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To much tweak?

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AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113

First off I don't need a bunch of dumbass answers here please....

Does anyone have injuries from tweaking grabs to far? Last year I tore my MCL, and PCL and think that me doing massivly tweaked mutes helped lead to this. Any good streching ideas?

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/117051/

Dec 12 2007 9:58AM
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Lickmy9
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No such thing as to much tweak, as long as you are fairly flexable.
Dec 12 2007 12:12PM
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EMK
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thats a ot of tweak but i don't think it's damaging youu legs, could always just do the same stretchs you at gymin school. thats what i do and i'm fine, mind you i cant mute like that.
Dec 12 2007 12:24PM
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styl.tweakit
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no sutch thing as too much tweak. end of discussion.
Dec 12 2007 12:49PM
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AKoblitz
Posts: 1201 - Karma: 113
I think it was though... like it pulled my ligiments

^ yeah that was kind of coming out of the spin also... there are some that I get...well us to that looked like a 'Y' or close to parell
Dec 12 2007 12:53PM
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lepp0012
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It is totally possible to strain or tear your knee from tweaking a grab too far. While stylistically, sure, the more it's tweaked, the better. But, if it hurts when you do it, you're at risk of injury.

But, it's pretty easy to avoid by doing a sufficient amount of stretching before and after you ski.
Dec 12 2007 12:54PM
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jimmychung
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warm up with a few ruins and then do some stretching before hitting the park. it shouldn't be a problem as long as you keep your legs in good shape and stretched. also, don't jerk into a tweak, that could also cause a problem.
Dec 12 2007 12:57PM
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quebecfreestyler
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When i tweak too hard, my knee  hurts quite a bit.

it's al about personnal flexibility, i know my knews are a bit meesed up so i dont tweak much.

Dec 12 2007 1:17PM
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rusteezee
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nick martini loves the overtweak mute, too much
Dec 12 2007 1:21PM
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MatRich
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yah there is such a thing as too much tweak...... i was tweaking the shit out of my mutes one day to see how far i could go and well.... my ski popped off in the air, I was about at 200degrees when my ski popped off in the air. I pulled the rest of my 360 with my ski in my hand :O I landed one ski after i threw my ski out of my hand( when I landed) I washed out....... There is such a thing as too much tweak! now for streaching tips..... nothing better than tweaking the trick ur about to try in the chairlift!!!
1.ur streaching the exact muscles u need to streach
2. you get to know how far you can go without it hurting
3. you get to practice and visualise the grab




                                            hope my tip helped

Mar 5 2008 10:01PM
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EL_FINRE
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if you dont feel any pain or arent uncomfortable after or  during your tweakage, its ok to do that much. just be sure to stretch
Mar 5 2008 10:15PM
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CamBrowne
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to much tweek^^
Mar 5 2008 10:28PM
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spliff.Life
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true
but he could have been yanking it quickly you know?
Mar 5 2008 10:35PM
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SteezePatrol
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i cant do butters because it hurts the hell out of my left knee. high, inside. im super flexible too
Mar 5 2008 10:35PM
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Breck_rida181
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tore ur shit from grabin?
damn
Mar 5 2008 10:40PM
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Vinci
Posts: 701 - Karma: 1,472
looking at schillers mute at JOI I would say you could tweak your legs off by pulling too hard
Mar 6 2008 5:55AM
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jack.whelan
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it felt like i pulled  amuscle in my ankle the other day tweaking double mutes. i think that could be to do with the spk's that i was using being unbuckled!
Mar 6 2008 3:51PM
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bernard.saucier
Posts: 248 - Karma: 61
I personally don't have that problem but people with shitty bindings tend to rip their skis off in the air when they try to overtweak...
Mar 6 2008 3:58PM
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Pirruccio
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ive tweaked my ski off before
but thats pretty common i believe
Mar 6 2008 8:07PM
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Tinga
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well you shouldn't tweak so much that it hurts. and tweaking probably didnt lead to the tear.
Mar 6 2008 8:13PM
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Alex_G
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tweaking looks kinda gay to me anyways, anything past skis going perpendicular looks kinda homo (for me at least)
Mar 6 2008 8:23PM
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max.
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That was a dope pic and extremely tweaked. I think if you stretched regularly it wouldnt be an issue. look at TJ's tweaked mutes. there rediculous.
Mar 6 2008 8:45PM
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XtRemE11
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super tweaked grabs can look gay sometimes, like when people arch their backs and just pull their skis as much as they can, it can look pretty dumb.
Mar 6 2008 11:55PM
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gregor
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Too much tweak can hurt, but not if you land on an airbag!^
Mar 7 2008 10:19AM
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T_orageskiier
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^^ha that is a super sick pic lol
Mar 7 2008 11:00AM
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RudyGarmisch
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^^EJECT EJECT!!!

GOOOOOOOOSE! NOOOOOOOOO!!!
Mar 7 2008 11:30AM
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bernard.saucier
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^^ I like the look on his face :O lol

Mar 7 2008 12:32PM
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freestyler540
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been there, done that...with the poles though

Mar 7 2008 12:52PM
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WikiWiki
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i really dont like tweaking becuse my jumps at my home mountainr to damn small 
Mar 7 2008 1:44PM
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-dAvE-
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i think u gotta strech and get more flexible.. cuz theres no such thing and too much tweak
Mar 7 2008 2:26PM
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