knee brace = mental security in my little world.