HOW TO RECOVER FROM SKIING INJURIES?

Skiing in the Himalayas or any other backcountry terrain carries a high risk of injury, this makes it paramount to know the best tips on prevention and how to recover from skiing injuries. I am prety sure visiting a hospital when skiing Gulmarg is not on your bucket list.

PREVENTION

The best way to recover from injuries is to never get one in the first place, be sure to obey these basic principles of prevention.

Maintain Good Fitness

• Remain active and with good fitness. A trained body is less prone to injury, take a look at our sample routine as a starting point.

Know your limits

• Do a dynamic stretch before starting to ski, and stop skiing before exhaustion sets in.

• Skiing or snowboarding when tired makes people prone to accidents as they become sluggish and start compromising form.

Use the right equipment

• Buying your equipment and maintaining it constantly is the best way to go. But if skiing in Gulmarg you can always rent everything you need.

Learn how to use the lift

• Believe it or not, 75% of skiing injuries don't happen on the slopes! instead, they occur on the lifts either from falling, tumbling or getting tangled.

• Using the lift goes beyond knowing how to get on and off, but also being attentive and on the lookout for accidents, obstacles or other issues.

INJURIES & RECOVERY

No matter the type of injury, follow this general advice to make the recovery go smoothly:

• Seek medical attention: no matter if it´s just a torn muscle or a grave fracture, never leave the injury to just heal by itself.

• Get enough rest: We know it´s hard to remain inactive for long periods of time, but failing to respect the recovery downtime makes it harder to heal and increases the risk of more injuries.

• Take your pills: Be sure to take any prescribed medication, natural remedies may be appealing but will never be as good as proper medicine.

• Don´t delay surgeries: In cases like torn ligaments and meniscus, surgery may be needed to correct the issue. Do them ASAP to avoid worsening the injury.

• Physical Therapy: Injuries will leave the body weakened and fractures will surely cause imbalances. Doing physical therapy can help solve these issues by means of directed exercise and rehabilitation.

• Take it easy: When coming back to the slopes for skiing, snowboarding or just trekking remember to take it easy and give the body enough time to readjust to high levels of activity.

CONCLUSIONS

• Injury recovery begins with prevention. Avoid getting hurt and life will be much easier.
• Learn the rules of the resort, take a backcountry skiing course, maintain a healthy fitness regime.
• If injured seek professional help and avoid pseudo professionals and home remedies.
• If surgery is needed don´t delay it or the injury can get worse.

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