I've not seen this before, apologies to those that have. I watch it and wonder how a friend did her ACL on a green slope in the first 10 mins of her holiday and yet these lot walk away. The first one is my fave.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I didn't realise you had videoed us in the snowpark in Meribel?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Frosty the Snowman, I understand that beginners are a "high risk" group for ACL injuries because they tend to do slow backward twisting falls.
Here's a quote from www.ski-injury.com (not a site for bedtime reading in resort maybe )
" (b) Certain situations increase the risk of a serious knee sprain (anterior cruciate ligament tear). The commonest mechanism of ACL injury is the so-called 'Phantom Foot' which classically occurs in three situations....
1. Attempting to get up whilst still moving after a fall
2. Leaning right back on your skis or attempting to sit down after losing control
3. Attempting to recover from an inevitable fall
To avoid such injuries –
In a fall, keep your arms forward and your hands over your skis if possible
Don’t fully straighten your legs when you fall - try and keep them bent
After a fall, don’t try to get up until you have stopped moving"
the second point is interesting because our official slope advice is to try and straighten your legs, but I don't think anyone has ever had time to think about that in a fall
and here's a quote from me:-
"To avoid fast forward twisting falls accompanied by intense pain, do not ski into solid wooden fences"
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