Adult Onset Skating Syndrome (AOSS)

[Meli]

You know you're in trouble when "rink clothing" edges in front of "work clothing" in the laundry prioritization list.

Even more so when you buy certain knit tops to wear to work because you know you can skate in them later, thus only requiring you to switch out your pants when getting to the rink.

[skategeek]

You know you're in trouble when "rink clothing" edges in front of "work clothing" in the laundry prioritization list.

Even more so when you buy certain knit tops to wear to work because you know you can skate in them later, thus only requiring you to switch out your pants when getting to the rink.

Yes, this.  I have a stockpile of LL Bean tshirts in different colors that I wear to work with a cardigan or other semi-dressy thing over top... they all go with my black skating pants.   

[Meli]

Yes, this.  I have a stockpile of LL Bean tshirts in different colors that I wear to work with a cardigan or other semi-dressy thing over top... they all go with my black skating pants.   

Lands' End tunics here. 

[skategeek]

Lands' End tunics here. 

Ooo... might have to check those out.  (I like Bean's tshirts better than Lands End, but haven't looked at the tunics.)

[dlbritton]

I was fine with that until he said I had to be off the ice for six months. SIX MONTHS!! Come on... anything but that. I actually considered not getting the surgery for that reason alone. It's an illness this AOSS thing.

That is how I felt when I tore my MCL and had to give up skiing for 4 months (the whole season), but the bright side of it is that what led me to skating which I love and can do year round. Now I feel like I am going into withdrawl if I don't skate at least 3 days a week.

[Schmeck]

My AOSS started when I enrolled my daughters in basic skills lessons and saw adults on the ice! Had to take a lot of time off after melanoma surgery really mangled my left calf, but just got back on the ice after a 5 year hiatus (with minimal ice time in the 4 years before that) that has seen me go from a freeskate 2 down to a basic 5, phbbtttt! But I got my crossovers and the 2 easy 3-turns back after two 45 minute public ice sessions. Really hoping to find my back outside edges this week though! Might be the skates, and a bad rink sharpening, so I'll try a bit more and then go to the fancy sharpener this next weekend

[PhysicsOnIce]

You might have AOSSS when you:

1) plan your work schedule around your ice schedule
2) when traveling for work you check the nearest rink to your destination and make sure you can skate while "away on business". ( my boss still doesn't understand why I rather a hotel further from the conference center... it is closer to the rink... duh)
3) you cancel / reschedule work plans because you have a) comp, b) test c)camp etc.
4) your colleagues don't understand why you can't go out on Friday ( you have skating on saturday morning)
5) You sleep later during the week because the 6:30 saturday and sunday morning are the long and empty sessions.

[Nate]

And find that practicing your spirals in the elevator when you're alone is good exercise due to the vibration and jerk. If you can hold a spiral through a jerked stop in the elevator--you're golden.

I laughed...

Part of me wants to try that.

The other part KNOWS someone will be standing outside of that door when they open, and I'll probably still be in the arabesque position...

[taka]

I laughed...

Part of me wants to try that.

The other part KNOWS someone will be standing outside of that door when they open, and I'll probably still be in the arabesque position...

I hearlily recommend not doing spiral or shoot the duck practice near doors at work either! Someone will walk through them at just the wrong moment... Sorry K, for entering a spiral at the wrong time and almost kicking you in your face. A friend also came inches from tripping up her boss while at work showing me her shoot the duck position! Glad he had good reflexes and found it funny!

[nicklaszlo]

A man I know had a serious knee injury skating.  I ran into him recently and learned that his knee is improving and he has started skating again.  It just shows that doctors can fix your knee, but there is still no cure for Adult Onset Skating Syndrome.

[pegasus99]

You practice Plies and spirals on the train platform during your commute, even letting a train or two pass by while you get in a few more stretches.

You work on turnout stretches while watching TV at home.

You bogart the HDMI hookup on the TV to play skating vids on Youtube before anyone else in the family can get on Netflix.

[FigureSpins]

While watching a power point on how a system will display race and ethnicity question, you're seriously distracted by the subcategory chosen - Choctaw!

[alejeather]

While everyone is fidgeting in your stand-up status meeting, you try to nonchalantly practice your air position.

[dlbritton]

A man I know had a serious knee injury skating.  I ran into him recently and learned that his knee is improving and he has started skating again.  It just shows that doctors can fix your knee, but there is still no cure for Adult Onset Skating Syndrome.

Some of the comments I see here about skating injuries , especially knees, make me nervous since I took up skating last year to build up my knee after tearing my MCL while skiing.

But I definitely contracted AOSS. In fact I am going to forego my annual Vermont ski trip in December to help offset the cost of weekly skating lessons/ ice time.

[sarahspins]

Some of the comments I see here about skating injuries , especially knees, make me nervous since I took up skating last year to build up my knee after tearing my MCL while skiing.

Honestly until you get into higher level jumps (Axel+) the risk if serious knee injury is really fairly minor if you eliminate freak accidents (the sort which can also happen off the ice).

I did some serious damage to my knee skating as a teenager because I dislocated it on a jump landing.. but 18 years later I know there were multiple contributing factors, none of which are really a factor for me now.. I know what happened and why, and as a result it's not likely to happen again (I've also had the benefit of time and a different coach who has since corrected my jumping technique).  That's not to suggest I couldn't re-injure myself or injure my knee in some other way, but I don't stress out about it - what fun would life be if we avoided everything because something bad "might" happen?

As a result of the surgical repair I now have OA in that knee, but for the most part it's not a problem and doesn't impact skating very much, but I do take a prescription anti-inflammatory drug regularly, which has helped a lot.  If you don't jump (or limit how much jumping you will do), skating is a relatively low-impact activity and I think it's more beneficial than harmful.

[twinskaters]

I think I can blame AOSS for my changing our lunch reservations tomorrow 45 minutes later so I can skate with my kids Mother's Day morning.


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[dlbritton]

...  That's not to suggest I couldn't re-injure myself or injure my knee in some other way, but I don't stress out about it - what fun would life be if we avoided everything because something bad "might" happen? ...

...  If you don't jump (or limit how much jumping you will do), skating is a relatively low-impact activity and I think it's more beneficial than harmful.

I certainly agree that life would be dull if we avoided all"risky" activities/endeavors. I took up skating to build my strength up after my skiing injury specifically to be ready to ski the next season.

I know skating has been beneficial to my physical conditioning. I can definitely feel the leg strength I have gained from skating 3 hours a week and it is certainly more enjoyable than time on the elliptical machine and leg press.