Snowboarding After a Knee Replacement

It may sounds like a case of “Baby Boomers Gone Wild,” but snowboarding after getting new body parts is not a joke.

I made a lot of progress as a skier by taking lessons from a man in his 70s. He had two artificial hips. And I’m sure that some people have gone skiing after getting a knee replacement.

It’s snowboarding that I’m not so sure about. Not that it’s impossible, but because there are so many fewer mature snowboarders than comparable skiers.

A new member of the Grays on Trays discussion board has a question about riding after a knee replacement:

“After years of PT, cortisone injections, synvisc treatment, celebrex pills, braces, ACL reconstruction/repair, my orthopedic surgeon finally said those dreaded words, “Nothing else we can do for the knee but a Total Knee Replacement.”

I’m a 49 y.o., female, intermediate rider who loves cruising powder runs in CO — I never intentionally leave the snow surface. I usually “rest” in the kneeling position so I can take-off on my toeside — will I have to change to resting on my butt and taking off on my heelside? Really worried about kneeling with a TKR (back leg).”

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