Telemark skiing

Today I gave myself a Christmas present I’ve wanted for many years – a day on the ski slopes on telemark skis. It had been many years since I could go downhill on telemark skis. Up on the hill and the first runs felt really ring-rusty. The knees themselves were not a problem at all,

Two years after surgery

Time fly fast. 2 years ago I did my knee replacement surgery on both knees, and it has gone a year since my last blog post.  I still feel very well and can do almost everything I want to do. My flexibility are good and I can bend both legs approximately 130 degree and stretch

One year since surgery

Today it is one year since I did my knee surgery on both knees at the same time. You who have followed my blog have been able to see that my rehabilitation has gone very well. The feedback I received from my physiotherapist is that she has never seen anyone picked up strengths and return

Today I passed one of my milestones Hockey premiere

Today I passed one of my milestones I have set – Hockey training.  It’s been a year and a half since I played ice-hockey. The season started today with the first training on ice. We were 16 players so there were two teams with 3 substitutes in each team. At first I skated carefully around

From rehab to continuous training

It is now five months since my surgery on December 7. My surgery were in the morning and when I got up after lunch and started to move, I was completely knocked out. Even later in the afternoon it did not work. The reason was that I could not tolerate the strong painkillers I received

Downhill skiing

As you know, who have followed my blog, my rehab is going very well. One of my physical activities that I enjoy very much is downhill and telemark skiing. After consultation with my physiotherapist, even if she was doubtful, I was eager to see how my legs was functioning when doing downhill skiing. So we

X-rays before and after surgery

Last week I got some X-rays of my knees. As you can see in the pictures before the surgery, especially on the pictures taken from the side, the bones are together with no or very little distance between them. The consequences is that there is nothing that prevent the bones to touch each other. That

A status update after 11 weeks

Yesterday it was 11 weeks since my knee replacement surgery. As you have seen on my blog my rehabilitation have gone very well. Today feel almost fully recovered in my daily life. I have no problem walking up or down stairs, I can walk long distances without any pain or problems. Last couple of weeks

Time for a trip with long-distance skates

Today is a nice day on the Swedish West Coast with minus 4-6 degrees Celsius. The longing for a trip with my long-distance skates became too great so I had to test. After putting the skates on my old leather Telemark boots, I stood up on wobbly legs. It was probably 4 ~ 5 seasons

First cross country tour since surgery

Today it is two months since my surgery. The last couple of days has been really cold in Gothenburg with a lot of sun and some snow. With other words wonderful winter weather. I have been longing for some skiing but I am not ready for down hill skiing or telemark skiing. Therefore I tested