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Sprained broken thumbs

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twintippimpsta
Posts: 246 - Karma: 10
anyone know how to aviod this some kind of brace or something let me know ... instant message me would be great. thanks. 1 out of 5 times skiing i either break it or soprain it both hands
Jan 10 2006 11:16PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
yea man i did that 2 times alrady it fucking hurts still a month later

nothing u can really do about it just hope u dont do it again
Jan 10 2006 11:18PM
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Crock360
Posts: 2100 - Karma: 23
my right thumb is always hurting during ski season. Sometimes i can barely bend it, and other times it only hurts a little, but i've learned to just deal with it. I dislocated it twice last season, and whenever i tweak it now, the pain returns, but that's life.
Jan 10 2006 11:35PM
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twintippimpsta
Posts: 246 - Karma: 10
there has to be something
mabe ill invent it and get rich
Jan 10 2006 11:37PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 732
^id buy it
Jan 10 2006 11:46PM
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skimack
Posts: 2458 - Karma: 33
I broke and sprained my thumb last year, and I got a nifty brace thinger from the doctor, it is basically a plasic mold of my hand but with a tube you put your thumb in so it can't move and can't get tweaked funny. I wore it under my glove and it worked fine, i could still grip my poles and everything. just go to the hospital and ask them for some sort of brace so you don't sprain your thumb again.
Jan 10 2006 11:58PM
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OAK_TREE
Posts: 2683 - Karma: 12
i sprained my thumb this year doing a nollie. hurt like a bitch for two weeks and now all of the swelling has gone down but some pain remains.
Jan 11 2006 12:21AM
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japanada
Posts: 13785 - Karma: 1,956
i think we have all sprained some fingers or thumbs skiing, it comes with the job.
Jan 11 2006 1:32AM
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timofysmif
Posts: 401 - Karma: 19
i think thos poles wiht the little strap thingy that pops off when pressure is put on it, i think it would work cus i always jam my thumb against my grip
Jan 11 2006 2:05AM
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Alkyy
Posts: 2839 - Karma: 149
burton makes the impact glove idk if it would help thumb but i know it has extra support in the wrist maybe up there too
Jan 11 2006 8:12AM
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ride-line
Posts: 69 - Karma: 6
That fuckin sucks man
Jan 11 2006 8:31AM
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EricT
Posts: 17 - Karma: 10
Just ride without the straps on your poles.
Really, I broke my thumb every season before I started doing this. I still get an occasional strain, but much rarer... Only problem is you have to pick up your poles every time you bail, but that's better than breaking your thumb every time you ride...
Anyone else doing this?
Jan 11 2006 10:15AM
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OpIvy
Posts: 741 - Karma: 9
One thing that I try to do is grip my pole with my thumb on top the grip. Then when I fall my thumbs not hanging out the side ready to get snapped off.
Jan 11 2006 10:27AM
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T-KR3W
Posts: 754 - Karma: 175
go to a brace specialist i have 4 pins in my thumb that shit breaks if i walk wrong... the doc will costom fit your thumb there like 75$. if your tired of broken thumbs this is where its at...
Jan 11 2006 10:31AM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
ahh
Jan 11 2006 10:32AM
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potatofarmer
Posts: 2020 - Karma: 13
I kept coming down on mine earlierin the season, after like a week it was good though
Jan 11 2006 11:00AM
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reggyboy
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 13
i keep refracturing that same thumb over and over it hapened like 8 times now, caqnt do much to stop it. all u can do is try to avoid to land on ur hands
Jan 11 2006 1:11PM
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Jeff_Lo
Posts: 5809 - Karma: 263
its because you put the straps from your poles on wrong
Jan 11 2006 1:17PM
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*ThaMovment*
Posts: 564 - Karma: 50
Cut off the topp plastic piece of your pole. The one that the polestrap are attached to. On most poles it is wider than the rest of the grip and this will make your thumb get fucked up between the plastic thing and the snow or whatever you hit your thumb on. This causes a lot of thumb strains!
Jan 11 2006 1:19PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
ask a doc, i got one when i broke my thumb but it doesnt let me wrap around my pole
Jan 11 2006 2:27PM
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vesko_p
Posts: 29 - Karma: 12
If they would just bring something on the market, like the integrated wrist protecters for the boarders. Now you have to really look for some kind of protection. I just broke my thumb and now i'm stuck in a plaster for 4 weeks. IT SUCKS
Jan 11 2006 3:16PM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
i dont wear the straps in the park. its better to have to get ur poles if u fall then have a broken thumb
Feb 9 2006 3:04PM
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windhamskibum
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 16
pain = SKIER'S THUMB
remedy= suck it up
Feb 9 2006 3:16PM
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Beamer12
Posts: 3227 - Karma: 46
we all hurt our thumbs..i just learn to live with it
Feb 9 2006 4:39PM
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