In anticipation to get back to skiing

Here I am at Physiotherapy. I am happy now that I am getting trained to go back to skiing. Who would believe that 7 months later after sitting on my couch with a bloodclot, two torn ligaments, damaged femur, sprained shoulder and not even being able to walk I would be training to go back to skiing!?

I am so thankful for the people who created this skiing device!

After all the exercising physiotherapists tight me down to the bed post to keep my leg bend to the max to stretch my scaring tissue. This is where my problem is right now - my ACL ligament has healed by itself and scaring tissue is really tight, so I need to stretch it to fix it.

What?!.. Another torn ligament?! Revisited

This morning was my second visit to my shoulder specialist. We finally got the result of an x-ray and shoulder ultra sound. My doctor told me: “The good news is: You do not have any torn ligament or broken bone in your shoulder. Every muscle and ligaments are intact”. I asked her why it hurts so much, so she said: “Most likely you had a muscle strain when you had your ski accident and because of your severe leg injury the doctor and physiotherapist omit your other pains. Also, the crutches you were using to help you walk were injuring your shoulder on a daily basis by putting pressure on it.” She added that I don’t need to see her anymore; I just need a bit more of physiotherapy and I will be just fine. Happy ending for this one!

Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centres

Nowadays I go to the Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre as they are specialized in sport injuries, and in particular in ligament problems. The moment I started going there I’ve already received 40 sessions of physiotherapy, so I didn’t start from scratch. At that time I could already walk, but my leg muscles were extremely weak and atrophied. So their job was to help me build up my muscles.

I have the physiotherapist and kinesiology specialist who work on me there. They are assisting me in getting back my full range of my leg motions. The exercises are extremely strenuous and painful. But it does a great job as I can feel my improvement day by day. I appreciate the specialists to help me go through that and assist me in getting me back on my feet.