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- Jan 5, 2019
A touchy subject.
What are the most common injuries in figure skating and the most appropriate remedy to them? Rest not always 'being allowed' due to trainers' stubbornness and lack of real knowledge in paediatrics and general sports health medicine ...
Pre-pubescent boys and girls, not yet fully trained and experienced: falls, concussions, broken bones, teeth etc? Inherited defects to muscle-skeleton system?
Young adolescents, full intensity training and experienced but still growing in spurts and not fully formed yet: growth plate injuries to tibia's hip joint etc?, Osgood Slatter's? Tendon, ligament and their adhesion to the bone? Spraining of ankles, knees w/o proper resting time leading to early degradation? Spinal column due to torsion and no fully developed obliques and other core muscles? Pelvis due to the asymmetry in leg use??
Young adults, fully grown, usually lower training intensity but fully experienced: over-use injuries? General wear and tear and subsequent degradation?
Hopefully some authoritative answers from sports physicians, therapists etc so we can learn something
What are the most common injuries in figure skating and the most appropriate remedy to them? Rest not always 'being allowed' due to trainers' stubbornness and lack of real knowledge in paediatrics and general sports health medicine ...
Pre-pubescent boys and girls, not yet fully trained and experienced: falls, concussions, broken bones, teeth etc? Inherited defects to muscle-skeleton system?
Young adolescents, full intensity training and experienced but still growing in spurts and not fully formed yet: growth plate injuries to tibia's hip joint etc?, Osgood Slatter's? Tendon, ligament and their adhesion to the bone? Spraining of ankles, knees w/o proper resting time leading to early degradation? Spinal column due to torsion and no fully developed obliques and other core muscles? Pelvis due to the asymmetry in leg use??
Young adults, fully grown, usually lower training intensity but fully experienced: over-use injuries? General wear and tear and subsequent degradation?
Hopefully some authoritative answers from sports physicians, therapists etc so we can learn something