Skiers Beware – Moguls May Be Dangerous To Your Health… And What To Do About It
Listen up skiers.
There’s no easier way to damage your spine, discs and joints than pounding down a ski slope at break-neck speed (No pun intended). Especially with those little hills within the hills known as “moguls”.
During the typical skiing motion, there is tremendous compressive and rotational force absorbed by your low back, discs and joints. This is sometimes called torque. Add a few dozen moguls in and the forces begin to multiply and add up quickly. Repetitive pounding of this sort can begin to take it’s toll.
So, before the season gets going full tilt, do a few of the following:
- Get to the gym and get in shape especially the core, thighs and calfs
- Do lighter very strict full range of motion exercise. Keep the positive (contractile) portion of the exercise at 3 to 5 seconds with the negative (return to neutral) portion at 8 to 10. You will have to keep the weight very light to perform reps like this. Your muscles will get a heavy burning sensation… but you’ll be thankful for strength once on the slopes.
- Work on your flexibility every day. Low back, hips, knees and ankles.
- Work on your balance
- Get any excess weight off
- Start your first few days of skiing lighter, less intense and less hours and work in to the full day, all out ski marathons to reduce risk of injury
- Don’t drink alcohol or smoke pot etec… on the mountain. You’ll end up like Sonny Bono
- Don’t go on hills above your ski skill level. If necessary, get some updated lessons from a pro.
- Go easier on the moguls if you’ve go previous back injuries or you’ve suffered with chronic pain so as to avoid more serious or season ending injuries
Otherwise, use your head and have a great time!!!
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About Dr. Podell, DC: Dr. Dave Podell, DC has been in active practice for over 25 years and has seen countless numbers of the most difficult and previously failed cases. As the clinic director of the Watefront Spine Institute in Edgewater, New Jersey, just minutes from the GW Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel and midtown Manhattan, Dr. Podell, DC runs one of the Northeast’s most advanced and evolutionary multi-disciplinary clinics for the treatment of disc herniation and associated ailments. Dr. Podell, DC sits on the advisory board of Spinal Aid Centers Of America and trains other health care providers in the science and art of non surgical spinal decompression in his Edgewater facility. He continues to train and advance his clinic’s state of the art spinal rehabilitation programs and is known nationwide in his field. He is additionally certified in neurodiagnostic evaluations, Spinal Manipulation Under Anesthesia and Disability Impairment rating. In addition to NSSD, he had received advanced training in Spinal Chiropractic Biophysics, Active Therapeutic Techniques, MedX and Spine Force Spinal Rehabilitation, Extremity manipulation, orthopedics and neurology.
