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2 years ago I tore my meniscus and sprained my MCL while skiing at Kirkwood, according to orthopedic doctor's interpretation of MRI. Was fine for 2 years (since physical therapy) and then I recently "re-tweaked" that knee running to catch a train, side-stepping down the stairs like an idiot. The pain was under a 1 (from 1 to 10) and so I stayed with the plan to ski 4 days in the Tetons with my brother (our annual trip together) over President's Day weekend. I did well for 2 days but the knee started to bother me much more at the end of day 3 - swelling up a lot and the pain was about a 3 or 4. I had to sit out day 4 at Jackson Hole and let my brother ski alone.
In the 2 weeks since then I started wearing the brace I was issued 2 years ago and it started to get better. It felt so good Friday I decided to not wear the brace to work on Saturday. Then Saturday I did something to it and it went south again.
Orthopedic doctor didn't have an available appointment so I went to see a nurse practitioner that works with him. She looked over my file from 2 years ago and looked at my knee and said that she believes that I just re-aggravated the old injury, that it's not a different / worse injury (ACL) although the meniscus could have re-torn or torn worse. She suggested giving it 2 weeks to see if it improves and if it doesn't then arrange for an MRI.
Thing is, I REALLY don't want to miss out on my annual one week ski trip out west. And I DON'T want to go when it's spring skiing. Which means I want to go out in the next 2 to 3 weeks, as soon as a few storms are in the 7 day forecast.
I seem to have full strength and stability in the knee, with a pain level of 2 or 3. It opens straight all the way but but feels a little bunched up when I try to bend it fully. There's a bit of swelling.
The northeast is about to get a noreaster from Wednesday into Thursday, expecting a foot of snow. I'm thinking about putting the knee to the test Saturday at Gore or Mount Snow. For one thing I want to ski. But it would be a cheaper way to find out the knee may not hold up than finding out after I flew out to SLC or Idaho Falls or Bend and rented a car and reserved a place to stay.
Would you treat this like a "show-stopper"?
In the 2 weeks since then I started wearing the brace I was issued 2 years ago and it started to get better. It felt so good Friday I decided to not wear the brace to work on Saturday. Then Saturday I did something to it and it went south again.
Orthopedic doctor didn't have an available appointment so I went to see a nurse practitioner that works with him. She looked over my file from 2 years ago and looked at my knee and said that she believes that I just re-aggravated the old injury, that it's not a different / worse injury (ACL) although the meniscus could have re-torn or torn worse. She suggested giving it 2 weeks to see if it improves and if it doesn't then arrange for an MRI.
Thing is, I REALLY don't want to miss out on my annual one week ski trip out west. And I DON'T want to go when it's spring skiing. Which means I want to go out in the next 2 to 3 weeks, as soon as a few storms are in the 7 day forecast.
I seem to have full strength and stability in the knee, with a pain level of 2 or 3. It opens straight all the way but but feels a little bunched up when I try to bend it fully. There's a bit of swelling.
The northeast is about to get a noreaster from Wednesday into Thursday, expecting a foot of snow. I'm thinking about putting the knee to the test Saturday at Gore or Mount Snow. For one thing I want to ski. But it would be a cheaper way to find out the knee may not hold up than finding out after I flew out to SLC or Idaho Falls or Bend and rented a car and reserved a place to stay.
Would you treat this like a "show-stopper"?
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