Re: falling

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In a message dated 10/29/99 5:44:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, veselyp@...

writes:

<< I would like to ski again but am afraid of hurting myself

if I fall. There are several who say they ski. Is your balance nerve intact ?

Or what's your strategy about falling? >>

I've had both AN's removed and my balance has been signifigantly affected, I

don't use an aid like a crutch but I tend to walk with a very wide stance and

have to use railings on stairs and running is pretty much out of the

question.

I guess my strategy with falling when I ski is, I don't. Seriously speaking,

I ski'd for 11 years before I had my AN removal and I was rather good, able

to ski the expert level trails, now I restrict myself to the Beginner and

the easier intermediate trails. I tend to go much slower and my skills are

definitely not what they used to be. But by doing all that, I tend not to

wipe out or fall very often but when I do, I can't say as it was much

different than in my pre-AN removal days, the softness of the snow and the

padding of the clothing tends to cushion the fall. I do know what you mean by

falling hard, as I've fallen while trying to jog and it's more like I just

drop to the pavement. My biggest problem while skiing is after the fall <g>

Because my balance is especially poor on uneven surfaces, getting up and back

on the skis can be a challenge in itself.

Pete

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I ski, and I have a lot of balance problems; my daughter in law says I ski

better than I walk, and I tell her it is be cause I have two poles;

Obviously I am no great skiier, and I do fall a lot, but then I always did!

I really don't notice much difference in my falling; could it be that you

are tense/afraid of falling? My problem is getting back up! Marie

falling

>From: veselyp@...

>

>could I have some help from you who are physically active? I quit many

sports

>and recreational activities that I loved because after I lost my sense of

>balance I could not fall the same way I did before. I used to fall soft

which

>is not as bad as falling hard. I can only compare it to closing your eyes

and

>jumping off a chair. I would like to ski again but am afraid of hurting

myself

>if I fall. There are several who say they ski. Is your balance nerve intact

?

>Or what's your strategy about falling?

>

>thanks for your comments

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