3pin
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I just found this forum when googling when to return to skiing, I am 8 weeks post op left TKR, I have read many skiing threads regarding when people return to skiing, but not quite as early as I was advised. My surgery date was Jan 30 2019. I did about 15 days of “gimpy” skiing before surgery but could ski no where near my actual level. Have always had valgus deformity and other issues with the knee, many injuries and recoveries, and a very active lifestyle (cycling, hiking, backpacking, cycle touring, snowboarding, skiing...) due to my age I tried everything before being told it was the only option left at age 52. In no way expected to return to skiing this season.
At my 7 week post op, after being told my extension/flexion and general recovery were excellent, I was advised that if I wanted to get the skis on and do some green runs to see how I was doing to go ahead and proceed with the utmost caution. At 7.5 weeks a perfect day and I went up, skied 5 easy groomers with none of my pre op pain and just a little discomfort. Spoke with PT afterwards and he advised maybe get another few days in before the end of the season if I am up to it.
Our discussion revolved a lot around me not wanting to screw up all the hard recovery work I had put in or jeopardize any part of my recovery. Just curious when others have returned to gentle skiing post TKR. To clarify, I have never alpine skied, I am a telemark skier, that has pretty much exclusively parallel skied on tele gear for the past two years at resorts. And will not make tele turns this season.
At my 7 week post op, after being told my extension/flexion and general recovery were excellent, I was advised that if I wanted to get the skis on and do some green runs to see how I was doing to go ahead and proceed with the utmost caution. At 7.5 weeks a perfect day and I went up, skied 5 easy groomers with none of my pre op pain and just a little discomfort. Spoke with PT afterwards and he advised maybe get another few days in before the end of the season if I am up to it.
Our discussion revolved a lot around me not wanting to screw up all the hard recovery work I had put in or jeopardize any part of my recovery. Just curious when others have returned to gentle skiing post TKR. To clarify, I have never alpine skied, I am a telemark skier, that has pretty much exclusively parallel skied on tele gear for the past two years at resorts. And will not make tele turns this season.