Skiing is fun, but you must also pay attention to safety

China Science and Technology News, December 28 (Jin Xi)

Skiing can relax you and exercise your body. But it is a risky sport. Some netizens joked that "the busiest season for orthopedic doctors has come." Although skiing is fun, you should also pay attention to safety while enjoying it!

Skiing can not only enhance the body's balance, coordination, and flexibility, but also cheer up depressed mood. Leisure skiing is a good aerobic exercise that can enhance leg and upper limb strength, which is equivalent to fast swimming. Many people think that skiing hurts the knee joints. In fact, as long as you master the correct skiing posture, it will not only not hurt the knees, but also has a certain therapeutic effect on patellar softening.

Take skiing as an example. The correct posture is to keep your feet shoulder-width apart, bend your knees naturally, keep your calf bones on the tongue of your snowshoes and do not move away from them, and keep your center of gravity on the soles of your feet. If it is a slope, lean forward and be perpendicular to the ground.

Before skiing, you should take good warm-up and protective measures, choose suitable ski equipment, wear professional clothing, protective gear, and snow goggles to prevent snow blindness. You must fully warm up before exercising, especially the waist and lower limbs must be moved. In addition, for ordinary people who have not received professional training, skiing is difficult to adapt to, so you must learn, master the skills and be equipped with good equipment before trying. If you usually sit in the office and rarely exercise, it is easy to get injured if you suddenly go skiing and skating.

Some novice skiers are too obsessed with skiing and want to try both double and single boards. However, when passing through the avenue, if they are not careful, they will sprain their knees, causing rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament, etc., and ultimately can only be treated with surgery.

Falling down while skiing is inevitable. To protect your own safety, you should do "three don'ts" when you fall down, that is, don't use your hands to support yourself, don't move your hands and feet, and don't roll over. When you fall down, throw away your ski poles, fall sideways, hold your hands in front of your chest, slide down naturally with the slope, and wait to stop slowly. Don't struggle casually after falling down, and immediately release your feet and skis to avoid falling down again. When you encounter obstacles during skiing, it is better to fall down yourself than to collide with them, because the danger of collision is far greater than falling down.

The ski resort is very large, so try not to go skiing alone and do not ski out of the ski resort without permission, otherwise it will be difficult to rescue you in case of an accident. Wear bright clothes when skiing to make it easier to find you in case of an accident.

If you fall while skiing, loosen up any equipment you can remove, observe the injured part and see if the injury is serious. Do not move on your own and seek professional help in time. Do not walk in the snow to avoid getting stuck in the snow and getting injured again. If the injury is not serious, move the injured to the sides of the snow trail as soon as possible. Do not use snow to stop bleeding if there is an injury. Snow not only has no hemostatic function, but can also cause wound infection and frostbite.