March 19, 2005
On Saturday, went out for a normal day of snowboarding at Winter Park, where they'd received
about a foot of new snow in previous days. Thus, a perfect time to try some jumps since the landing would be more cushioned than normal.
I am a horrible jumper - I never get much air and I almost always go off sideways. I took a jump where I got almost a foot of air (good!) and took off straight (good!), but landed with my snowboard tail down (BAD!) -- the tail dug into the soft snow and my body was torqued forward over the now-stationary board. I felt some tearing and pain on the inside of my right knee, but managed to gingerly take a few more runs over the remainder of the day. Can't be too bad if I can still ride a snowboard and walk, right?
On Monday, a trip to the physical therapists (who run a nifty sports injury clinic for idiots like me) taught me a little about knee anatomy and revealed that:
- my knee is swollen
- I probably somewhat strained/tore my MCL
- might have strained my ACL
- might have tore up some meniscus cartilage
- I need to have a follow-up appointment with an orthopedics specialist
