Many people buy a non-perforated horizontal bar mounted on the wall is risky! Fitness bloggers have fractured the transverse process because of it, and some children have broken bones
Before the Spring Festival, a fitness blogger uploaded a video: he was doing pull-ups on the non-punching horizontal bar at home, and as soon as he did two, the horizontal bar suddenly fell and the person fell to the ground.
The blogger was later rushed to the hospital by 120. Various examinations have shown that the blogger has a fracture of the right transverse process of the waist 2-4 and needs to recuperate for a period of time, and this Spring Festival can only be spent in bed. The blogger painfully reminded that if you use this horizontal bar for training, you must pay attention to safety and regularly check whether it is firm.
Parents installed horizontal bars at home in order to make their children grow taller
Seven or eight-year-olds use the facility to cause bone cracks
This video has attracted the attention of many netizens. Sharp-eyed netizens left a message at the bottom: There is a problem with the quality or material structure of the blogger's horizontal bar, normally both ends should be wedge-shaped, requiring the direction to go downward, to ensure that the horizontal bar is tightened more and more...... It is easy to deform the horizontal bar in training, and if you do not check it carefully before training, it is easy to have an accident.
Liu Xun, deputy chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that after watching the blogger's videos and posts, he visually observed that the position where he installed the horizontal bar was relatively high, and his body weight was much heavier than that of children.
In fact, this fitness blogger's experience is not unique. In 2022, Mr. Cui from Fuyang, Anhui Province used a non-punching home horizontal bar to work out, and he didn't do a few pull-ups and the horizontal bar suddenly fell off, and the back of his head hit the ground. His wife said that Mr. Cui was unconscious at one point, convulsed and foamed at the mouth. After going to the local hospital for examination, Mr. Cui may have a right frontal lobe cerebral contusion.
"Many parents feel that stretching on the horizontal bar can help improve their children's sports test scores, promote growth and development, and help their children grow taller, so they will buy non-punching horizontal bars to install at home, which is convenient for exercise. Liu Xun has treated several cases of children aged seven or eight who accidentally fell off the horizontal bar in this non-punching room, resulting in bone fractures at the proximal end of the ulna and distal humerus of the elbow joint, or soft tissue contusions.
It's best to be able to go outdoors and use the horizontal bar
It is best to install a protective bracket for household non-perforated horizontal bars
On the Internet, 20,000 to 30,000 non-perforated horizontal bars with high sales were sold. The reporter searched for the instructions for the use of the product on the Internet, and there was a brand of non-punching horizontal bars that the longer the horizontal bar was elongated, the load-bearing and firmness of the horizontal bar would be reduced. It is recommended to install it on solid wood doors and cement walls, and it is not recommended to install hollow doors, foam doors, and broken wood doors. Some brands do not indicate precautions, but basically every manufacturer signs: if you do not use it correctly according to the safety instructions, the company will not be responsible in the event of an accident.
Zhang Ning, chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics of the Second Hospital of Zhejiang University, said that this kind of non-perforated horizontal bar is basically sold online, and it is easy to have problems in the process of installing it yourself. Some people may be mounted on a wall or even a door frame that is not secure, resulting in insufficient friction provided, and it is also important to maintain a level during installation, which requires the help of a spirit level.
However, even if the consumer finds the right position and installs the horizontal bar completely and correctly, it cannot guarantee the safety in use. Because the ends of the horizontal bar continue to press outward, the door frame or wall will be deformed. Sudden drops are still unavoidable.
Zhang Ning suggested that it is best to use the horizontal bar outdoors, and if you must use the household horizontal bar, it is best to add a protective bracket at the bottom of the horizontal bar by nailing nails to further strengthen it, or directly use the horizontal bar nailed to the wall.
Liu Xun also reminded that if you want to install this kind of non-punching horizontal bar at home. The installed door frame should not be too smooth, and you must pay attention to the direction of installation, generally in one direction, such as tightening it clockwise, and loosening it in another direction. Note that the device may have thermal expansion and contraction, and if the force is changed, it may fall suddenly. This non-punching horizontal bar is not suitable for heavier adults, if it is for children, adults should first test whether it is safe to use, and children should be protected when they are used.