With winter upon us, many population partake in activities such as snow skiing, snowboarding, and ice skating. The very condition that makes these activities inherent and enjoyable, reduced friction, also makes falls and injuries very common. Winter sports injuries get a lot of attention at hospital urgency rooms and doctor's offices, and consist of sprains, strains, dislocations and fractures (broken bones). In 2004, the U.S. Buyer goods security Commission reported 49,600 injuries from ice skating, 143,990 injuries from snowboarding and 144,379 injuries from snow skiing.
While participation in each of these winter sports can follow in the injuries listed above, there are injuries particular to dissimilar winter sports pursuits.
Skiing injuries, because of the independent movement of each leg, often involve the knee. Ligament injuries can range from mild stretching, or sprains, to complete tears where the ligament is no longer functional. The milder injuries are ordinarily treated conservatively with rest, bracing, and anti-inflammatory medications. complete tears of one of the main stabilizers of the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament, can wish surgical reconstruction using arthroscopic minimally invasive techniques. Cartilage, the rubbery cushioning structures between the bones, can be injured, with medicine fluctuating from conservative to arthroscopic surgery. Finally, there is a characteristic skiing injury of the thumb, called, appropriately adequate "skier's thumb", and is a ligament injury of the thumb caused by a fall on the outstretched hand and thumb, with the ski pole held between the thumb and other digits.
Depending on how severe the ligament injury, medicine can be conservative, with casting or bracing, or can wish surgical repair. Other upper extremity injuries, such as dislocated shoulders and elbows, where the bones of the involved joint are fully out of place, can follow from a fall on an outstretched arm.
Snowboarding injuries differ from skiing injuries because of the fixed position of both feet on the snowboard. This makes knee and lower extremity injuries less likely because of the leg and ankle request for retrial needed to snowboard, and with the softer boots, there is a characteristic break of one of the bones in the ankle. This fracture can wish non-surgical medicine with casting, or surgical fix if the broken bone is shifted out of place. Upper extremity injuries are more common, with the wrists often fractured due to falls on the outstretched hands. Other upper extremity injuries consist of clavicle (collar bone) fractures, and shoulder or elbow dislocations.
Ice skating shares some of the injury types of both skiing and snowboarding. Falls onto outstretched upper extremities can follow in wrist fractures, or shoulder or elbow dislocations. The fractures may need casting or surgical treatment, depending on severity, and the dislocations wish reduction, manipulating the dislocated joint back into place. ordinarily this must be done in the urgency room. Lower extremity injuries can involve the knee, as is noted above for skiers, with trauma from a twisting force, or ankle injuries. Ankle sprains which are ligament injuries of the ankle can occur and are ordinarily treated conservatively without surgery and allowed to heal. Fractures of the ankle can be treated with casts, walking boots, or in more severe cases, surgery.
There are ways to prevent some of these injuries. Many winter sports injuries happen at the end of the day, while pushing to do that one last run, when muscles are tired.
- Pay attention to your level of fatigue and quit when you get tired.
- Check your equipment; manufacture sure boots or skates fit properly and bindings are adjusted correctly for your weight and skill level.
- There is evidence that wrist guards for snowboarders can sell out the opportunity of fracture in a fall, and their use is recommended. There are snowboarding gloves ready with the wrist guards built in.
- Helmets sell out the severity of head injuries in crashes and their use is also recommended. It does appear that as helmet use increases, the stigma previously related with helmet wear is disappearing- a good thing!
Finally, there are some normal tips for preventing injury;
- Stay in shape,
- Condition muscles before participating,
- Warm up before beginning the activity,
- Take lessons from great instructors,
- Wear layers of light, water- and wind-resistant clothing,
- Drink fullness of water-dehydration is a risk due to the low humidity, particularly at high altitude. normal signs that you may need to drink, such as sweating, may not be present.
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