u/Owllokadis

On August 2nd, I was at a public session at a rink that generally has really good ice and I drive about an hour out of my way to go to it. This day, however, was not the case. I was just finishing drilling edges and about to go get water when my toe pick got stuck in a huge ridge in the ice and my leg twisted as I fell sideways down along with a loud snap. They called 911 and I was off to the emergency room where I learned I had a tibia/fibula spiral fracture and would need surgery.

2 days later, I have a rod placed in my leg with screws (no plates or anything), and I am… devastated.

The positive out of this is because I can be full weight bearing as comfortable, with PT, I’ll be back on the ice sooner than if I had not had surgery or was healing with only a cast.

I just know that it’s going to be difficult getting back on the ice with this. I had already worked through my hang ups psychologically about falling and dealing with falling and then this happens for literally no reason. I wasn’t even spinning or jumping or anything cool - it’s literally the ice and my toe pick.

Anyways… I’m feeling a bit down about everything. I miss skating so much. It was the one thing I had just for me and now I’m stuck in bed for an indefinite amount of time.

I could use some comeback stories from people who have had sustained similar injuries and how it was for them getting back on the ice after as well as how long it took them to get back to where they were before the injury. It would be nice to have some hope or at least kindred souls who get it. I don’t have any skating or athletic friends who have ever dealt with something like this and can’t really understand the distress.

Thank you in advance ❤️❤️

As a bit of background, I am coming back to skating after about 20 years away from the ice. As a kid, I did not get higher than pre-free skate level. That being said, coming back as an adult at 31, I got myself a private coach. The rink I worked with her at is shut down for the summer for maintenance and so in the meantime, and in order to get more ice time, I signed up for the USFS LTS classes.

Before leaving my coach temporarily, I asked her what level she said I should register at and she said Adult 4. Though I definitely have skills that are higher than adult 4 (I am working on pre-bronze MITF as well as the skills in adult 5-6 into Pre-Free-skate and at the time she said this I was a bit shaky and had new boots on), I thought that it would be best that I take her advice and have a solid foundation this summer. I want to make sure I am strong in all of my skating skills.

That being said, I get to the class and find it’s a mixed level course with most of the skaters being below my level. I thought, cool, this should help my confidence maybe?

But instead, I am a bit bored with the coach busy correcting other skaters and I am just kind of doing the same thing over and over. The only skill I’m mildly concerned with is the C-step but I’m certain I’d pick up on it with a bit more guidance. But I don’t think we will even touch that yet. But we might considering we have 6 sessions left. One of my classmates even came up to me after the sessions and asked why I was doing this? Lol. I don’t know.

So. I am kind of wanting to ask to move up to pre-freeskate if this is all that’s available for adults at this rink because the skills they’re working on are what I’m actually working on at the moment.

For those who have gone through the USFS LTS curriculum, was it worth the effort? Is it worth staying put to bide my time even though I spent the money to learn? I practice about 3-5 times a week for 1-3 hours at a time. This class helps me get an extra hour on the ice in the very least as it’s limited until the middle of August when another rink nearby reopens. I plan on going back to my coach and continuing at the rink I was at before in September. But I also spent $154 on this class >.< am I wasting my time/money? What’s been your experiences with this?