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steelhead · 12-10-2003, 10:52 AM

I've been skiing for the past 25+ years on a right knee with no acl, no cartalige, and several relocated ligaments to help hold things together. The key to painless skiing is keeping the quads and hamstrings in good shape and a good brace, not one of those drug store kind. The other thing that has really helped me are shaped skis. Between the shape and the shorter lengths, I figure that I can ski right in to my 70's now. The techniques used for skiing them take so much pressure off your knees it's absolutely amazing! If you can learn how to ride the edge of the ski and let the shape of the ski do the work for you, you won't even notice that you have a bad knee!

12-10-2003, 10:52 AM	#11
steelhead Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North shore Posts: 1,247	bad knees I've been skiing for the past 25+ years on a right knee with no acl, no cartalige, and several relocated ligaments to help hold things together. The key to painless skiing is keeping the quads and hamstrings in good shape and a good brace, not one of those drug store kind. The other thing that has really helped me are shaped skis. Between the shape and the shorter lengths, I figure that I can ski right in to my 70's now. The techniques used for skiing them take so much pressure off your knees it's absolutely amazing! If you can learn how to ride the edge of the ski and let the shape of the ski do the work for you, you won't even notice that you have a bad knee!