crazy180 Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I was all excited to have a great season this year. Was super pumped to try my new setup and now I have a year full of recovery. I tore my meniscus really bad and had to have surgery. I might be able to get in a few runs at the end of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member Than_Bogan Posted April 19, 2013 Supporting Member Share Posted April 19, 2013 Ouch. You have my full sympathy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kmenard Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 hmm...usually a meniscus tear right now woudn't torch the entire season...tell us more. My bro is having meniscus repair on Tuesday with the idea of being ski ready by the time the weather stabilizes in MN.(insert minnesota weather joke here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 crazy180 - hope you get well soon!!! Hope surgery goes well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 @crazy180 -- meniscus tear on its own should be 4 weeks from surgery to skiing according to my surgeon. If you have ligament tears to go with it, like an ACL or MCL, that would require a longer rehab. I have surgery on April 23rd, and I plan to be skiing by mid-May at the latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy180 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 I had a buckle handle meniscus tear. As far as I understand it this kind of tear is a parallel and half the meniscus flips up like a bucket handle. So the surgery was a week ago and he put some screws in to hold it down. As far as rehab the surgeon said on crutches for 6 weeks. The first 4 weeks no weight and 20% weight for the following 2 weeks. After that I do physio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 That sucks. Those tears are definitely are slow to heal. I had a bad tear, it took me an extra month to feel strong enough to ski, leg muscle shrank down to nothing. How did you injure yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy180 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Original injury was 2 years ago playing baseball. At least I did get the stolen base ! I just kind of dealt with it for 2 years and it popped in and out a handful of times. The just last week standing up the meniscus got jammed in my knee joint and prevented any movement (locked knee). Sooo much pain I was sweating and hyperventilating. To be honest I am glad it's fixed. It just sucks to be out especially on the start of a season when I got my first semi professional setup ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller gregy Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 Just be patient. I did a lot rehab and weights. Ended up with a PB first time back. Im sure it was because all the work I put into getting back my strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller kmenard Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 may I ask what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy180 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 Kmenard: sliding into 2nd base playing baseball foot first. Jammed knee as I hit the base. Anyone else here have this type of meniscus injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller SkiJay Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 What a complete and total bummer @crazy180, especially so early in the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihard Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 Feel your pain dude! Look at it on the bright side.........our lakes are still frozen and if this weather doesn't smarten up we won't be skiing up here anytime soon! Damn we will be lucky if teh lakes are even open by May Long Weekend at the rate we are going? Usually have our boat in water and skiing May 1st (yes it's damned cold!!!!). Again it certainly doesn't look like iot's going to happen? Heal up well and get strong so you can get back out there and rip it up without having to worry about hurting yourself!!! Wishing you a speedy recovery man!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 @crazy180 -- so is that one of the rare tear types that gets repaired vs. just getting clipped out? My tears have all been of the clip 'em out style, so you don't wait for any healing. I know that when they can repair the meniscus it requires a longer and more careful rehab/healing period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller A_B Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 You don't regrow meniscus, so actually be thankful they could repair, even though it takes a lot longer to heal. Don't rush it either. My son had this and came back too hard too fast and ended up going back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wayne Posted April 19, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 19, 2013 If they clip a bucket handle tear you usually loose a large portion of the meniscus. This is the same injury I had initially over 20 years ago and the emergency did more damage making it a remove rather than repair situation. As I said in the other knee injury thread I would gladly take a year off in trade for being told I need a knee replacement at 37. Let it heal and come back stronger next year is my advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller bkreis Posted April 20, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2013 I'd also ask if it could be glued back instead of using a screw. If you havea choice keep hardware out of your body. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller XR6Hurricane Posted April 20, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2013 Feeling your pain...I went out unexpectedly with a hernia operation in July '98 and lost the best part of the season. Sorry to hear of your troubles but just try to be patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller 6balls Posted April 20, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2013 @bkreis a lot of times these are now absorbable anchors and in the case of fractures absorbable pins not so no hardware left over in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller TeamWally Posted April 20, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2013 Bummer. Tough to contemplate season ending vs career ending. The docs that regrew my meniscus (yes, tears are capablehttp://www.regenexx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ortho2.jpg of healing) also tightened up the acl and mcl. They were pretty firm with the concept that joint laxity promotes cartridge and meniscus degradation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Razorskier1 Posted April 20, 2013 Baller Share Posted April 20, 2013 It is always worth the recovery time. I've missed all of one season with a repair to a ruptured biceps tendon and good parts of others with a ruptured disc in my back. Fix it, rehab right, and you will live to ski many more seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy180 Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 I guess it helps that yesterday we had snow. I will follow docs orders to make sure I get a proper recovery. As soon as I can walk I will Go hard on physio and weights. If I'm lucky ill get some nice and easy free skis in at the end of the year. Ill just be the designated driver all summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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