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Hurting thumbs when you fall?

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BrewskiJr
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I must be real stubborn because almost every time I fall I almost always fuck up my thumbs. I think its because im trying to stop my fall but still hold on to my poles, so i just put my thumbs out instead of my whole hand. Anyone else feel like a total gaper and do this?
Mar 28 2011 12:05PM
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CassiusClay
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Its just skiers thumb-everybody gets it. That happens all the time, not much to worry about unless its hurting a lot a week or so after you've injured it.
Mar 28 2011 12:15PM
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.Midwest
Posts: 493 - Karma: 22
This has happened to me a lot.
Mar 28 2011 12:25PM
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BROSEIDON
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So frustrating
Mar 28 2011 1:02PM
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petrov
Posts: 144 - Karma: 105
Happens a lot when you snowboard too, because you always fall on your ass and try to save yourself with your hands. Skiing isn't much better because a lot of people use poles, they will severely fuck up your hands if you ride park. It sucks, but you can either wear 5 pairs of gloves or just live with it.
Mar 28 2011 1:03PM
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BenWhit
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my thumbs are super fucked up.
Mar 28 2011 1:05PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
i only have this problem when i use poles
Mar 28 2011 1:47PM
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erazzleski
Posts: 117 - Karma: 14
learn to tuck and slide/roll out of falls rather than trying to stop your fall with your hands
Mar 28 2011 4:11PM
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Hoover
Posts: 1432 - Karma: 52
get a hard shell thumb brace.. works like a charm
Mar 28 2011 4:14PM
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n_b
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had it too sucks
Mar 28 2011 4:15PM
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drwclrk
Posts: 1114 - Karma: 719
Often times skiers thumb happens because you're holding your poles wrong. Try holding them like this:

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That's what I do now and it works like a charm. No more sprained thumbs!

Mar 28 2011 4:29PM
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funkmaster
Posts: 617 - Karma: 1,876
i got an emulsion fracture in my thumb this year...
Mar 28 2011 4:58PM
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drumbumocdp
Posts: 3229 - Karma: 1,098
i hate skiiers thumb. I get it all the time though
Mar 28 2011 5:51PM
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Mr.Gaga
Posts: 2021 - Karma: 542

oh yeah man all the time

Used some bandages while skiing last 2 days helped a lot. Its just hard as fuck to make em fit in the gloves.

Mar 28 2011 7:32PM
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Common_Cents
Posts: 455 - Karma: 13
Yep. Broke my thumb last year. same thing.

Skiers thumb is a bitch. It cost me a ski trip. Oh well. I love poles no homo
Mar 28 2011 7:36PM
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brendo.
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fuck skiers thumb. i cant even hit them on something without them hurting
Mar 28 2011 8:13PM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
skiers thumb! it sucks! but mine fortuantly was gone in a week!
Mar 28 2011 8:26PM
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yeahno
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had it twice. blows. lots of pain
Mar 28 2011 8:29PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
ding ding ding! we have a winner! trying to stop yourself from falling by putting out your hands/arms is probably one of the worst things you can do. it's the fastest way to break thumbs, wrists, arms, and collar bones.

the only thing I'd try and put my arms out for is to save my face. other than that, just take the brunt of the fall with your torso as opposed to concentrating all of that force on your hands. believe it or not, there is an art to falling.
Mar 29 2011 2:52PM
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Svenningen
Posts: 36 - Karma: 12
Ive fudged both my thumbs up last weekend, and now on this week i fucked one up some more, but nothing was fractured, it was just put under so much pressure it got blue and swollen, still is, but the doctor said i should just adjust my landing and prepare for next season^^ best thing a doctors ever told me ..
Mar 29 2011 3:42PM
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mrs.jib
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yeah i do it, the best thing to do when youfall is to just try and catch it with your forearms and it takes away the wrisk of wrist and thumb injury
Mar 29 2011 4:44PM
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