by DougD » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:17 am
So sorry to hear that. I've been run into 2 or 3 times, got sent tumbling once but never seriously hurt.
The worst ski injury I've had was self-inflicted... landed a jump badly... aka, upside down on my head, neck and shoulder.
Lucky I didn't break my neck, but I lived with pain and limited neck/shoulder ROM on that side for 20+ years. Deep tissue massage would loosen it temporarily, but in a day or two it was right back. I assumed I had permanent scar tissue that would never heal.
I was wrong.
Last year I happened across a different kind of masseur. He didn't use strength trying to force my muscles to relax. He used patience and slow, insightful touch... drawing on non-western ideas of therapy. His hands would spend long minutes on a single spot, applying just light pressure. He would take 10 minutes to move just an inch or two.
He explained that he could not force me to heal, he could only help my body awareness heal itself.
Mumbo-jumbo to some I suppose, but the results were astounding. In one, 90 minute session he released 20 years of built up tension. After a day or two of recovery the residual pain was gone. The pain and ROM issues in that shoulder were 90% better... and they did not return.
This was something of a miracle. It's been a year. The pain has not returned. The ROM has improved, if anything. I do a followup visit every few months, but as my injured shoulder/ neck are now 99% as good as the non-injured side, it's not even clear that I need to.
Once you've confirmed no major tissue damage, I'd urge you to try something like this. Traditional massage or PT may work. If they don't, a practioner of non-traditional massage, Reiki, acupuncture, etc. may be helpful.
Get well soon!