Physical Therapists in SLC
All-- My kid is in search of a good PT in SLC for a shoulder issue. Figured some folks here might have suggestions or recommendations. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
View ArticleMoving to knee braces from sleeves?
Mid-50s life long “solid” skier with long lapsed psia cert and club ski racing background. Since a knee sprain in severe crash at 21 have worn high compression closed patella neoprene knee sleeves on...
View ArticleTo go or not to go....just received ankle MRI results (peroneal tendonitis)
I am looking for feedback from folks who have had peroneal tendon/ankle issues.... Early summer, I was starting to be bothered by my right ankle (no specific injury/incident, though)...eventually got...
View Articleheart
Just got out of the hospital... Albany Med. It was my heart and I assumed it would be a replacement. But instead they reconditioned the old one with a pacemaker. I wore a heart monitor for the last...
View ArticleFor lifetime skiers skiing well into your 60's to 80's, what level of alcohol...
Just curious about your experiences if the occasional tipple or total teetotaler or full on alcoholic affected your ability to ski well into old age?
View ArticleAbdominal strength
OK guys, how important is this for skiing? Reason I ask is I had keyhole surgery in this area recently that went a bit iffy, and my "no abdominal workout for 6 weeks" has become "no abdominal workout...
View ArticleAcute Mountain Sickness - © 2006, D. M. Polaner
"Acclimatization to Altitude and Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) A brief (well, maybe not so brief) guide for the worried flatlander. Many people who live at or near sea level have posted queries on the...
View ArticleRecovering from a broken leg (March 2021)
Just thought I would share a positive rehabilitation story. I'm an intermediate skier and am based in North Carolina. On my last planned ski-day at my local resort on March 12, 2021 I caught an edge in...
View ArticleQuadriceps Tendon Rupture, Repair and Rehab
Beginning a thread that was initially started in 2008 on EpicSki.com. The site is shutting down this week so hoping to continue the activity at PugSki.com. It has been a tremendous source of...
View ArticleACL Replacement Finally On Track
For those who don’t know I was supposed to have this done at the end of the 21/22 season but when I returned to work from skiing in March all hell broke loose at work and I ended up having to go back...
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So ... Brace/sleeve socks are now a thing.
SIXS Knee Brace socks Size I Colour Dark Grey/Yellow Tour socks to be worn under the protectors extra long for better comfort lightweight and breathable silicone insert for better grip www.six2.com
View ArticleHoliday Nonsense
It appears that Tremblant had the most open terrain in the east. So that made it very busy as the week went on. Thursday I got hit by an out of control and over terrained 7 yr old. No damage as I could...
View ArticleHumerus fracture, and dislocated shoulder + reverse engineering the crash
Greetings, new member, first post. I'm a 46 year old guy, 6' 195lbs, strong intermediate/advanced skier. Holiday Valley NY is the resort I frequent the most. Last week, on my second day out for the...
View ArticleLong COVID?
*No discussion of vaccines, what you personally believe about what went down over the last several years, etc. Thank you* I tested positive for COVID back in early July. My symptoms were relatively...
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Wear your sunscreen kiddies
Thats what it looks like when you have a malignant melanoma removed and 2 lymph nodes. Its been a while but so far it looks like I am going to be visiting the oinkologist and dermatologist 4 times a...
View ArticleSkiing with Total Ankle Replacement
Just had a Wright Infinity TAR done. Anyone out there skiing with an ankle replacement with some experience you'd care to share? I've been told I can ski "cautiously" this year - will be nearly 5...
View ArticleAnyone wear a knee warmer post ACL reconstruction? Any recs?
This is something I didn't anticipate, but makes sense. My knee that I had surgery on gets noticeably colder when it dips below freezing. It starts with just an odd slightly cold feeling inside my knee...
View ArticlePRP injection report- On going with updates.
I don't typically post up on my injuries but since this is going to be about PRP which is still a relatively new and unproven technology (there is very little imperial data) , I thought I would post up...
View ArticleNever broke anything...until today
I managed to break a rib today in a collision. Not sure anyone was at fault (above, below, etc.), I think we just crashed. So, a few weeks off snow.
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