Breakdown of Snowboarding Injuries
Wrist Snowboard injuries 23%
Ankle SnowBoarding Injuries 16.7%
Knee Snowboarding Injuries 16.3%
Head Snowboarding Injury 9.3%
Shoulder Snowboarding Injury 8.3%
Back and Trunk Snowboarding Injury 7.8%
Elbow Snowboarding Injury 4.4
Ankle SnowBoarding Injuries 16.7%
Soft boots give the snowboarder approximately twice the risk of ankle injury compared with hard boots. Almost 50 percent of the ankle injuries are fractures, which are usually easily diagnosed. However, "snowboarder's ankle," a fracture of the lateral process of the talus, may be difficult to see on a standard ankle x-ray series
Knee Snowboarding Injuries 16.3%
Hard boots give the snowboarder approximately twice the risk of a knee injury compared with soft boots. Hard boots also place the snowboarder at risk for fractures of the tibia and fibula at the level of the boot top, called "boot-top" fractures.
Common causes of all injuries
Improper movement abnormal biomechanics
Imbalance muscles
Previous trauma injury
Repetitive micro trauma
Adhesions/scar tissue
Spinal misalignment/subluxation
Tight muscles
Acute trauma
Overuse injury
Poor posture
Arthritis
Solutions
Chiropractic
Postural correction
Pilates based Rehabilitation
Stretching therapy
Active Release Techniques
Graston Technique
Nutritional medicine
Biomechanical analysis
