Accidents can happen no matter how careful a skier tries to be. There are rough patches and unseen things that can cause a skier to fall and injure him or herself. How those skiing injuries are treated is very important to understand. Even something that seems small can, when left untreated, turn into something large. The following article consists of a list of the more common skiing injuries and the best ways to treat them.
Sprained Knees
Even the most experienced skier can end up with a strained or sprained knee. There are quite a few different ways in which a knee can get strained or sprained so if you injure your knee while you are skiing, you need to make sure to have a doctor examine the knee thoroughly. It is important that you know exactly which parts of your knee are injured and how those strains or sprains happened. If you do not find this out, you run the risk of administering the wrong treatment! Typically the treatment of a knee sprain or strain is the administration of ice and the ingestion of an over the counter anti-inflammatory medication. You should ask your doctor before treating yourself, though, because if your knee has a major injury you could hurt yourself further.
Broken Bones
As with knee strains and sprains, broken bones can happen to even the most experienced skier. Legs and writes are the most common bones that get broken on the ski slopes. Broken bones are not to be treated without medical help. Seek a doctor's help immediately to get your broken leg or broken wrist re-set and casted. To ensure that you have the smoothest healing period possible it is important that you make sure that your broken bone gets treated quickly and correctly by a professional.
Face Injuries
It is a common belief that the all of a skier's entrapments (goggles, hood, heavy scarf, facial mask, etc) do quite a bit to shield a skier from facial injuries. On the contrary, skiers get facial injuries quite easily. In fact"most of the facial injuries a skier suffers from are the result of an unexpected facial connection with the t-bar! If you get struck in the face or in the skull, you need to find a medical professional to check to make sure that nothing was broken and that you do not have a concussion. The usual treatment for a facial injury is the same as the typical treatment for a knee strain/sprain. Ice the area and take an over the counter medication to ease the pain.
These are the three most common injuries that skiers acquire as they spend time on the slopes. Other injuries happen as well so it is important that every skier is very careful while they spend time on the slopes this winter. - 15255
Sprained Knees
Even the most experienced skier can end up with a strained or sprained knee. There are quite a few different ways in which a knee can get strained or sprained so if you injure your knee while you are skiing, you need to make sure to have a doctor examine the knee thoroughly. It is important that you know exactly which parts of your knee are injured and how those strains or sprains happened. If you do not find this out, you run the risk of administering the wrong treatment! Typically the treatment of a knee sprain or strain is the administration of ice and the ingestion of an over the counter anti-inflammatory medication. You should ask your doctor before treating yourself, though, because if your knee has a major injury you could hurt yourself further.
Broken Bones
As with knee strains and sprains, broken bones can happen to even the most experienced skier. Legs and writes are the most common bones that get broken on the ski slopes. Broken bones are not to be treated without medical help. Seek a doctor's help immediately to get your broken leg or broken wrist re-set and casted. To ensure that you have the smoothest healing period possible it is important that you make sure that your broken bone gets treated quickly and correctly by a professional.
Face Injuries
It is a common belief that the all of a skier's entrapments (goggles, hood, heavy scarf, facial mask, etc) do quite a bit to shield a skier from facial injuries. On the contrary, skiers get facial injuries quite easily. In fact"most of the facial injuries a skier suffers from are the result of an unexpected facial connection with the t-bar! If you get struck in the face or in the skull, you need to find a medical professional to check to make sure that nothing was broken and that you do not have a concussion. The usual treatment for a facial injury is the same as the typical treatment for a knee strain/sprain. Ice the area and take an over the counter medication to ease the pain.
These are the three most common injuries that skiers acquire as they spend time on the slopes. Other injuries happen as well so it is important that every skier is very careful while they spend time on the slopes this winter. - 15255
About the Author:
Andrew Mitchell, clinical director of the OsteopathNetwork, writes papers about musculo-skeletal conditions and Norwich Osteopaths. The Osteopath Network has more than 550 clinics located throughout the UK and offers treatment at weekends and after hours.
