Skiing After a Heart Attack

[freeski]

PP: Thank you for your thoughtful answer. Some good advice in there. This is all new to me and am overwhelmed by what is a steep long learning curve and I need to get this right. Weight is an important part of getting back to normal and yea I'm taking a beta blocker, ace inhibitor and two diuretics and a low dose aspirin. I'm 51 and never been on any medicine for more than a couple of weeks. Goal is to get the ejection fraction as close to normal as possible.
Glad to hear you have had a strong long lasting recovery. It's encouraging.

[Humpty Dumpty]

PP: Thank you for your thoughtful answer. Some good advice in there. This is all new to me and am overwhelmed by what is a steep long learning curve and I need to get this right. Weight is an important part of getting back to normal and yea I'm taking a beta blocker, ace inhibitor and two diuretics and a low dose aspirin. I'm 51 and never been on any medicine for more than a couple of weeks. Goal is to get the ejection fraction as close to normal as possible.
Glad to hear you have had a strong long lasting recovery. It's encouraging.

Hope you are well on the way to recovery Buddy Roo.

[Woodsrider]

After I broke my back my surgeon said you cannot ski anymore or you may become paralyzed from the waist down.
So I took up snowboarding. You need to listen to your doctor very carefully!

[Bubba]

Not mentioned by anyone yet is a program known as cardiac rehab. Various hospitals run these programs for those who've had heart attacks, stents, etc. and the programs consist of both monitored exercise and education.

[SnoBrdr]

After I broke my back my surgeon said you cannot ski anymore or you may become paralyzed from the waist down.
So I took up snowboarding. You need to listen to your doctor very carefully!

Why would boarding be better ?

Or did you not tell him you had taken it up?

[Woodsrider]

After I broke my back my surgeon said you cannot ski anymore or you may become paralyzed from the waist down.
So I took up snowboarding. You need to listen to your doctor very carefully!

Why would boarding be better ?

Or did you not tell him you had taken it up?

I didn't tell him. I'm an idiot. Don't be like me. I ended up back in surgery after riding an awesome southern storm on Hunter West.
However, snowboarding is better for my back but I have no idea why. It just doesn't hurt as bad. Same with mountain biking. It just hurts less than dirtbike riding.

[SnoBrdr]

Not mentioned by anyone yet is a program known as cardiac rehab. Various hospitals run these programs for those who've had heart attacks, stents, etc. and the programs consist of both monitored exercise and education.

I didn't find it as beneficial to myself as doing it on my own.

But others may have a different/better experience.

[Bubba]

Not mentioned by anyone yet is a program known as cardiac rehab. Various hospitals run these programs for those who've had heart attacks, stents, etc. and the programs consist of both monitored exercise and education.

I didn't find it as beneficial to myself as doing it on my own.

But others may have a different/better experience.

I would think that a person who has had a heart attack (as opposed to just having stents put in) would find a monitored and guided program to be beneficial, especially if concerned about how much or how often to exercise following the event.

[SnoBrdr]

Not mentioned by anyone yet is a program known as cardiac rehab. Various hospitals run these programs for those who've had heart attacks, stents, etc. and the programs consist of both monitored exercise and education.

I didn't find it as beneficial to myself as doing it on my own.

But others may have a different/better experience.

I would think that a person who has had a heart attack (as opposed to just having stents put in) would find a monitored and guided program to be beneficial, especially if concerned about how much or how often to exercise following the event.

[Stormchaser]

I skied after a moose attack. No lingering issues...

[Dr. NO]

I skied after a moose attack. No lingering issues...

After that moose was discharged I hear her mate is looking for you.