 Poster: A snowHead
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Just after some advice/thoughts please.
I've skied for many years on and off and recently due to injury I've had 4 years off and I'm now ready to get my boots and skis back on.
Whilst I'm really excited I'm also really nervous I won't be anywhere near the standard I left 4 years ago and that it will take me a long time to get back to it. I spent 2 years skiing (before injury) every week in the UK to a high standard/race level and also skiing abroad and with 4 years off I'm worried I will have forgotten everything.
Guess I'm just looking for any advice, reassurance or experiences
Thanks for reading
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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After skiing every year since the early 80s, I had 5 years off due to herniated disc and then surgery. I didn't know what to expect when I started back - but it was like riding a bike...so don't worry too much, as I expect it will be the same for you.
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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 am probably nowhere near your level of skiing. I had an ACL reconstruction, and was back on skis in 10months at the age of 62. I skied very carefully not wanting to undo my good work, and my surgeon's good work. Two years later, bring it on. My last ski holiday l was ready to ski hard. Take it slowly, follow a ski instructor if appropriate, l had a lovely one who gave me extra time for free. Relax and enjoy the mountains.😀
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6yrs off due to an arthritic hip. New hip just under a yr ago. Big comeback on 11th March.
A bit scared it will be hardpack, otherwise fine.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Broke my ankle 2 years ago. Thankfully by the time it got round to skiing again I’d already been back ice skating for around 6 months but honestly aside from being less fit than I’d have liked I found that muscle memory came back pretty easily. I didn’t ski to your standard but certainly similar on the ice and technically my skating was back pretty quick but the confidence to try stuff I knew I could do deep down took a little longer
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| Snowy2018 wrote: |
| ... I spent 2 years skiing (before injury) every week in the UK to a high standard/race level and also skiing abroad and with 4 years off I'm worried I will have forgotten everything... |
You’ll be fine.
Don’t think. Just ski.
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What @ALQ, said, switch the brain off and let the body do it's thing!
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| karin wrote: |
| ...switch the brain off and let the body do it's thing! |
I'm stealing that line 
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As usual the OP is nowhere to be seen amongst all this good advice.
But for God's sake OP, just get on with it and stop worrying.
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| Old Fartbag wrote: |
| After skiing every year since the early 80s, I had 5 years off due to herniated disc and then surgery. I didn't know what to expect when I started back - but it was like riding a bike...so don't worry too much, as I expect it will be the same for you. |
Thank you for your comment, it's good to hear its like riding a bike, fingers crossed it will be. It's good to know it went well when you started back after 5 years
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| margaret wrote: |
| I am probably nowhere near your level of skiing. I had an ACL reconstruction, and was back on skis in 10months at the age of 62. I skied very carefully not wanting to undo my good work, and my surgeon's good work. Two years later, bring it on. My last ski holiday l was ready to ski hard. Take it slowly, follow a ski instructor if appropriate, l had a lovely one who gave me extra time for free. Relax and enjoy the mountains.😀 |
Wow back on skis after 10 months that's fantastic. I think you're right I just need to relax and take it slowly to start with. I'm excited, hope I have as good an experience going back as you did
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
6yrs off due to an arthritic hip. New hip just under a yr ago. Big comeback on 11th March.
A bit scared it will be hardpack, otherwise fine. |
Good luck for 11th March, looks like we will both be going back to skiing after a break
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| lampygirl wrote: |
| Broke my ankle 2 years ago. Thankfully by the time it got round to skiing again I’d already been back ice skating for around 6 months but honestly aside from being less fit than I’d have liked I found that muscle memory came back pretty easily. I didn’t ski to your standard but certainly similar on the ice and technically my skating was back pretty quick but the confidence to try stuff I knew I could do deep down took a little longer |
I'm really relying on muscle memory, so fingers crossed. All through training that's one thing i was told its muscle memory, so i guess its time to put that in action. Thanks for sharing it does sound similar and think i will be the same with my confidence to start with
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You know it makes sense.
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| Snowy2018 wrote: |
| ... I spent 2 years skiing (before injury) every week in the UK to a high standard/race level and also skiing abroad and with 4 years off I'm worried I will have forgotten everything... |
You’ll be fine.
Don’t think. Just ski.
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Thank you for the welcome and you're completely right with don't think just ski, I do completely overthink it so I think I need to try and switch off and just enjoy
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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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| karin wrote: |
| What @ALQ, said, switch the brain off and let the body do it's thing! |
I will definitely try that, something I need to work on switching the brain off and relying on muscle memory
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Poster: A snowHead
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| telford_mike wrote: |
As usual the OP is nowhere to be seen amongst all this good advice.
But for God's sake OP, just get on with it and stop worrying. |
Bit confused with the 'As usual' seen as this is my first post. Unfortunately I struggle for internet connection where i live and as soon as I had a connection I came straight online to respond to the comments I've received. Please don't make assumptions, I certainly wouldn't post something and be rude not to respond to the people that have been kind enough to offer me some helpful & reassuring advice!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Go and enjoy it, just relax, like riding a bike!!
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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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@Snowy2018, hope you have a good time. As with others, I ruptured my ACL (skiing), then due to becoming pregnant just as I was getting to a reasonably good point in my rehab, didn’t end up skiing again for more than 3yrs. Again it felt fine, my body remembered how.
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@Snowy2018, the as usual wasn't aimed at you specifically. First time posters often ask for advice but never acknowledge it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@telford_mike, bit harsh...it was only 4 hours.
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I broke my leg twice in 2014. The first time I was snowboarding and the lower part of my left leg ended up as hardcore. The second time was 7 months later, same leg. It just hadn't healed enough. I now have a titanium rod from my knee to my angle. That year, I was non weight bearing for 4 months and lost almost all of my leg muscle.
I sat out the 2014/15 season. When I first went back up the hill in Feb 2016, for the first hour I kept telling myself I was insane doing it again. By the end of the first day I felt better, but I had been very cautious. As the trip (a long weekend) went on, my technique slowly improved but I took me many trips to get back to being anywhere near as good as I had been. The muscle memory was still mostly there but it wasn't like riding a bike. I also noticed that the leg I had broken had no where near the muscle I'd previously had, that has taken a couple of years to get back fully.
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@Snowy2018, just relax and enjoy it, you don't need to race down the hill on your first run, its like getting your sea legs back after being on dry land for a bit
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This is probably obvious.... Best advice is take your time. No rush.. your injury will weaken ligaments/muscles and make you more susceptible to more injuries to slowly improving technique and strength is must. Resistance bands are a must for injury recovery I have found (I like these ones the best https://nuovahealth.co.uk/product-category/resistance-bands/)
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