I'm relieved to hear that you went to the doctor! I'm sorry to hear that you've got real damage and have to wear a splint, but at least that can help prevent further damage, and you should feel more comfortable with it too. I don't know much about PCL tears, but I do know that the meniscus can sometimes heal without surgery, so please do give it a chance.


That would definitely do more harm than good! Don't even think about it!

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Hi Sue,

Thank you, I am so relieved that you went to the doctor! You had me freaking at the computer late last night, I was so worried you weren't going to listen.

If you really want to be able to keep skating happily next month, next year, and in your future... or any other physical activity for that matter, including plain simple walking, sitting down and getting up trouble-free from chairs ... then for the next few weeks until your knee is honestly healed, you make yourself stay OUT of the rink and focus on doing everything to help it recover. This means you listen to your KNEE, not your temptations.

We athletes, no matter how obsessive we are about our sports, HAVE to know that our body is our most important tool -- when it tells us it's hurt, LISTEN! Ignoring it is abuse and sooner or later it will say to h*ll with you, it's going on strike. It will choose the worse timing to do so and more often than not it will be permanent and its consequence felt in all areas of your life. Your life really is much bigger than the skating rink!

Sorry about getting on my soapbox like this. It's just that I don't want you to end up with permanent damage by ignoring it now when it's treatable and then one day realize you should've looked after it when you had the chance... and then you regret it for the rest of your life.

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Sorry, didn't mean to make you worry! I know I don't want permanent damage. I just hate being left on the sidelines. Really annoying, especially when I thought I could take lessons regularly for a bit now that I have summer break. I know I have to take it easy, and I am going to call my coach tomorrow and cancel. It's too late to call now. But I'll be doing physical therapy (again!) so hopefully it'll heal quickly and all will be good again. I'm just hoping that by the time I leave for my Israel trip, it'll be pain free enough to walk and be able to do everything we do on the trip, even if I use a brace to do it.

Stupid injuries: what happens when you just zone out too much and don't concentrate. Or think too much. This kid I tutor looks at me all funny when I told him. This is what he says: I thought you already knew how to skate. We used to go skating together (we did when we were younger, our dad's are best friends and former hockey teamates). How do you fall by not doing anything, just skating? What's the matter with you?

I told him, it happens. Now show me which pages are going to be on your test.

Bad luck, Sue. You rest quietly and do as the doctor tells you, and I'm sure you'll be back on the ice very soon. It won't feel soon, though, alas....

I caught my toe last night and landed hard on both knees and one hand.... Luckily I haven't damaged it, but one knee is very bruised and a bit sore. Arnica and ibuprofen gel..... Another skater did the same thing, and was very worried that she'd twisted her knee, but she found that was just the initial pain, and she too, had done nothing worse than banged herself. I'm sorry you weren't as lucky.

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Sorry to hear the news, but glad you went. Getting your knee healed correctly now will help you immeasurably in the future, even if it means discomfort and not skating now. Follow their instructions and get better.

Be careful, Annabel. I've heard Arnica can result in serious allergic reactions, as can Vitamin E oil, which I found out all too well. And I'd used Vitamin E oil before, but I suppose anyone can develop an allergy to something at any time. Actually, I thought I heard that Arnica was banned in the UK, but maybe that was the pill form/dietary supplement.

I hope your knee feels better soon - both Annabel and Sue!

Arnica isn't a dietary supplement - it's a homeopathic remedy, as far as I know! I did take some tablets, but mostly have been applying it in cream form - with the ibuprofen gel on top as a pain-killer! Hopefully won't need the latter after tomorrow..... the bruise is coming out nicely now.

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