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Hi
Yesterday, when Skiing down the flattest blue run ever, I somehow managed to fall and have apparently damaged my LCL.
Having had an afternoon of keeping my leg raised and icing, I’m now watching everyone get ready for a final morning on the slopes before heading back to the UK, I’m bored and wondering what the stages back to Skiing might be?? (A bit early perhaps less than 24 hours after being assisted off the slope...)
I won’t know for definite until I get back to the UK exactly what I’ve done but the doctor mentioned ‘torn’ (not sure if this is partial or total.) I certainly can’t put any weight on it - knee collapses inwards.
Does anyone have any experience of this and practical things like when you can drive again? (Its my right leg).
An info gratefully received - as I’m sure it will not only be useful but also alleviate the frustrating boredom of waiting for the others to return from the slopes 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've had an LCL strain in the same knee twice - 1 year apart. Second was 2 or 3 years ago now, thankfully. And not a rupture.
First time was at the end of the season, I drove the next day (left leg) and I already had a doc appointment lined up a few days after the injury re. a damaged ankle, so got it seen to very quickly. The second time was earlier in the season, and was confirmed almost immediately by MRI (I was evacc'ed from the slopes and taken straight to a medical centre). No more skiing that week, but I was back skiing a week later, with doctor approval. Wore a knee brace the rest of the season, and I could feel it occasionally 'pinging' but I did manage to ski pretty hard again within a couple of weeks.
It's still not 100% now. I think it's now 3 years later, and this is the first winter I'm not in a knee brace - it's probably about 97% now, with lots of lunges and squats to build up the muscle, and a really good physio up until last summer (mostly focusing on my very messed up ankle though).
Immediate after care for me the first time was lots of ice and elevation. Second time was ice, and lots of time in a spa and swimming pools, which really seemed to help - varied temperatures, and very gentle stretching and manipulation without weight bearing. Actually, the first time round - it was only after the first soak in a hot bath (6 days after the injury) that I was able to fully straighten and weight bear on the damaged knee.
Unfortunately I expect a full rupture will be a tougher recovery - just follow your doctors advice, and find a good physio as soon as you can. It is definitely worth paying for private physio sessions.
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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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Hi
Thanks for the feedback. You’re obviously quite right - do what the doctor /physio say. I guess I should also wait to find out for definite what I’ve actually done!
Thanks again
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@Homey, isolated Lateral collateral injuries are relatively rare. If you have an LCL injury it needs proper assessment to check other structures like the ACL.
Jonathan Bell
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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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I find with ligament tears that the recovery period is annoyingly hard to tell with any certainty. Whenever I've done my ankle ligaments (the last time was 3 years ago touch wood), its always varied massively depending on how badly the original tear was, what seems like sheer luck and how well I've looked after it afterwards.
I partially tore my LCL a couple of months ago (in possibly the most stupid fashion possible). The feeling for a week or two afterwards was a weird one, the main issue was that I was conscious of a lack of stability in my knee (although I could put weight on it). I was able to ski fine with a knee brace on this weekend just gone (although there was one sickening moment when my knee got caught and twisted and I could tell that I definitely hadn't fully healed, thankfully the brace did its job).
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LCL I once thought I had one but talked to a friend who had a confirmed lcl and those meant to be more painful.
What sorted my pain out was just wearing a good knee support, http://inthenameofsport.com/ has some good ones.
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