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Bruised heels from jumping? what to do
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hey, do you guys find that every so often you bruise your heels after landing too hard? do you wear anything in your boots? i used to put gel heel things in mine and haven't been but i was just curious to see if anybody else has this problem...
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learn how to take the impact better when you land, ive had some reeeal hard falls b4 on my heels but i know how to take the impact real good, you gotta learn, my brother isnt too goog at it either...
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ya i cased a jump like a week ago and my heel still hurts when i walk on it...i am gunna wear on of those like blue gel cushions from now on tho
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just get some gel pads for under your heels. i use them and it works really well
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IT happened to me 2 weeks ago, and i think i will be able to ski this week end...
I hate my right heel, its the ligament under or whatever that stretches EVERY fucking year and i have a couple of weeks off because of that.
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it happens to me every year u just have to go through the pain.
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ya i bruised my heel when i cased a jump and i still skied. I just didnt hit that jump again that day and if i felt like i was gunna land hard i just landed with my good heel first, kinda sketchy but atleast it didnt hurt. I just wear a gel thing in my heel now, i havent really cased anything bad yet so i dont know how well it works.
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I bruised my heels so badly a year ago because I jumped off a 12 foot cement wall to flat. I was just holding onto the railing the top, did a 180 off it, and landed flat footed. I was in so much pain for a couple weeks.
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Is there anything to do when it does hurt though? wrapping it up, taking pain killers, anything? My heel hurts REALLY bad and its all swollen but im going out skiing today, I wrapped it in an ace bandage so its stationary in my boot and im gonna pop some advil.
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i have those and they're so comfy
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get gel pads or just deal with it for the rest of the season
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the gel pads may bother your feet though. They did for me, it made my foot sit differently and it hurt for about a week but its fine now.
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as long as you land right it shouldn't be a problem, them hurting will just make you smoother cause you'll have to land right
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i have strong manly feet, they dont take no guff from snow
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i got that when i didnt clear the flat part of the top of the jump. it sucked. just make sure you make it to the landing and you should be fine
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I have a knack for bruising both of mine at the same time every year, you just have to deal with the pain. There's nothing you can do to get rid of bruises faster, you just have to man up and go ski(or just take time off and let them heal faster).
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When you hurt them you should at least stop for the day and put ice as faast as possible on it
for the next hours at least you put ice like 15 min on, 15 min off, 15 min on etc.
pop advils and try not to walk on it as much as possible
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i fractured the growth plate in my heel from a huge impact on landing
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