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Skiing after fractured fenur
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Am 86, fit but nervous about returning to skiing after fractured femur one year ago. Any advice welcomed.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Have you got medical insurance for the trip? That can be hard as you get older, and if you fracture was "low trauma" and maybe a result of osteoporosis, be careful! But hope it goes well.
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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?

@OLIVIA, I admire your go-for-it attitude. My advice is to discuss your plan with a doctor who is familiar with you and your femur break. If they give you the green light, rock on. Find a place that has slopes that suit you, and go there when it isn't crowded. Maybe in spring, when there is generally good visibility, no crowds, and decent snow in the morning; the afternoon mush you can skip.
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I fractured my femur 13 months ago.
6 months on crutches, 9 months of limited activity and 1st time on skis at 1yr Post surgery. I was very nervous and the leg was pretty week. I was only able to ski short runs at a time for up to 2hrs a day.
Slowly built up with a mixture if cross country, touring and piste skiing. 6 weeks on, I am now able to do a day's reasonable ski tour. Skate ski about 14 km and Telemark on piste for a day.
It cost me £200 extra to insure my leg.
It's a long slow process. Good luck.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

I was a lot younger but skied a year after doing this to my femur



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@OLIVIA,
There is another thread running on here re broken femur . Ive found it both helpful and supportive I broke/snapped mine last october and have just booked to go early march having had the ok from the surgeon who put the rod in my leg and whilst im a tad younger than your good self at 71 its being positive that helps so its possible as he said to me physical recovery is mostly helped by your mindset
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I hope I live to 86 and if I do I can still ski. Good on you!
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