Replying to Knee misalignment from switch skiing
Sup guys. This past season was my first season in colorado... and I really didnt do that much park skiing to be honest. I did, however, take advantage of the ice-free groomers and really fine tune my switch skiing. I got 35 days in and I was probably skiing switch 25% of the time
Anyways, my knees are royally fucked now. I am experiencing pain when climbing stairs and sometimes pain when just sitting down for too long. I saw an orthopedist and he had me get MRI's on both of my knees. Basically, he concluded that nothing was torn on either, but that they are both misaligned and theres a little bit of benign fluid hangin out around my kneecap. When I lift my legs up the part below my knee is angled outwards on both of my legs.
Originally, I had thought this was caused by me eating shit a couple of times - once at beaver going like 60+mph (tore my calf muscle in that fall as well) and once pulling my ski off mid air on a mute grab and landing knee into the binding of the ski that fell off. However, my dad watched me ski switch the other day and is convinced it is caused by my switch carving. I am starting to think that it is caused by the abnormal pressure I place on my knees when I carve switch. The pain is generally greatest following a day of serious high speed switch carving
Seeing as pro's (and many of you) ski switch way more than I do, I am wondering if any of you have any experience with similar problems. Is there a certain technique to switch skiing which places less pressure on the knees? Have any of you experienced knee misalignment? If so, how long did it take to recover in physical therapy? did you ever fully recover?
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