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SconnieNot really. I'm more worried about my Achilles's.
I have chronic tendinitis in my right Achilles from skiing and it is noticeably tighter and harder to stretch than my left. Feels so good when I stretch it out though.
Tear one of those things and you are out of the game for a year or more.
TheDoughAbidesevery fucking time...always trying to stretch on the hilll when im not making turns
RparrI have a good friend who tore his years ago. The cast you have to wear is absurd, and he said rehabbing it was harder than other injuries he's had, and as a result he never got back to 100%. The dude is a shell of the skier he once was.
swordsandpensHow seriously did he take rehab? My almost 60 year old father tore his Achilles in the spring and was back out charging the next winter
SkibumsmithThat doesn't really help. Do squats instead.
Yung_JimmyStretching is the best way to prevent any type of muscle or ligament injury.
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Rparrpretty seriously, but now that I think about it, it was the way he tore it. He liked to do tricks on razor scooters. Fucking retarded, I know, but he was pretty good. One time he was whipping the scooting around, like a tailwhip on a bike, and the thing chopped him right in the back of the ankle at full swinging speed. Not only did it sever his achilles entirely, but the skin was busted so wipe open that it was basically falling out. It looked horrible.
Yung_JimmyBetter flexibility, range of motion, and blood flow. Much more prone to injury if your legs and knees are stiff and not warmed up. You're definitely not wrong tho in saying that squats help, strengthening is another great option for prevention.
Riceyou have to be careful with what type of stretches though.
Dynamic stretching instead of static stretching. If you do static, you'll increase the chance of injury (stretches you would have done in school in like 10 years ago).
Riceyou have to be careful with what type of stretches though.
If you do static, you'll increase the chance of injury .
californiagrownwhys that?
GORILLAWALLACEno need to worry man if. just try your best to stay safe and in control, if you get hurt it's just the inherent risk taking effect and hopefully it's not too bad.
when I was 18 (3.5 years ago) I destroyed my knee completely out of the blue. just coaching with a buddy and we got to hit the course on the lunch break. went a little big on a cork 3 and thought I was going to land fine but my knee just buckled, extended and popped. totally fucked acl and both menisci, and minor mcl and pcl damage
but though it was awful going through the process and not being able to ski, being injured forces you to find other stuff that makes you happy, and I believe that blowing my knee kind of changed me for the better. and I'm certainly far more cautious with my body now when I'm skiing but now that I'm healed up I rip harder than ever before.
RiceBasically dynamic stretching warms up the body properly.
Although your muscles may be stretched and feel loose from static stretching, they will actually be less elastic and not as powerful.
For sports such as sprinting and soccer, you will definitely do dynamic as explosive speed is required. Static stretching may actually cool down the muscles before the activity, meaning they are literally not warmed up.
galardogodDid they remove your meniscus or did they repair it?
GORILLAWALLACErepaired. it gets a little achey from time to time
galardogodMy tear was irreparable so I lost 50-60% so I am just praying I'll be able to ski
Pegel18been like 2 weeks and im too scared to ollie anything.
GORILLAWALLACEit takes a very small fuck up on a skateboard to put you back in the cripple bin.
Pegel18yeah good call. after pushing around for a full day, its fucking soore, and swollen, now i gotta take days off from even walking far...
californiagrownOffense intended, you're an idiot.