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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If " your friend" takes it easy and sticks to easier slopes, i say go for it!
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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 strongly suspect "a friend of mine" cracked a rib Wednesday before last falling on piste (got highsided by a mogul he couldn't see due to very flat light and fell onto his pole). Very similar symptons to those you describe, although still quite uncomfortable now. Didn't stop "him" having a great time skiing really very aggressively throughout the next 10 days, although "he" may have aggravated it last Thursday when "he" found it extremely difficult to pole plant on the left hand side.
Basically, don't take painkillers (pain is there for a reason), and if it hurts too much, then back off a bit.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 5-02-09 18:56; edited 1 time in total
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I did exactly the same thing last Jan-slipped at the top of a concrete stairway and stopped at the bottom by my ribs on a concrete planter.Very painful but 2 weeks later I managed Face du Bellevarde and off-pisty routes no prob.Just try not to fall on the sore ribs.Tell "him" to be a man and get on with it.
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under a new name, dunno anything about mythical collective medical wisdom, but a friend of mine cracked a rib after a bad fall on rollerblades a few years back (choice: fast speed=big air, or throw self on soft grass? throw self on soft grass chosen but missed so throw self on hard tarmac resulted), after a bit of whining, just bought new phone and got on with things within the limits of comfort (and antiinflammatories)
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3 words! DOUBLE RECOMMENDED DOSAGE 
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I wiped out on a mogul field in Jackson Hole in 2001 and cracked a couple of ribs when my pole bent at right angles in to my rib cage -ouch!!! This was on the second day of a 2 week holiday. I just got on with it -my wife had to help me out of bed in the mornings as I stiffened up overnight -as the days progressed I loosened up and was able to ski about 70%of my usual ability levels.Pain killers during the day and plenty of beer in the evenings helped me along.Probably not what the medical experts would advise but we are ard up North and don't make a song and dance over such fortunes - I would still do the same if it ever happened again -you just ski a little more leisurely and take no big risks. 
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Did one of mine on the first day of a trip. Luckily a couple of my skiing pals are docs and painkillers are the only real treatment.
Your skiing should be fine but avoid sneezing at all costs !!
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I broke 3 ribs in a karting race... and thanks to ibruprofen, paracetamol and codamine skied 10 days later................... felt and skied shite though!!
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I fell onto a sharp object and possibly cracked a rib. Very painfull when laughing etc. Was rollerskiing within a week, taking it easy. Rollerskied a lot the next week and it was sore the next day, but all seemed to heal OK within about 4 weeks. I'd go skiing.
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My husband cracked his ribs several years ago, one week before we were due to go ski-ing. As above, take some pain killers, try not to fall and you'll be fine.
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under a new name, your friend should beware of poling along the flats - it will be v painful. I suspect he also needs a holiday. I skied last week with an ankle injury, it was murder not being able to ski the fresh powder, but I had a really mellow time on piste and a good hol. "He" won't be able to damage the ribs unless "he" has a major wipeout, because they are self splinting with lots of support from adjacent ribs and muscle. Good non sedating painkillers (Script from your quack?) and DO STICK TO THE PRESCRIBED DOSE unless you (edit "he") fancy stomach ulcers, liver failure etc.scrubyjoe, 
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You know it makes sense.
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wonderfully trippy painkillers
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more info, please. I feel a bit of a sore something coming on.....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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pam w, cocodomal 30/500 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ha ha ha, ROFLOL, thankfully I didn't post this last week when they were bl**dy painful; thanks all for excellent and wonderfully funny advice.
Skiing it is then.
pam w, Ask for "Tramal" (Tramadol chlorhydrate (?)) - was prescribed 4 a day, found I could easily get by on one and sell the other three to the little tinkers lurking outside the apartment block for a few francs. Plus taking 4g of paracetamol and 2,400 mg of ibuprofen evenly spaced over the day. Plus a few Leffes of an evening. Plus a couple of Nexiums to counteract the ibuprofens and Leffes.
Have been "clean" for 2 days now...
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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 should also point out that I caught a cold 4 days in with all the coughing and sneezing that it normally entails...talk about timing?? 
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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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Better be careful your friend doesn't catch it!
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I broke 2 ribs on very first morning of xc skiing once. I carried on for the rest of the week with a combination of gin & strong painkillers
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under a new name, I broke three ribs falling on my hand (see also - Broken Hand Thread). I would give it at least 10 minutes between breaking ribs and skiing
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GrahamN, pain is certainly there for a reason, as you have unjured something, but that is no reason to avoid painkillers. Why put yourself through possible torture?
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Helen Beaumont, if you're killing the pain then you're more lilkely to push through it and aggravate the injury. OK, I have a pretty high tolerance for pain, so I may go for lesser pain relief - but I just think that the pain feedback mechanism is useful as a damage limiter.
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GrahamN rest and pain relief is by far the better option. If you take pain relief it doesn't 'kill' all of the pain anyway. If you move in a way that aggravates the injury, it should still hurt. Possibly not as much, but you should still have an indicator that you are overdoing it.
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It depends on the situatin. If on a ski holiday, just ski right through it. If already planned and paid for go for it. If you paid for a whole day ticket and can't get a refund keep skiing. If you want a broken bone to heal quickly, I would give it three days rest while trying to move it as little as practicable to properly start mending, and then take it easy for a couple of months. I once re-injured some ribs heaving on a friends car a month after originally damaging them. Back to square one 
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Ghost, bog coughing fit yesterday afternoon meant that even if I'd brought my kit up it wouldn't have been fun. Next weekend...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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tell your 'friend' to man up and get on with it.
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