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4real
Posts: 949 - Karma: 14
ive sprained my thumbs 4 times this season so far (3 times the right, once the left) and somthing like 6 times total last year, its always just hitting my thumb in some weird way while falling, anyone else have this problem, or have any sugestions on preventing it
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Dec 27 2003 8:52PM
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DrPepper
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yeah i do it all the time... it might be the way we grab our poles. everytime it is me reinjuring sprains from football

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Dec 27 2003 8:54PM
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4real
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this season? like 14
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Dec 27 2003 8:56PM
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Reed.
Posts: 4489 - Karma: 272
yeah, its nicknamed skiers thumb. Everyone gets it. It happens usually from putting your hands down when landing fakie. Try different ways in wrapping your thumb area with duct tape. That, or just ski with it, thats what i do.


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Dec 27 2003 10:03PM
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4-Front
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maybe try to put some gloves on

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Dec 27 2003 10:05PM
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freeskiing04
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yea i get that too, like when i fall on my thumb hurts like little bitch
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Dec 27 2003 10:36PM
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SWB
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
The best part's when you gronk your thumb off to the side at about a 60 degree angle and dislocate it! That's the SHIT!

Try taping them good. I pop mine now accidentally just lifting stuff up. It REALLY sucks so try and take care of 'em.

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Dec 27 2003 10:48PM
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ECM
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yah skiers thomb sucks. i broke my thumb clean in half last season and had to get surgry
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Dec 27 2003 10:55PM
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hucksterjibber15
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ya broken fingers while skiing suck. my middle finger is serioulsy at like a 30 degree angle at the knuckle. i broke my thumb clean, but i just lived with it till the end of the season when they casted it






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Dec 27 2003 11:51PM
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SWB
Posts: 16 - Karma: 10
What you guy's don't want to break is your back. Trust me.



Tape doesn't help...


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Dec 27 2003 11:56PM
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FreshCoast
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I've been out 8 days so far and its happened like 3 or 4 times. It's annoying as fuck, by the end of the day it;s a chore to even hold your pole sometimes.
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Dec 28 2003 12:15AM
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O-Show
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man ive done it so many times now that it only hurts for like 10mins and then is fine, it really pisses me off tho such a stupid injury and theres no good solution to it that i've found yet.
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Dec 28 2003 12:42AM
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O-Show
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man ive done it so many times now that it only hurts for like 10mins and then is fine, it really pisses me off tho such a stupid injury and theres no good solution to it that i've found yet.
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Dec 28 2003 12:44AM
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shizleforizle
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my left thumb is twisted from spraining it so much



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Dec 28 2003 1:32AM
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g-man
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Ive been lucky this year. Ive been up 30 days and havnt injured them once. last year I injured them 1 or more times every day, to the point where they turned purple because they were so swollen. Just ice them when you get home and then you will be able to continue playing video games.
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Dec 28 2003 2:11AM
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hanklambo
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ok.. i have had this problem for years... easiest way to go... duct tape your hands to your poles... just trust me... the worst thing you can do is go to the doctor... doctor=cast..cast=no skiing... no skiing=death... death=bad thing
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Dec 28 2003 7:35AM
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4real
Posts: 949 - Karma: 14
i found what works for me, i just wrap athletic tape around my thumb and index finger, then i cant move my thumb to fuck it up...
i takes some getting used to for holing on to poles, but when ur actually skiing you forget about it
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Jan 6 2004 6:14PM
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kmar2006
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i gotta find a way to stop hurting my thumbs.. just hurt it last friday while doing backflips .. see if this sux.... fracture lower joint bone is 'shattered' lil pieces of it floating round... going hand specialist on friday.. possible surgury.. one or two pins might be put in it 2.. isnt that wonderful?


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Jan 6 2004 6:23PM
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acc
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i just stopped using pole straps and have faired much better since then

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Jan 6 2004 6:30PM
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ski-line900
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ya I crashed at whistler this week and my thumb swelled up massively.
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Jan 6 2004 6:32PM
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epimitheus
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yup, sucks ass, I did mine last week pretty bad. I gotta figure some miracle prevention and market that shit and make tons of cash.

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Jan 6 2004 7:21PM
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