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Freak Ski Accident. Bindings Beware!
- Thread starter How'syourAspen?
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santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Omg
How'syourAspen?
Diva in Training
OK for all those doubters (by the way loving the great sense of humour some of you girls have!) google "ski bindings" and go to the Wikipedia link and you'll see a picture of a boot in a binding which was pretty similar to the one I fell on. Then stand up and see if you can pull your heel towards your crotch. I'm quite flexible but if you can get within about 10cm (the approximate length of the binding) of your crotch then bingo this could happen to you! Skin in that area is thin and can tear easily plus there's lots of blood supply down there. I think the surgeon described it as a blunt trauma injury. I'm very glad my pants didn't tear otherwise you would have seen all the blood on the outside which I'm sure would have attracted some very strange stares!
As for my "Ass" it's still a bit sore so I haven't let any fleshy pole like objects anywhere near it yet!
As for my "Ass" it's still a bit sore so I haven't let any fleshy pole like objects anywhere near it yet!
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
- about the best reaction to this injury.Yikes and wow.
But I can see how it definitely could happen. I've had some curious abrasion and bruise injuries in years past that happened beneath all (undamaged) ski clothing. Even busted a watch crystal once. Had a perfect bruise-imprint of a binding toe piece (NOT mine) on the back of my knee once.
Hope you're feeling better soon!!
Wouldn't have to tear skin to tear arteries (I do have pictures of one I worked on, required a four hour repair). Just needs to put pressure on just the wrong place at just the wrong angle. Google straddle injuries in women.
Yup
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I was looking at a ski buddy's Knee Bindings today. I bet they could do it. (They don't make demo bindings, but they're the right shape.)
newboots
Angel Diva
Aak! Maybe better for your knees, maybe bad for your labia!
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Skiing medium soft bumps on front side of Heavenly black diamond.. Have skied this area called Hogsback many many times.. Must have turned fast on a bump somehow twisting my body as felt a weird "pull or tear" in hip/glute area on left side. This is where I have issues w bulging disc and annular tear.. Woke up this morning and could barely move..no skiing today! 9 days in a row of skiing so doing the following: ice, heat, massage tens unit, aleve and aleve pm.. Oh and wine. What the heck did I do? Paging @Obrules15 and @Gloria ...
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Oh and foam roller and hot tub
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Sorry meant to stRt new thread on this. Mods, please feel free to move.
vanhoskier
Angel Diva
I've got Look Pivots (my favorite bindings ever) ....but yesterday, while on the mountain, I took a look down at the heel piece, remembering this thread. Eek.
newboots
Angel Diva
Just yesterday I noticed that, after Day 16, my Marmot Gore-Tex (read, "not cheap") snow pants are frayed at the bottom and have a couple of tiny tears. The fraying is undoubtedly from walking on them, which I have stopped, but the little tears are from ordinary falls when the fabric rubs against the bindings. They are reinforced along the bottom, but the little tears are just above the reinforcement. Day 16? It gives me pause, and this thread is a clear indication of how close we routinely come to really getting damaged ourselves.
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Yeah, or some ski pants have very durable material on the inside, like Kevlar (no joke). Edges are (should be) sharp!
Um, I had a bulging disc that herniated when I crawled under a desk to install a router. Had had musculoskeletal back pain prior to that that but after disc herniation had difficulty moving at all, had a pronounced limp and felt like my pelvis was unstable. Because you had a preexisting tear and bulge, I'd get that checked out, maybe MRI'd.
Hope you feel better and it's nothing..........
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Thanks! Felt a little better and skied a bit today in a blizzard and thought not a good idea.. so now chilling at wine bar.. going to Europe in two weeks so need to heal . Thanks for your response . I think it's a strain...
newboots
Angel Diva
Duh - I didn't think of the edges. But it makes sense, especially the shape of the little tears. They look like tiny knife cuts. Hah, my friend tuned my skis, and my skiing got better and faster, but the pants are in trouble!
bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
By the way, these can also cut your jacket when you're carrying your skis. And cut your fingers if you're not careful. Ask me how I know ...
