A knee knows

I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my left knee skiing at Mt. Wachusett in central Mass. on January 18, 2007. This is a common injury to weekend warriors like myself, so I thought others might like to know what happens once you've done something unfortunate like this to your body. Maybe you've injured yourself too, and feel like the game's over. However, you can return to your sport -- you just need to stay focused and do the work.

Here's where it started...



Sunday, December 30, 2007

Skiing on reconstructed knee: End of story?

Tested out the knee on skis for the first time since getting injured in January 2007. Felt great. I was at Smuggler's Notch for a weekend and wasn't sure if I would ski or not. I did, though I stayed very low key -- the terrain wasn't anything intense. But the knee felt about 99% normal. I had posted a really poor video on YT, but pulled it. 

Saturday, December 29, 2007

11 Months post-op: Back on snow

Tried out my knee at Smuggler's Notch resort yesterday and was really pleased with how the leg felt. Walking from the condo over to the Village and the lifts, my knee complained a bit with the added weight of the ski boot, and the inherent nature of walking with ski boots on.

After riding the lift to the top of Morse Mt. I made a few tentative turns, and found the knee felt just great. I did four runs or so and then wrapped it up for the day to wait and see if there would be any pain or swelling. There was none. The next day, I went out and skied until about 1pm and felt strong.

All that really remains at this point is to continue strengthening my legs, and work especially on rebuilding strength in my hamstring. I don't think I could be any happier with the outcome, really. Three cheers for Dr. Peters!