Member of the Month

hi_vis360
November, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Skier's Thumb??

profile picture
Its_Greg
Posts: 262 - Karma: 80
So yesterday I hurt both my thumbs pretty bad messing with some box tricks. First I took a fall onto one and then onto the other. The thing is I don't even notice that I fell on it until I get up and it hurts like a bitch to move it... Does this happen to anyone else and how can I prevent it (other than not falling lol)
Dec 12 2011 6:19PM
0 0
profile picture
Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
hold your poles properly.
Dec 12 2011 6:20PM
0 0
profile picture
jeR.
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 58
yeah i fucked my left thumb up on a rail today as well, get skiers thumb all the time. i think its mainly just tendon/ligament strain, so skiing without poles or with really short poles on rails helps, but theres no way to avoid it entirely
Dec 12 2011 6:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Its_Greg
Posts: 262 - Karma: 80
What do you mean? I don't use straps or anything
Dec 12 2011 6:23PM
0 0
profile picture
Its_Greg
Posts: 262 - Karma: 80
@cfrey
Dec 12 2011 6:23PM
0 0
profile picture
-AP-
Posts: 819 - Karma: 344
threads
Dec 12 2011 6:24PM
0 0
profile picture
razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
ive got mega skiers thumb after spending the last 3 months skiing and competing on dryslope. for the pain all i can say is rest and ice. apart from not falling on it, make sure you hold your poles with the straps right as falling with them wrong makes a difference. also if it becomes unbearable you can get fairly low profile thumb splints which you can wear under your gloves to stop it getting worse.
Dec 12 2011 6:25PM
0 0
profile picture
Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
i definitely get this, and it hurts between the two joints farthest away from my fingernail. It really hurts if i press down on my thumb like I'm going to crack it, and it never seems to feel 100% better
Dec 12 2011 6:26PM
0 0
profile picture
razors-chaz
Posts: 2255 - Karma: 1,250
pretty gaper vid but answers your question
Dec 12 2011 6:28PM
0 0
profile picture
why
Posts: 2064 - Karma: 65
shorter poles help alot
Dec 12 2011 6:29PM
0 0
profile picture
Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
OP i was assuming either your poles were to long for skiing park or holding them through the straps wrong. I still get skiers thumb and a have super short poles and no straps, just fell on it wrong a few to many times
Dec 12 2011 6:30PM
0 0
profile picture
SenditSerg
Posts: 273 - Karma: 144
i get skiers hip.. constantly just not riding out on the ice and just falling over on my right side and after every goddamn skiing day i have a massive bruise on my right hip
Dec 12 2011 6:30PM
0 0
profile picture
Its_Greg
Posts: 262 - Karma: 80
Yea I cut my poles down pretty short but I still get it.. Maybe letting go of your poles when you fall helps?
Dec 12 2011 6:33PM
0 0
profile picture
Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
if you want to go get them yeah. but than again it depends on if your falling on rails on jumps. rails go ahead and drop them they should stay close.
Dec 12 2011 6:45PM
0 0
profile picture
Stose
Posts: 7109 - Karma: 4,123
they put straps on poles for a reason
Dec 12 2011 6:49PM
0 0
profile picture
Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
read the thread. he said he used no straps...
Dec 12 2011 6:51PM
0 0
profile picture
Jew-Jitsu
Posts: 159 - Karma: 45
I broke my thumb once on an olympic trampoline doing a misty 9
Dec 12 2011 8:42PM
0 0
profile picture
Clark_Griswold
Posts: 1283 - Karma: 49
inb4 cool story bro
Dec 12 2011 8:43PM
0 0
profile picture
Parks.
Posts: 5612 - Karma: 1,093
Click for larger image
Dec 12 2011 8:55PM
0 0
profile picture
THURSTY
Posts: 393 - Karma: 174
i do this all the time! did yall know there is an actaul thing called skiers foot!!! u guys on fts probably wont have it but anyone who has skied a couple years and a real boot or race boot have it its a small bone protrushion on the outer sides of the feet created by wearing tight ski boots for a long period of time!
Dec 12 2011 8:58PM
0 0
profile picture
pelle_munch
Posts: 4110 - Karma: 503
poles don't give skiers thumb for me, i just fall on it wrong (so that it wrenches backwards) and it sucks. happens all the , sucks dick!
Dec 12 2011 9:00PM
0 0
profile picture
Its_Greg
Posts: 262 - Karma: 80
haha i didn't mean it like that... i was just saying that straps weren't the problem
Dec 12 2011 9:01PM
0 0
profile picture
Wesley.P
Posts: 1376 - Karma: 89
its because you dont wear pole straps...
Dec 12 2011 11:53PM
0 0
profile picture
bleevus
Posts: 1308 - Karma: 2,048
Yeah nab, it's a sixth toe
Dec 13 2011 12:07AM
0 0
profile picture
Smokey.
Posts: 236 - Karma: 26
ice is all you can really do. you can tape your thumbs if it becomes a persistent problem. prewrap around your wrist, then up around your thumb and back a few times. same with the athletic tape.
Dec 13 2011 12:25AM
0 0
profile picture
pelle_munch
Posts: 4110 - Karma: 503
No its not... pole straps would do nothing

