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And the Most Common Snowboarding Injuries Are…

By Adam ⋅ January 9, 2009 ⋅ Email this post Email this post ⋅ Print this post Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Bumps on heads? Broken legs? Damaged egos?

No, no, and probably yes.

According to this travel insurance website, which quotes an insurance provider, the most common insurance claims made by winter sports enthusiasts are:

  • Knee ligament damage (a whopping 30 percent);
  • Fractured legs (12 percent);
  • Shoulder injuries (10 percent);
  • Broken/damaged wrists (five percent);
  • “General bruises and contusions” (four percent).

Be safe on the slopes.

Discussion

  1. This reminds me of a nifty article someone wrote about snowboarding injuries… http://www.highlyobsessed.com/2008/11/10/patterns-in-snowboarding-injuries/

    Posted by josh | January 9, 2009, 12:58 pm

  2. These stats are for both skiing & snowboarding. I wonder whether skiers have more knee ligament injuries than snowboarders …?
    I think this would be plausible – having both feet attached to a single board may give more stability to the knee joints in the case of an accident (unless a binding lets go).
    Would be interesting to see ‘boarding vs. skiing stats …

    Posted by JB | January 9, 2009, 1:36 pm

  3. JB,

    I’d agree. With two legs locked in I can’t help but think knee injuries are less prevalent.

    Posted by Adam | January 9, 2009, 2:05 pm

  4. My knees have gotten significantly worse since I started snowboarding. I’ve had to go to constant physio and RMTs just to get them feeling “alright”. Climbing stairs feels horrible.

    For some reason, I keep snowboarding. But I do wonder at what point I won’t be able to anymore.

    Posted by VancityAllie | January 9, 2009, 4:39 pm

  5. I think these stats are heavily ski weighted
    There is a doctor in Scotland who has ben tracking injuries for sometime
    http://www.ski-injury.com/specific-sports/alpine
    http://www.ski-injury.com/specific-sports/snowboard-injuries
    His results would suggest that snowboarders mainly injure their wrists and skiiers mainly injure their knees. This makes sense to me.

    Posted by David Hayes | January 9, 2009, 10:44 pm

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