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 Posted: May 02, 2008 - 09:12 PM
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WEAR A WRIST GUARDS
This is coming from a guy who originally said 'don't be stupid , wrist guards are not cool and look gay' . Well I learn't the hard way , back in January I tore all the ligaments in my wrist - chipped bones and snapped my wrist . Only had surgery 2 weeks ago and going be out for 3/4months .
I swear by wrist guards
WEAR THEM !!! |
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aqua76
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Posted: May 03, 2008 - 07:23 PM
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Me personally :
helmet - ever since i moved to boarding, cant be too careful with yr noggin, plus it keeps yr head warm
wrist guards - paranoid about knackering my wrists - my friend was learning to board, went to Cairngorm few weeks before he went to France, fell over once and broke his wrist!!
Knee pads - got these on day two learning to board in Andorra - kneeling on snow was buggering my knees! Prob dont need them now, but its automatic now - they go on |
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Posted: May 03, 2008 - 08:05 PM
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Me:
Knox Warrior Back/Chest/Shoulder protector - had it on three times now and it's been ace, fell heavy off a flat box on Thursday night and it saved a lot of pain.
Padded Undercrackers - got off ebay for £30 - you get what you pay for eh. Should have got Forcefield.
Dainese Knee Pads - been falling on my knees a lot trying to ride switch so well worth the £30.
Lid - use park helmet, thank got I had one on Thursday night.
To Get - wrist guards, Dainese full upper body suit, wrist gaurds, lid.
I'm an old, but very stupid bugger so I reckon the more protection the better.
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winterfunman
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 03:09 PM
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| I always wear a helmet , never know when some one may wipe you out , i wear crash pants, never noticed i hav them on from day 1 , wrist gaurds i used to wear , but can be restrictive , better to learn to fall and roll and keep hands away , and you gota remeber wrist gaurds can just transmit the break futhur up ur arm etc , and a wrist takes less time to heal than a forarm etc .........but each to there own .............main thing hav fun , dont fall and live the snow dream |
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 03:54 PM
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and ypou gota remeber wrist gaurds can just transmit the break futhur up ur arm etc , and a wrist takes less time to heal than a forarm etc
This is why Biomex was invented, it absorbs the impact partly to the wrist and partly to the arm, rather than just putting the power somewhere else
They do spend a lot of money researching the best protection methods, the Biomex wrist guard doesnt look like much, but when you fall on your wrist you sure do notice the difference
And the fact that you can buy LeVel gloves which have wrist guards built into them, theres no real reason not too - they even cost the same amount as a normal glove [£40-60]
Information about the LeveL Biomex protection
http://www.levelgloves.com/biomex_protection.php
07/08 LeveL mens glove - £45 from Chain Reaction Cycles
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=24513 |
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winterfunman
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 07:26 PM
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| i have still seen ppl break a wrist with wrist guards on .................. |
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BoardingJay
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 07:47 PM
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wrist guards dont guarantee that you won't break your arm, it just reduces the risk, some by a significant amount... thats why i use flexmeter, can't really fault em they saved my wrist plenty of times...
always wear a lid too, i managed to knock myself out with my lid on this season, can only wonder how much worse it could have been without one on... |
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NewbieLew
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Posted: May 04, 2008 - 08:02 PM
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winterfunman wrote:
i have still seen ppl break a wrist with wrist guards on ..................
They aim is not to stop a break but rather to reduce impact .
People still break their skulls with helmets on , and still break their spines wearing back protectors .
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Posted: May 05, 2008 - 02:10 PM
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winterfunman wrote:
wrist gaurds i used to wear , but can be restrictive , better to learn to fall and roll and keep hands away , and you gota remeber wrist gaurds can just transmit the break futhur up ur arm etc , and a wrist takes less time to heal than a forarm etc .........but each to there own .............main thing hav fun , dont fall and live the snow dream
Deary me.
How many urban myths in one post.
Wrist guards have NOT been found to 'transfer the force' to your forearm. Even a wrist guard with a wrist inside it is weaker than a forearm. God knows which halfwit website you got that from.
A wrist in many cases will never repair, Tibs on here still has problems with flexibility now from breaks years ago. My father will never regain mobility in his wrist from a minor fall 20 years ago which cracked two bones and chipped one other.
A forearm is simply two straight bones, in the majority of cases recovery will be near 100%, except in the case of complex fractures.
And you need to get some decent ones if they restrict motion significantly. |
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QBall
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Posted: May 09, 2008 - 06:33 PM
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Tis true,
generally the more padding/protection you wear the quicker you can learn (due to not getting as many knock backs in confidence or bruises after falling) and less likely you are to end up in A&E.
With regards to wrist guards they do help support the wrist but as pointed out above NOT transfer the impact elsewhere. In short if you fall hard enough/bad enough to break the bone it will brake despite the protection. The various protection bits and pieces mainly protect from bruising, not brakages as 90% of the initial force is still there. Futher than that they limit the damage to the sorf tissues.
What wrists guards do is limit the damage to the ligamends and tendon around the wrist joint as in most cases your wrist (by this i refer to the long bones - radius & ulna) will recover in 4-6wks given rest time (small bones take longer), but severed torn and ruptured ligament may never heal fully.
Me personally - i always use wrist guards and helmet. And then add knees and butt pads when feeling adventurous.
As a beginner, wear everything you can afford, but remember you do generally get what you pay for regarding design materials and comfort. |
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Posted: May 09, 2008 - 07:55 PM
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| The wristguards question is debatable, ive already told the story of my mate wearing them while skating and ending up breaking his wrist right where the guard ended, its just transfered the pressure there and his arm snapped almost clean in two leaving the bone poking out through the skin, not nice, especially as it was my car he bleed and puked all over on the way to casualty. Thats not to say it will always happen but i dont think there is a hard and fast rule. If you feel safer where them, i dont personaly |
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Posted: May 09, 2008 - 10:05 PM
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