Coming back after injuring twice

Hi

I was an intermediate skier, very comfortable on the blues and reds, until 3 years ago the last run of the day, on an easy blue i fell (don't know how) and one of the skis didn't come off so i broke my leg, a year later on my second ski trip i fell again and broke my arm, so I decided to quit skiing altogether, so i didn't ski last year.

But... i really miss it, is there any way that i can get back my confidence or shouldn't i risk it.

Thanks

Go for it !!
If you miss skiing why not go again?
I'm sure you have asked the relevant medical types if there is any functional reason that skiing should be off your agenda and assuming that all the broken bits have healed well - book the trip.

I suppose if it were me the key bits would be ...
Get fit, and then a bit fitter still (plenty of good muscles and flexible joints will help you)
Take it easy for a while.
Maybe make sure you start again by skiing with someone competent to look after you???
Professional maybe - I don't know but seems sensible to me to have someone looking after you.

My only really proper ski injury (knee) was a while ago. UK Doctor said I'd never ski again ....
Disagreed!
Skied again - and went on to live in the Alps for 5 years and that injury was in 1984 - and not hurt myself much since.
So - you're bad luck is bound to be over
:D

If you recovered from your injuries and you miss skiing go for it. If everyone who ever got a ski injury never went back to it slopes would be empty.

Yes do go for it . It's as you say not physical you have healed its confidence. Confidence just like when learning. If it were me I would go somewhere with easy slopes find a few nice runs and practice, practice ,practice, and until your confidence grows. Then find slightly more challenging slopes and again practice. Your confidence should return but may take sometime. Enjoy your return and enjoy the confidence building.

I did my achilles tendon and was anxious about skiing again. On day 1, run 1, I misread the piste map and ended up on black runs (my intention had been to have a go at something easier to build confidence!) Anyway, I survived in reasonable style and went from strength to strength. I would offer the advice of having a private lesson so a professional can help you rebuild your confidence which I am sure will come flooding back with the right help.

I think if I was you I'd carry on ski-ing, but just take all the precautions I could think of to avoid injury - like getting super fit (as OA said), having lessons, making sure I didn't ski for too long each day so I didn't get too tired etc.

I have broken my shoulder in a lesson on the dry ski slope, my big toe in a lesson on the snow on moguls, and damaged my shoulder in an off-piste lesson.

But it hasn't stopped me ski-ing! And luckily for me I have pretty much recovered from all my injuries :)

I think ski-ing is dangerous. You only have to look at the blood waggons on the slopes to realize that. But fortunately most of the injuries are relatively minor and people usually recover.

So, you have to either accept the level of risk and do your best to minimize it, or give up ski-ing and start doing something safer like playing tiddlywinks! ;)

Thanks to all replies, I decided to go and take a teacher, can anybody recommend a good teacher please

Broom, I agree with all the messages for you to return to the sport. However, I would consider investing your first return in a relatively easy blue run area. This has advantages:
~ confidence re-build
~ quicker to re-attain skills
~ minimal risk of reoccurrence.
~ quicker return to the sport
~ a learning platform for your future

I have a Niederau based friend who features regularly as a guest of the Austrian hospital system. Two years do not pass without he is occupying a bed, generally in Innsbruck, although he seems to be familiar with most of the hospitals in our area of Tirol.

His latest venture, 3 days after I left, was a broken upper arm. The X-rays show a plate with 17 pins holding the bone together.

We generally ski at 70/90 kph, and the general conclusion, (from him),is that we should cool it.