Noah Avallone

Noah Avallone’s story, in their own words

I hurt myself at a carnival of all places, jumping off a bouncy castle. As a kid that surfs, skates, and snowboards to the extreme, this was a major surprise to me and my parents! We were all concerned since I broke my foot in 4 places (in October) with the upcoming snowboarding season starting in just a few short weeks. I saw Dr. Green and he put me in a pretty cool soft boot aircast. I was still able to move around while my foot was healing. I even skated with it on towards the end...

shhhh :) To make a long story short, I was able to snowboard again in December and started winning or making the podium in nearly all my competitions starting in January up in Southern Vermont. I had a great season, ending up as the overall National Champion in Groms (age 8-9) when I competed in Colorado during the National Championships in April. I am thankful for the care I received from Dr. Green. I plan to stay focused on my board sports and stay away from bouncy castles in the future...LOL.

Published by the Hospital for Special Surgery in its Back in the Game archive in May 2016, and reproduced here in full. Read it on hss.edu →

Sport or activity

Snowboarding

Treating surgeon

Dr. Daniel W. Green