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5/25/2021 1:44pm
5/25/2021 1:44pm
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5/30/2021 9:59am
Well Sunday's Round 4 of our East Coast's PVR Vintage XCountry event didn't go as planned for me to keep my points lead. However , my daughter and son-in-law won both of their classes , but I had an "incident" on a long, steep ridiculously rocky downhill when I got kicked to the right hard by a big rock and blasted an 8" tree head-on and got launched about 20 feet down the hill landing in the middle of these bastard rocks . Conked my noggin pretty good, but the Bell Moto 9 carbon did its job beautifully , however not as much luck with my EVS knee braces. I'm not ripping on the braces at all, had I not had them on ,I surely would have even more devastating injuries. Anyway Mondays Xray's of the hard parts were all good, but this mornings MRI --not so much. Take a read and let me know if any of you have had a similar set of injuries all at the same time, and what your treatment was and how effective was it ?
I realize I'm 61, but Im in reasonably decent shape (although if I was better shape I probably wouldn't have crashed) and I want to keep racing as long as I can--- And I have the privilege of having some of the finest Sports Orthos in the country right here at the UPMC Sports Med group. These guys take care of the Steelers/Pirates and Penguins among others, and I have an appointment with 2 of them to assess my injuries, but in the meantime I wanted to see what any of you have gone thru in "real-life". After all, Surgeons love to perform Surgery, so I'm pretty sure of what their advice is going to be.
I realize I'm 61, but Im in reasonably decent shape (although if I was better shape I probably wouldn't have crashed) and I want to keep racing as long as I can--- And I have the privilege of having some of the finest Sports Orthos in the country right here at the UPMC Sports Med group. These guys take care of the Steelers/Pirates and Penguins among others, and I have an appointment with 2 of them to assess my injuries, but in the meantime I wanted to see what any of you have gone thru in "real-life". After all, Surgeons love to perform Surgery, so I'm pretty sure of what their advice is going to be.
The Shop
Good luck with it.
Never did an MCL, but Kyle did. Not getting that fixed will probably cause worse damage than just an ACL tear.
It's not all fun but it is fun to get started on getting better. Enjoy the time at home and like folks said, do your work, rehab and you'll be fine my man.
Do you want to ride dirt bikes or play football? Surgery opens up heaps of long term side effects that may be as bad as not doing anything. If you have good stability after recovery.
UPMC is great but the best of the best are in the Bone and Joint Center at Magee Womens hospital. https://www.upmc.com/locations/hospitals/magee/services/bone-and-joint-…
All these guys are world renowned and in the UPMC system. Dr. Hamlin has done family members of mine procedures that changed their life in ways only a handful of Doctors possibly could have. I cannot emphasize how highly I recommend them and the hospital itself. The whole thing is first class all the way for both patients and family.
They are also revolutionary in their procedures. I had an ACL done that was less evasive than other procedures I've had where they didn't use screws but dowels that integrated with bone. I think this procedure was developed at WVU hospitals with Dr. Ball. But I think they implement it at Magee Women's Hospital as well. If you are in the UPMC system, this is within your reach of being able to check into.
I did my PT religiously, trained hard to regain my strength and mobility. I was getting around pretty damn good. Then 18 months later I totally hosed the thing just playing in the park with my kids. Stepped in a small depression and it just locked solid. Had to get all the surgery regardless. I did so much more damage than if I had initially gotten taken care of, and my mobility has never been the same after the 2nd injury.
Good luck with the recovery!
I appreciate all you guys responding.
Pit Row
No worries, you will be LL's 2022 ready.
Get the surgery done, rehab it hard, and be patient with it. Most of all, embrace the suck and try to take it on with the mindset that it's a new challenge. Its a LONG recovery process and it will be hard as hell, but it's pretty rewarding to come out on the other side knowing you have the best leg underneath you that you could possibly have because you put in the work to get it there.
It took me 3 knee surgeries on the same knee, the 3rd one being a complete knee reconstruction, to get that into my head and do it. After 3rd surgery and rehab, I got with a personal trainer for a couple months and wrote down every thing we did to strengthen my knees and legs and incorporate those exercises into me weekly work outs.
I had to have that re-done 2-years ago, the ACL came loose. Way better, much faster recovery.
My offer of advice, this surgery and recovery has changed so much over the years, pay attention only to those who have had recent surgery.
If you're in good shape, you're way ahead of the game. Keep it strong. Keep up exercise, maybe cycling. Makes rehab better.
Sumdood, sounds like you will be in for a knee soon.
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