How do I avoid breaking my leg when Skiing?
I assume that my foot was stopped from turning by the ski and my body twisted as I fell. Something had to give and it was my leg. At the time I was on a not very steep slope and not going that fast, the snow was a bit patchy and I think my ski hit some earth and I tipped forwards and to one side.
Do you have any tips for how to avoid breaking a leg, sensible ones only please. My confidence is really shattered and I don’t know if I’ll ever ski again. Maybe I could have avoided it by the way I fell and how I should have reacted as I fell. If I go again I intend to take some lessons, but doubt whether I will go again. I am 43 and not as flexible as the younger skiers. I have only 3 or 4 weeks experience skiing of which the first week I went to ski school.
I have recently started snowboarding but that seems more dangerous.
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Filed under Snow Skiing by on Jan 23rd, 2010. 
Comments on How do I avoid breaking my leg when Skiing?
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easiest way is to become a spectator
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Sounds suicidal to me!
There can be no guarantees of not breaking a bone whilst engaging in these types of activities. Snow covers a lot of hazards and if by chance the thickness of snow is diminished over the fault by wind or use then you could be the unlucky skier that hits the snag and breaks another bone.
Find another exercise that gives you the exercise without the huge risks attached. Go ride a bike or something or even bob sled if the snow is the attraction but skiing and skating? too risky for you now you already have a break
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it seems like you are pulling one of the biggest mistakes made by novice skiers.
You need to attack the mountain! Don’t lean back when you ski downhill. Yes, you might go slower, but you don’t get to control the skis. You get more control over yourself by leaning forward.
Also, make sure your boots are tight.
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Snowboarding in not more dangerous. The injures are just different. More upper body.
The best thing that you can do is make sure that your DIN setting is correct. This setting is set to your age, height, weight and skiing type. It’s a standard setting of torque needed to release your ski when you take a fall. I think it’s a number that all skiers should know. This way you can check your bindings when you have them worked on.
A good Tech. at a good ski shop will be set up to do a safety check. Make sure that he will be using a torque wrench to do his safety check.
As far as your confidence goes, it should come back the first time you take a fall and your ski comes off.
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Just Don’t Fall!!! (Duh!) take it easy your first few times go on beginner runs and taking lessons is a good idea.
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Make sure your bindings are properly adjusted.
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Your DIN settings were to high. If your ski come off your leg probily woulden of broken.
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Are you using old boots?
Tib-fib fractures have become less and less common, largely related to improved equipment technology. If you have old boots, replace them. If this happened on new equipment, it’s pretty much a fluke.
The advice on checking your DIN settings is good, but it really won’t help with falling while you’re moving slowly. If you just crank them down, the skis will pre-release when you speed up, which is more dangerous. Some other tips:
- Make sure your bindings have vertical release at the toe, and that it’s enabled (many race bindings allow you to disable it).
- Many bindings have an AFD to allow clean release when the bindings do pop (Marker’s is probably the best design).
- When you engage your bindings, make sure the contact surfaces on your boots are clean and not excessively worn.
- Make sure that the tolerances of the bindings are set to your boots – if you don’t know what those are, get a tech at a shop to do it.
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i wont say the classic be careful and etc in the mountain accidents happens all the time but there are some simple thinks you can do such as to set your skis in a low hardness so if you fall they will get easily of your boots and that way you will lower the risk of a serious injured!also its important to wear helmet and if you want to avoid bruises from falls etc you can buy a racing ski uniform which has protectives in arms legs and in some other places which i dont remember right now.(I’m sorry for my English but its hard for me to use the technical vocabulary which i dont know that well)
hope i helped
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Two things:
1) Take lessons. Tell your instructor about your injury and your concern. Tell them that you want to focus on control. Once you get confidence in your control, you’ll have more fun.
2.) Set your bindings very loose. That way your binding will release as soon as you get into trouble.
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dont fall and watch some video of snowboarders not falling