Why is "the end of the slopes is orthopedic"? Recently, the Winter Olympics have been the focus of attention of the people of the whole country, and at the same time, various winter Olympic snow sports have also sprung up everywhere. People have seen the cool and heroic posture of athletes skiing, and also seen the smooth and beautiful figure skating, but they have also noticed the danger and horror of ice and snow sports, and they have better understood the tenacity of athletes and the greatness of the Olympic spirit. ———
Wu Dajing's feet and Jia Zongyang's legs were on the hot search
Since February 10, the calves of The Chinese aerial skills trio Jia Zongyang have become a hot topic of discussion, and related topics have remained high on weibo hot search lists. On the X-ray film of Jia Zongyang's left leg, there are 22 steel nails densely packed, which is shocking and sad. Just two days ago, the feet of Chinese short-track speed skater Wu Dajing also attracted people's attention, and the topic of "28-year-old Wu Dajing with 50-year-old feet" appeared on the Weibo hot search list many times in two days. On Wu Dajing's feet, there were not only many old scars, but also raised calluses the size of bones. "Competitive sports and daily entertainment are so different, they are using their lives to fight for faith." "It was so shocking, the photos hurt to look at! This is the most profound footnote of the Olympic spirit. These injuries shocked netizens and made everyone have a deeper understanding of ice and snow sports.
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Sports experts tell you, why is the "end of the slope is orthopedic" ice and snow sports really so harmful? Recently, people often say a phrase called "the end of the slope is orthopedics", in response to a number of popular winter Olympic projects including skiing, upstream journalists visited the Sports Medicine Center of the Southwest Hospital of the Army Military Medical University, which is also the Chongqing Sports Trauma Research Institute, and asked experts to tell us what other injuries may be caused by ice and snow sports. The first category: Associate Professor Yuan Chengsong of the Sports Medicine Center of Southwest Ski Hospital introduced that snowboarding became an official competition item of the Winter Olympic Games in 1998, and according to statistics, the incidence of snowboard sports injuries ranked among the current list of the Winter Olympic Games.
In Jia Zongyang's steel-studded left leg veneer and freestyle U-shaped track events, when athletes vacate and collide with the edge of the U-shaped field or the ground out of control, it is easy to cause serious injuries. For amateur snowboarders, the incidence of upper limb injuries is higher, focusing on the wrist and shoulder joints, often because the shoulder or upper limb hit the ground when falling. Injuries to the lower extremities, especially the knee joint, are common in professional athletes, which may be due to more skillful movements such as jumping and spinning. In addition, there is a category of ankle injuries that need attention: fractures of the lateral structure of the tal bone are almost exclusively seen in snowboarding, accounting for 15% of the total number of snowboard ankle injuries, also known as "snowboarder ankles". Skiing contains many projects, among which alpine skiing is almost the fastest and most dangerous event in the world's non-auxiliary power sports, with the characteristics of high injury incidence and high proportion of serious injuries. Of all alpine skiing-related injuries, upper rotator cuff injuries, shoulder dislocations, acromioclavicular injuries, and proximal humeral fractures, as well as clavicle fractures, are the most common. A rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament of the first metacarpophalangeal joint with a tear fracture caused by the simultaneous holding of the pole is a characteristic injury of alpine skiing and freestyle skiing, known as the "skier's thumb". The second category: Wang Yunjiao, attending physician of the Sports Medicine Center of Skating Southwest Hospital, introduced that the skating events of the Winter Olympic Games include speed skating, short track speed skating and figure skating. During the skating competition, athletes need to maintain a flexed hip posture for a long time, and the lower limbs explode to push themselves forward repeatedly. In this process, overuse injuries are more common, such as low back pain, sacroiliac joint disorders, patella pain syndrome, knee and ankle sprains, etc.
