contact sports

[agnostic1]

Hi wise ones, I'm fortunate to be on a ski holiday with my fam, going to rent skis, then realized this is considered a "rough" sport. Am on Eliquis. Anybody here happen to come from a ski country?

[CDreamer]

I’m not sure what exactly you are asking and want someone from a ‘ski country’? If you can be more precise with your question you are much more likely to get appropriate answers.

Iused to ski regularly but haven’t for some years. I stopped because with the AF I found it increasingly difficult to cope with the altitude. To be honest I never even thought about the anticoagulants. Inevitably I had a few falls and nothing terrible happened if you fall on snow, if you fall on ice you are more likely to break something.

As long as you are not going off piste and are reasonably competent and know how to fall and don’t anything too adventurous and have good travel insurance - which will inevitably be more expensive - go enjoy!

If I had never skied before and was learning now with AF on anticoagulants, I would try the short skis as they are much more manageable. It also depends where you are skiing and at what time. Some of the slopes are very, very busy and with a lot of new skiers on the easy slopes you are more likely to be run down, I’ve been taken out a few tines! US tends to restrict numbers, have more stewards on piste patrolling poor behaviour and be much safety conscious than Europe. Least they were 10 years ago.

Does that help?

[opal11uk]

Skiing is considered an extreme sport yes so make sure your insurance covers the risk.

[AmandaLouise77]

I am an experienced skier. Cardiologist said ok just wear a helmet. He also said he wouldn't recommend taking it up as a new sport.

[beach_bum]

I ride gravel bike, have wiped out, tore myself up, bled, no problem.

I just was playing beach soccer and volleyball with no issues.

[Borderterriorist]

Tricky one. I'm on Edoxaban. I'm an experienced dressage rider who always wears a hat and decided I was safe to continue riding as long as I rode a reliable horse. My safe reliable horse had a silly spook, bucked and then put in a huge buck and dropped his shoulder, depositing me in a heap. I had broken ribs and a pneumothorax but the thing that nearly finished me off was the massive gluteal haematoma which took over three pints of blood out of my system in quite a short time dropping my BP through the floor. I've stopped riding.

It never occurred to me that I could bleed internally like this and I never expected to have a fall off a horse I trusted absolutely. Things happen, we can't control everything. I was in A&E very quickly because someone knew I was on blood thinners and told 999, the ambulance came very quickly I had my BP taken and was immediately given intravenous fluids to get my BP up and then I had a couple of units of blood once I was stabilised. It's your call but be aware of the consequences if you take a heavy fall.

[Lovell]

My consultant said to make sure that I wear a helmet but apart from that just go and enjoy.

[agnostic1]

Thank you everyone! This forum is really helpful. Healthy and happy holidays to all.

[Sustainedvtach270]

I ski 2 to 3 times a week, I am on Xeralto. At 60 I ski carefully to avoid falls.