Getting hurt is
always hard, it is hard to stay positive and understand why things like this
happen. Sport is rewarding at times and incredibly frustrating at other times.
People say that everything happens for a reason but it is hard to see a reason
why such hard things have to happen.
In the end my best guess it to make us stronger, and the good things
that much better.
The
first couple weeks after surgery were a challenge, lots of pain in my knee and
a hard time doing anything. Once the
pain and swelling went away it was pretty much the same ting until I could walk
again. I would do some aqua jogging and upper body workouts. Figuring out how to carry the equipment
around was always a challenge. I got pretty good at hopping on one leg. After I
started to be able to walk my muscle started to come back.
I went on vacation with my family and it
was nice, it has been a while since we went to a beach and it was really fun.
We got to do some snorkeling and paddling. The place we went was really nice, not to many people, it
was very pretty and the water was a really comfortable temperature.
After the family
vacation I went back to Vail for a little while, did some more upper body
workouts and more physical therapy.
I headed out to Utah shortly after. In Utah I worked with the Physical
Therapists and the strength coaches at the Center of Excellence. It took a while but I worked hard and
built my muscle back to a good strength.
After I passed my strength tests I was able to water ramp and it was
great to put skis on my feet and hit some jumps.
