stemik 14 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 All this talk about moguls, makes my knees hurt. I had an MCL operation last year - This season I can only ski for a few hours at a time. My son who is only 9 broke his ACL in Nozawa this February. He has had an operation and currently in hospital. Any other SJers have problem with their knees? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Oh, no... Hope you are ok. Knee injury is something I really don´t want to get. I stretch and rotate a lot. So far, it has held up countless bad landings. Being light weight and flexible sure do help, Shoulders are another story. I have constant pain these days. Just annoying. Trying to avoid surgery but ... I´m getting older I think. Grinds a bit. 3- 4 hours boarding is enough for me these days. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Well, let me see.. cracked patella and two knee surgeries, broken cheek bone, broken collar bone (twice).. all from hockey. Serious shoulder and middle back issues from years of rodeo kayaking. Tinnitis from teh loud asswipe drummers...(somebody please make the ringing in my head go away). But, ironically...nary a problem with skiing. Touch wood. Cheers for a healthy and speedy recovery to you and the young fella. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Sorry to hear Junior Stemik has had to have an ACL repair. PB had that done a few years ago after a Rugby injury. He said it sounded like a rope snapping! Yuck! I have had dodgy knee's, but I am past 40. Less issues once I got the ITB a bit more relaxed, but it went a bit on me in Switzerland after I misjudged a drop and what I thought was a few inches was actually 4 feet, I rode with a friends wrap around brace to keep it stable, healed nicely, and just tweaked on the last day in Niseko, but already almost better - I think it is the medial ligament that goes for me. Was a guy on the plane home drugged up to his eyeballs on pain killers who was stretchered off the hill by patrol after doing his knee - he could walk but not pretty...fairly common I would think. #3 son hurt his knee stacking it in strawberry fields last week also, slowed him down, but nothing major - then he got kicked in his knee HARD at Water Polo last night playing against the men...he was not happy. The antiinflammatory's are getting a work out. Hope Stemik Juniors recovery is quick and relatively pain free. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
nippontiger 8 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I read that strengthening muscles in the leg can help to protect the knees. I always try to do a fair bit of leg work at the gym including deep squats, some leg extensions, leg curls and some work on the calf muscles. I guess my legs are pretty strong for a guy my size. Im not sure how much of a protective effect this has - perhaps its just wishful thinking..... Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 An ACL repair and he's only 9 - ouch!! Send him our best wishes Stemik!! My knee injuries (cartilage) have been non-winter sports-related, namely football, BMXing and hiking! & as Gary says, strengthening the leg muscles, especially the quads, I think is supposed to help prevent knee injuries. As well as avoiding moguls! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 my left knee is just one crumbly mess from football over the years......makes some weird crunchy noises, I can feel bits floating around in it, its always popping and crackling (never snapping...touch wood). After football, which I play once a week, it takes about 4-5 days to stop being tender....just in time to play again! I reckon when I'm older its gonna give me a lot of gyp and I probably should stop playing.....but I love playing football!! Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 "I can feel bits floating around in it" Sorry Tubby but that kind of made me laugh!! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 hey thanks everyone for the kind words for Stemik Junior. He is recovering well - now in his 3rd week in hospital. It was a tricky operation with growth plates in his leg being a major obstacle. Luckily we could find a very good specialist in Matsumoto who had done the same operation on a kid before. Next year he is going to win the Japan Cup (his words not mine) Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Next year he is going to win a Japan Cup (his words not mine) It certainly looks nice, if not a little basic in design. Suitable for a whole range of different beverages, no doubt. Gambare! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Good luck to Stemik Jr with his Japan cup attempt! I had a condition called Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmented_villonodular_synovitis It is essentially a benign tumour of the synovium, which is the lining of the knee, and also helps to lubricate it. Surgery is required as if the tumour is left it will destroy the bone in the knee. It has in rare cases, destroyed titanium knee replacements. The likelihood of recurrence is about 50% within 10 years, which drops to 10% with a course of radiotherapy following the surgery. I had my surgery on my left knee about 3 and a half years ago, followed 6 weeks later by a 1 month course of radiotherapy. It took me 3 months to be able to walk without crutches following the surgery, however for a long time after that, my knee would give way occasionally while I was walking. I never fell on my face, but thats what it felt like was going to happen. Thankfully that doesn't happen any more. I find snowboarding no problem for my knee now, however running makes it quite sore. The key was the physiotherapy. When I left hospital, I had a range of motion of about 60 degrees, which by 4 months out was back to 160 degrees, which the doctors call 100% full range, however it really isn't quite 100% full range of what I had before the surgery. I try hard to make sure that both legs are strong and fit now, not that it will prevent the PVNS from coming back, but it will hopefully help prevent any further injuries to my knees. I am very thankful to have full use of both my legs, however if it came down to it, I would find a way to be on the snow if I didn't have the same use of my left leg, whether a leg brace or some other solution. Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yikes sounds gruesome surfarthur. Is it definite that boarding is better on the knees than skiing - even if I avoid moguls? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Skiing sure looks like it would Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I am not sure JellyBelly, but it makes sense to me that it would be less impact to your knees on a snowboard, unless you are doing lots of stuff in the terrain park or cliff drops and the like. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I think it was the Swiss snowsport site that I read, said statistics shows that skiers suffer more knee injuries and snowboarders with wrists. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 A belated message of support for young Stemik! Heal up good little fella! Being in hospital is bad enough as an adult but its super boring for kids. The days just drag on and on. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Thanks Mr. W. He is now into his 5th week in hospital. Hopefully home before school starts in April. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 WOW! Stemik that is an incredibly long time for a child to be stuck in hospital! If he was an adult would he have been released by now or was his knee injury and recon much more severe? PB was home in a couple of days. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 it could just be the "Japan" factor MB........women who give birth are still kept in hospital for a week or so here, while women back home are out pretty sharpish barring complications Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 it could just be the "Japan" factor MB........women who give birth are still kept in hospital for a week or so here, while women back home are out pretty sharpish barring complicationsI hear ya.. I have done the 4 hour turnaround with one of mine. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 push, drop and off you pop! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 push, drop and off you pop! Ha ha... More like suck it up Princess there are toddlers at home that need their Mama too. LOL Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 4 hours Mamabear? Wow. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Yeah, that's insane/impressive, depending on your viewpoint!! Link to post Share on other sites
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