ACL tears in the Park

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COSkierDude

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Has anyone ever torn their acl jumping on a rail?

I feel like this injury was coming for a long time, just weird circumstances:

-I’m 34, been skiing park for 15 years, probably should have been sticking to the small stuff, but it sucks getting better the older you get.

-I jumped onto an urban on rail (not a large, but not a small), so the impact from the jump was significant.

-I instantly felt a “rubber band” snapping sensation in my back leg. My theory is that it was just a little bit too straight and the hyperextension caused the injury.

any thoughts? It probably didn’t help that I was trying to extend the season 6+ months in July or that I’m old and skiied 60+ days a year for almost 15 seasons.
 
topic:COSkierDude said:
Has anyone ever torn their acl jumping on a rail?

I feel like this injury was coming for a long time, just weird circumstances:

-I’m 34, been skiing park for 15 years, probably should have been sticking to the small stuff, but it sucks getting better the older you get.

-I jumped onto an urban on rail (not a large, but not a small), so the impact from the jump was significant.

-I instantly felt a “rubber band” snapping sensation in my back leg. My theory is that it was just a little bit too straight and the hyperextension caused the injury.

any thoughts? It probably didn’t help that I was trying to extend the season 6+ months in July or that I’m old and skiied 60+ days a year for almost 15 seasons.
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Havent torn one on a rail but tore my left ACL putting my knee to my chin on some bumps at Big Sky(1997) and tore my right ACL jumping a side hit on Hood this last season, my right foot just tweaked to the right as I was taking off into the air, popped it like a rubber band. I think it is just my age, I am old but try and ski like I am young. My body begs to differ.lol Did you get your ACL repaired?
 
I blew mine catching an edge in May...34 and don't stick to the small stuff, so we've got the age in common at least.

Did you get it checked out?
 
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It happened in July, still waiting on an mri. Insurance sucks
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That's insane to have to wait that long. Did you at least get a doctor to do a ligament test? They can tell pretty well from that whether there's a full tear at least. Partial tears are harder to tell I guess. The ACL keeps the knee from moving forward, so you can tell if it feels like it has too much movement forward when they pull on it.
 
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