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During a nasty fall today, I twisted my knee and heard a click. I continued skiing for a while but with quite a bit of pain, esp most of runs back to the village were moguled. I was taken to the village trauma center, x- rays, examination and was diagnosed with MCL most likely grade 1. I was told to wear a knee brace, no weight bearing for a while, was recommended crutches and to come back in 2 weeks. I can walk but cannot really bend my knee. We still have about 20 days of skiing this season, next trip planned in 2 weeks. Has ony of you had any similar experience, any suggestions what might help a speedier recovery? Many thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@gde, only experience is of a stretched MCL as a side effect of a more serious injury..but it was unstable for a good while... No idea what grade. Are you talking sprain or tear?
I would suggest early physio advice
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I had a mcl diagnosis, which later had a tibia plateau fracture thrown in. Ligaments take longer than fractures to heal. I recommend physio straight away, lots of ice, elevation, and rest. My accident was done in November and I have had one non ski skiing holiday, but will hopefully ski next time end of March. Mine was diagnosed as a sprain but was more of an issue than the fracture. Feeling good now, but I have a lot of muscle wastage. Good luck!
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Sounds like a carbon copy. Did mine on day 3 of the trip (10 days ago) - avoided trauma centre as I still had hope of skiing again (fat chance) - couldn't walk the day after. Had electro and ultrasound therapy at the physio yesterday - fingers crossed as I'm away for a weekend at the end of March. Physio said three weeks for it to feel more normal and hopeful of being OK to ski with brace in 5-6 weeks (I'm kind of relieved it only looks like about a 30-40% tear but any unintentional twist at the moment makes me a bit more dubious about whether I'll make the slopes this year).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| During a nasty fall today, I twisted my knee and heard a click. I continued skiing for a while but with quite a bit of pain, esp most of runs back to the village were moguled. I was taken to the village trauma center, x- rays, examination and was diagnosed with MCL most likely grade 1. I was told to wear a knee brace, no weight bearing for a while, was recommended crutches and to come back in 2 weeks. I can walk but cannot really bend my knee. We still have about 20 days of skiing this season, next trip planned in 2 weeks. Has ony of you had any similar experience, any suggestions what might help a speedier recovery? Many thanks! |
The priority is a clear diagnosis. This comes up on snowHeads often enough that I've expanded on it here http://www.wimbledonclinics.co.uk/blog/how-to-get-a-diagnosis-january/
If you do have a grade 1 MCL then with physio ( immediately) you could be reasonably well recovered in about 4 to 8 weeks, depending in what you want to do on the knee. Again if a genuine grade 1 then brace is for comfort alone.
Try to find a recommendation for a good physio in your area.
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