 Poster: A snowHead
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According to a study by Norwegian researchers, when a racer tears an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, the ligament is torn while the skier is still skiing, and then they crash. A panel of sports medicine and skiing experts picked apart videos of 20 World Cup skiers who had suffered an ACL tear. It showed that when a skier is trying to make a turn on the course, but leaning too far backwards and inwards into the turn while off-balance, it causes the outer ski to lift off the snow. When the skier tries to reach out with his/her leg to get the ski back on the ground, the very back of the ski hits the snow, pulling the leg with it and rotating the lower leg. The force on the knee caused by this rotation is too much for the ACL....The report was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
For more, see: http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/how-pro-skiers-get-knee-injuries/703020.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Interesting 
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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?
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Interesting indeed. I'd love to see some slo-mo film to illustrate that.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I recall reading years ago that ACL are thought to pop whilst skiing which then normally result in a wipe out.
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So that's what happened....huh!  [color=darkred][/color]
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RosslandBetty, welcome to snowHeads  on the mend? Or mended?
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