 Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks for all the kind thoughts.
I've just tried on my ski boot for the first time since the accident and it felt fine. Hurrah!
The guys at Inside Out are running a 'Return to skiing after injury' clinic next month that I'm going to go to. Really looking forward to it.
I have also been working hard to convert one of my friends into a snowhead and get her to come on the EosB! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Maireadoconnor, great news, see you at the EOSB. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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And I'm back!
On Thursday I went to Hemel for a morning with Lisa from Inside Out for 'Back to Skiing After Injury' Clinic. Lisa is a physio as well as a ski instructor. Scott was also there, taking photos and observing. I was the only person there for that session, but the idea is that there can be up to four people in a group. We started with some questions about my injury and my recovery and a look at the x-rays. We did some balance and flexibility exercises upstairs in the cafe and talked about what I was hoping to achieve. She was a little bit nervous about the extent of my injury, but was reassured that I have been doing exercise including weightlifting. When she was happy that I understood the risks, we went out onto the snow.
The first thing I discovered was something rather irritating. My Kneissl Redstars had been left 'in a safe place' at Hemel when I got broken and were picked up a while after the accident. I had thought at the time there were a few more scratches on them than I expected. When I came to put them on I found that the bindings were on a completely different setting! Someone had clearly been using them. That's not fair 
Once we'd got the skis setup properly, I clicked in and went straight up to the top - might as well be brave, eh? The first run down was scary and I did have a bit of a fall. It was strange how every bad habit I'd worked through came right back at me. But, after a few runs, and a few drills I was skiing really nicely. Before long I was having fun again! Lisa was very clear about what I should and shouldn't be doing at this stage of my recovery, and also when I could start thinking about upping my performance in the future. For example, we agreed that I should avoid much angulation for the next six months or so, but it's fine to concentrate on rotational separation, and to work on perfecting the central theme stuff.
In the course of a morning I went from wobbly and scared, to really decent rotational parallel skiing. I now feel ready to ski on the EoSB and am sure that by next winter I'll be properly back in training.
This is the course Inside Out are running:
http://www.insideoutskiing.com/uk/return.html#3
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@Maireadoconnor, good work!
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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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Maireadoconnor, Great stuff, really pleased for you.
I'm off to Les Arcs, first time skiing since breaking my T&F two years ago (other things have happened since though).
I've done a couple of sessions at Hemel recently, the last, a full day with Scott of Inside Out was simply great, as said elsewhere here, "worth every penny"!
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Please, please,please -can people keep their x-rays to themselves !!! I do not want to see them unless they are mine or I'm a doctor.
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Seeing those x rays though made me feel better.
My 11 year old fell in Bormio at half term. She had done hers races in the English champs, and it was free skiing afterwards. She broke her leg at the tibia plateau and is really annoyed that she cant ski or do sport for at least three months. Break did not look like those x rays though!
A vote for snowcard insurance and how they handled things by the way. I even was allowed to claim back some of my lift pass (two days) as I could not ski while looking after her.
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c44rver, just for you..
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It's @allanm's fault, not mine! My x-rays are positively benign compared to his!
Sorry @c44rver, you're always going to be outvoted by the snowheads rubbernecking contingent who just love a gory photo! Be careful around this subforum because there are some REALLY grim ones!  Was it Kitenski who did his femur a few years back? <shudder>
I did a BASP first aid course last weekend. That had some amazing photos, including what happens when your wife hits you over the head with a cast iron frying pan. Molly the instructor asked us what we learned. "Yes, that's right," she said. "Don't buy your significant other a cast iron frying pan."
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@chrisb, snowcard were superb when I dud ny TPF too
@Maireadoconnor, absolutely chuffed to bits for you
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Maireadoconnor wrote: |
It's @allanm's fault, not mine! My x-rays are positively benign compared to his!
Sorry @c44rver, you're always going to be outvoted by the snowheads rubbernecking contingent who just love a gory photo! Be careful around this subforum because there are some REALLY grim ones! Was it Kitenski who did his femur a few years back? <shudder>
I did a BASP first aid course last weekend. That had some amazing photos, including what happens when your wife hits you over the head with a cast iron frying pan. Molly the instructor asked us what we learned. "Yes, that's right," she said. "Don't buy your significant other a cast iron frying pan." |
How about when your wife (well we were not married at that point) throws a ski at you at the bottom of the run and shouts "why the f**k did you take me down that!". I ducked and the ski missed my head. We have been married for nearly 18 years now....
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@chrisb, 
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You know it makes sense.
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How about when your wife (well we were not married at that point) throws a ski at you at the bottom of the run and shouts "why the f**k did you take me down that!". I ducked and the ski missed my head. We have been married for nearly 18 years now.... |
Well, that was a binding contract. 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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^^ Do me a favour!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@allanm, Not a bad as the one I've just posted on FB.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@chrisb, You have my very deepest sympathy
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm fixed!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Have a wonderful week! 
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@skimottaret, I will!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Maireadoconnor, Yay! have a great time next week
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Maireadoconnor wrote: |
I'm fixed!
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Looking nicely healed.
Look forwards to next winter!
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You know it makes sense.
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@Maireadoconnor,
I hope your'e fully better but it looks to me as if you are missing your foot.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm back from the EoSB now - thanks Jonathan and T-bar; didn't see your messages until just now. Happily, I do still have a foot also.
I had an incredible week in Val Thorens and am astonished at how well I managed. I had intended to 'take it easy' but I found that I was handling everything short of seriously steep, mogulled or variable terrain. My fitness isn't quite 100% - my strength is still good in long turns, but I'm not as nimble as usual in shorts and bumps. I had a bit of knee pain, and a stiff ankle at the end of the day. I think that's because my ligaments aren't quite as springy as normal, so stretching them for hours at a time caused them to be a bit sore. Nothing that an ice pack and a couple of ibuprofen didn't fix tho. On the whole, I’m delighted.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Maireadoconnor,
I'm glad you have your foot and had such a good time, welcome back to skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Maireadoconnor, your x-ray just reminded of one of my favorite skier, Jens Byggmark (pretty young, and he's Swedish, linked his bio in case you're not familiar), who had to stop skiing momentarily due to his own fracture. Actually met him once or twice with his leg cast, and I'm glad to see you in recovery stage.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@gasp2misera, thanks! I'm doing fine now. By next winter I will be as good as new.
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Well, I finally finished my shadowing hours, so, it's official - I am now a fully qualified L1 ski instructor! only a little bit more than a year after breaking my leg. Feeling very proud.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Maireadoconnor, Well done.
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@Maireadoconnor, well done to you!
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Forget the broken leg, that you survived 35 hours of picking up kids off the lesson slope is the biggest achievement 
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@skimottaret, and the rope tow! Don't forget the rope tow!
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@Maireadoconnor, all part of the fun eh?
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It has been fun, actually. Even the picking up bits and the rope tow bits. I'm looking forward to doing more. There's an open evening for potential new instructors on Tuesday apparently so I'm hoping to go and get on the roster.
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