Concussions

I was in the same situation as you except my issue was my collarbone.

I want to start this off by emphasizing, IT CANT BE ANY MORE SERIOUS THAN A CONCUSSION. It's your head bro, your fucking brain, if you fuck it up, thats it bud. Fucking laying in a hospital bed unable to talk, walk, or do any activity otherwise until some destroyed family member of yours decides to pull the plug on your life.

Now, I'll talk about what happened to me in your position and what I regret about it. So i broke my clavicle playing football, it healed up but i was still 2 weeks away from being cleared to start doing tricks and shit. Me, being a dumbass, decided to do some 2s on. Well they went great, until they didn't, long story short i fell on my shoulder and re broke my shoulder. I havent done anything more than slide a rail for the last month and a half of my winter. All I'm saying is, its 2 weeks versus the duration of the season. I've literally regretted it since the moment i fell. This was going to be a great season for me, i had it all planned out, and now I havent been able to do shit. On that note, you can decide for yourself...

eazy.I was in the same situation as you except my issue was my collarbone.

I want to start this off by emphasizing, IT CANT BE ANY MORE SERIOUS THAN A CONCUSSION. It's your head bro, your fucking brain, if you fuck it up, thats it bud. Fucking laying in a hospital bed unable to talk, walk, or do any activity otherwise until some destroyed family member of yours decides to pull the plug on your life.

Now, I'll talk about what happened to me in your position and what I regret about it. So i broke my clavicle playing football, it healed up but i was still 2 weeks away from being cleared to start doing tricks and shit. Me, being a dumbass, decided to do some 2s on. Well they went great, until they didn't, long story short i fell on my shoulder and re broke my shoulder. I havent done anything more than slide a rail for the last month and a half of my winter. All I'm saying is, its 2 weeks versus the duration of the season. I've literally regretted it since the moment i fell. This was going to be a great season for me, i had it all planned out, and now I havent been able to do shit. On that note, you can decide for yourself...

^^^^^ This man. Quoting for emphasis. Head injuries are nothing to fuck with, just take it easy, dont compete. Maybe get out there and film or see if you can participate as a judge? just throwing out ideas so you can stillhave some fun without the possibility of hurting yourself seriously

I had a TBI three years ago, and long story short, recovery was hard as fuck.

If you're not supposed to hit features, don't do it dude. Your brain is still healing, and even the slightest rattle could offset it. You want to make sure your head is good enough, and you feel back to "normal" before you do anything like that.

Please don't risk it, let your body heal.

I've had about five concussions over my life, three of them from skiing (one of those I needed surgery) one from an icicle falling off my roof and hitting me in the head and my last one from when I used to do MMA.

If its a rail jam just wear a helmet and go skiing.

if it was a bone sure, but it's your fucking brain. re break a bone = a couple months at most. a really bad concussion could = vegetable for life

Don't fuck with concussions. They can do a lot more damage than it seems

Don't fuck around with head injuries. Listen to you doctor.

Be careful man. Head injuries are no joke. I'm still recovering from my last one last april. 11 months ago

They stack up. I had plenty where I recovered well and felt good as new right away. Every head injury adds up though. Right now my brain is kind of fucked.

Idk, just saying to be careful. Broken bones and other stuff are generally pretty easy to deal with. For the most part you're kinda stuck with things as far as your brain goes.

Be careful and good luck.

I am still dealing with some PCS symptoms from my last concussion which was about 2 1/2 weeks ago. All's I have to say is DON'T FUCK WITH HEAD INJURIES! While you probably would be fine to compete I would recommend taking things easy and not going to crazy. Re-injury can result in more severe symptoms and can come about from a lot smaller bump to the head after a recent concussion.

I just advise you to proceed with caution and take things easy for the next month or so.

I'm sort of in the concussion boat right now as well, yesterday I tried carving a cork 5 japan off the first jump at PC for the first time and ended up going to 6 and catching an edge I guess. I don't really know cause the last thought I remember was "Oh shit I'm going to over rotate" then I woke up with ski patrol strapping me to a sled. I guess I was out for a while cause I was the last of my friends to hit the jump so they didn't know what happened and had to take a lap to find me. The people at PC as well as the people at the health center at my school said just to keep track of if I had headaches or messed up vision which luckily I haven't. I guess like you I'm wondering when it will be safe to go back and at what level. In my case this is my third concussion, all from skiing park. With the past two I just took a few weeks off and made sure I felt ok then when back to skiing as usual, however I don't know if this one was more serious since I was knocked out for so long. Anyways best of luck man and I hope you get cleared to ski in the rail jam.

Ever hear the story of Reggie Ray?

Best to just listen to the doctor and slowly ease yourself back into things

If anyones curious i ended up feeling really good and doing it. I dont regret it at all i took 3rd!

I have had 5 concussions now, 2 of them from skiing. After my 5th my doc diagnosed me with Post Concussion Syndrome and put me on weekly medication which limits the blood flow to my brain so I don't have constant migraines. Concussions can really mess your head up but as long as you wear a helmet and don't get too many like me you should be fine.

JOTTOIf anyones curious i ended up feeling really good and doing it. I dont regret it at all i took 3rd!

You don't regret it because you didn't rattle your noggin in the comp. Congrats on getting third, but be careful my man.

HamburgalerI have had 5 concussions now, 2 of them from skiing. After my 5th my doc diagnosed me with Post Concussion Syndrome and put me on weekly medication which limits the blood flow to my brain so I don't have constant migraines. Concussions can really mess your head up but as long as you wear a helmet and don't get too many like me you should be fine.

Did you ever feel dizzy or unable to concentrate for a time after any of them? Still recovering from my last one which was about 3 weeks ago and feeling a lot better than I did, but definitely not 100%.