skiers thumb is from landing wrong on your thumb, nothing to do with poles/pole straps
atleast for me
Dec 13 2011 12:26AM
0 0
profile picture
asapCferg
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 358
i've gotten it so bad that I actually tore the ligament and was in a cast for like 5 weeks...oopss
Dec 13 2011 12:30AM
0 0
profile picture
Christian[MN]
Posts: 759 - Karma: 363
I fuck up my thumb skiing two years ago. Its one of those injuries that can keep coming back again and again if you dont let it fully heal. Get yourself a thumb brace!
Dec 13 2011 12:47AM
0 0
profile picture
D_War
Posts: 266 - Karma: 34
as hard as it is you just have to try not to put your hand out, it hurts a lot less in the long run to let yourself fall on your side. just pull your arm in and prepare for the fall
Dec 13 2011 12:55AM
0 0
profile picture
AlwaysDisagrees
Posts: 248 - Karma: 39
i broke my thumb for the third time today. I think im just going to have to land every jump switch from now on.
Dec 18 2011 8:13PM
0 0
profile picture
AlwaysDisagrees
Posts: 248 - Karma: 39
i broke my thumb for the third time today. I think im just going to have to land every jump switch from now on.
Dec 18 2011 8:13PM
0 0
profile picture
JHendrix
Posts: 1493 - Karma: 48
it happens to me a lot when I kind of land hard and just kinda slouch forward and hit my fingers on my skis
Dec 18 2011 8:15PM
0 0
profile picture
boomie1312
Posts: 278 - Karma: 22
I thought I had skiers thumb. Turns out it was broken :(
Dec 30 2011 12:13PM
0 0
profile picture
skifoo
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 45
its always thumb which gets hurt
Dec 30 2011 4:45PM
0 0
profile picture
Crispy.
Posts: 6116 - Karma: 7,712
Never had this problem

On the other hand my shin bang......
Dec 30 2011 9:11PM
0 0
profile picture
roddy116
Posts: 10635 - Karma: 7,501
god i hate it when this happens
Dec 30 2011 9:45PM
0 0
profile picture
AlwaysDisagrees
Posts: 248 - Karma: 39
Still could be skier's thumb if it's an avulsion fracture.
Dec 31 2011 4:33PM
0 0
profile picture
joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Shin bang, skiers thumb, and hip shots are the main things I get when I fall, there like the results you come to expect from every fall.
Dec 31 2011 5:41PM
0 0
profile picture
eastcoastplanker
Posts: 964 - Karma: 70
story of my life
Dec 31 2011 6:38PM
0 0
profile picture
BmoChop
Posts: 2071 - Karma: 96
You guys need to step up your falling game. Land in the afterbang position for maximum steeze.
Dec 31 2011 6:45PM
0 0
profile picture
CrotchKiller
Posts: 9037 - Karma: 6,943
some of the times i have smashed my thumb have been more painful then breaking my collar bone
Jan 1 2012 12:43AM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-5)