Wu Dajing's scarred foot was in short-track speed skating, and shoulder dislocation and shoulder collar dislocation due to physical contact falls and impacts were the most common types of injuries. It is worth noting that ice knife cutting injuries due to collisions and falls are more common in speed skating-related injuries. In figure skating, the highest incidence of injury among pair skaters, followed by single skating, the lowest incidence of ice dance injuries, more than 50% of the injuries in the single figure skating sports system are chronic use injuries to the lower limbs and trunk, skin contusions and even joint dislocations and fractures caused by failed jumping and rotating failures and even joint dislocations and fractures are also common, double skating due to the inclusion of more throwing and lifting actions, the incidence of upper limb injuries of male players is higher, and it is also common for female players to be thrown and failed to fall. In general, the lower back and knees and ankles are common areas of injury to the figure skating exercise system. The third category: Snowmobile King Yun Jiao introduced that because of its fast speed and sharp turns, snowmobiles are prone to collision and overturning accidents. The injury of the steel frame/snowmobile project mainly occurs in the bending start or sprint stage, so the injured parts are concentrated in the waist sprain or chronic strain, the posterior thigh muscle group strain and knee injury, the ankle sprain; in the taxiing stage, the probability of various skin soft tissue abrasions and contusions caused by collisions and even overturning is very high, and the injured parts are almost concentrated in the neck and shoulders, the lower back and upper thighs and the ankle joint; Injured muscles are generally located in the posterior femoral muscles and the iliopsoas muscles. The fourth category: Wang Zhenyu, attending physician of the Sports Medicine Center of Southwest Hospital of Bobsleigh, said that the speed of the luge in the Olympic project can reach 140 kilometers or faster, so injuries, fractures and even deaths may occur in this sport. A luge is a sport in which a sled is performed by lying on its back on the sled with your feet in front of you, and by changing your body posture, you can maneuver the sled to spin down at high speed. Due to special sports methods and venues, players can easily slide off the track or fall from the snow rudder when they make mistakes, and injuries can occur in the ankles, knees, spine, and head and neck, and ligament injuries and fractures are the most common. The fifth category: Ice hockey Wang Zhenyu introduced that due to the characteristics of ice hockey, which is densely populated, fast and frequent, and fiercely opposed, the incidence of injury to the sports system is high. Among ice hockey-related injuries, upper limb injuries account for more than 30% and up to 44% in adolescents. Of all upper extremity injuries, shoulder injuries are the most common. Among them, the shoulder lock joint injury caused by falling after the collision can account for more than 50% of all shoulder joint injuries. The second is shoulder dislocation, which is mostly caused by direct violence from the rear or an impact with the ice surface after a fall. Most injuries to the elbow and distal upper extremities are caused by falls or impacts with baffles. In contrast, the incidence of lower limb injuries is 30% to 45%, of which inter-athlete impacts can easily lead to knee joint and thigh injuries, and ice hockey impact is a common injury of the distal lower limbs and ankles. Sixth category: curling sports Wang Zhenyu introduced that curlers due to relatively fixed body posture and excessive use of body-related parts, the possibility of chronic labor injuries is very large, such as lumbar back muscle fasciitis, rotator cuff injuries. Curling involves long pedaling and sliding and repeated flexion and extension of the joints, which leads to a high risk of knee injury. Curling weight is close to 20 kg, the traditional throwing technique is to lift the curler back and forth after swinging, with the help of inertia to place the curling on the ice, while pushing it forward to slide; when sweeping the ice, athletes need to rub the ice repeatedly in a short period of time, these action techniques have higher requirements for shoulder strength, curling enthusiasts have shoulder pain in 20% of people, 12.5% of athletes have rotator cuff injuries.
Girl ski fell and severely "strained" her right leg and knee joint
The upstream reporter also visited a number of hospitals in Chongqing and found that after the start of the Winter Olympics, the number of patients admitted to the hospital for treatment because of ice sports did increase, but it was not too much, "Chongqing's snow fields are relatively few, because ice and snow sports are likely to be injured much less than in the north, Xinjiang and other places." Wang Zhenyu, attending physician of the Sports Medicine Center of Southwest Hospital, said that in addition, many ski resorts in Chongqing are in districts and counties, and most ice sports injuries will be treated locally for the first time. On February 11, Ms. Qin, who lives in Sunshine 100 International New Town in the South Bank District, is recuperating at home, her right leg is still unable to exercise vigorously, and when she gently lifts her leg, the knee joint will cause severe pain, during the Spring Festival, when she and her friends skied in Jinfoshan, she fell and caused a ligament strain in the knee joint of her right leg. Ms. Qin introduced that after the opening of the Olympic Games on February 4, she and her friends saw the figure of athletes skiing, and wanted to seize the last few days of vacation to experience skiing, on February 7, Ms. Qin and her friends avoided the peak of the Spring Festival and set off. Ms. Qin has experienced skiing in the indoor ski resort in the central city before, and is more familiar with some movements, seeing that there are not many people in the ski resort this time, after sliding on the gentle slope for a while, she wants to challenge the longer and higher ski trails. "Who knew that standing on the top of the slope was a bit weak in the legs, and after sliding down, they couldn't control it." When the skis were out of control, Ms. Qin panicked inside, and she wanted to make the ski stop by crossing the skis, but she lost her balance when the skis leaned inward and fell down. "What I was thinking about was standing up on one leg and finding my balance again." However, Ms. Qin's right leg just tried to stand on the ski, and she stepped forward uncontrollably, "At that time, I felt a tearing pain." The coach standing on the sideline also found ms. Qin who had fallen, and then rushed over to help her take off her skis and stand on the snow field. At that time, Ms. Qin only felt that her right leg was very painful, and she thought it would be better to go back indoors to rest, but when several people returned to Nanchuan City that day, the situation became more and more serious, "Later, the legs could not play at all." "Ms. Qin was taken by a friend to the local hospital for emergency examination, only to find that the ligament had been strained.
Ordinary people playing snow sports Pay attention to these
Compared with professional athletes, ordinary people play ice and snow sports, how to prevent injuries? Experts said that when carrying out ice and snow sports, it is necessary to wear a full set of sports equipment, such as helmets and knee pads, ankle pads, wrist pads, elbow pads, etc. Choose a venue that is familiar to you and do what you can, and don't challenge difficult moves and tracks without professional guidance and ability. In the process of exercise, try to avoid collisions with others, completely warm up before exercise, drink more water during exercise, and maintain water and salt in the body. When exercising, it is recommended to have a family member accompany you to avoid accidents.
Upstream journalist Shi Heng