How to protect your feet when skiing?

Winter is coming, and skiing has become a popular sport in people's lives in recent years. Skiing friends enjoy the speed and passion brought to themselves by staying in the snow field in winter, but for novice friends, it is enough Blisters and sprains can also occur on the chest, how to prevent them? Let's take a look with me below.




1. Blisters

How does skiing cause foot blisters?

The sport of skiing usually involves wearing snowshoes for 2-3 hours at a time. These blisters are usually caused by irregular protrusions in the shoes or wrinkles in the socks. The snowshoes generate local pressure and friction, causing the skin epidermis to separate from the subcutaneous tissue to form gaps. At the same time, friction increases the permeability of some capillaries, so more interstitial fluid seeps into the gap, forming blisters.

How to prevent the formation of blisters?

1. Split the duration of exercise, try to take a break every hour, take off your snowshoes and socks, and let your feet relax.

2. Before skiing, you can put hydrocolloid blister plaster on the easily worn parts of the foot skin. It is made of a hydrocolloid material, so the surface is smooth and soft, and it is also very sticky. It is not easy to fall off even if you exercise. It has many styles, suitable for all parts of the foot.

How to properly deal with blisters after they form?

Blisters are a kind of self-protection of the body. The fluid that collects under the damaged skin layer acts as a buffer, protecting the outer epidermis from further damage and helping it recover. So should it be broken? It mainly depends on the size and location of the blisters. Generally speaking, if you do not feel uncomfortable and the blisters are relatively small, for example, the diameter of the blisters is about 5 mm or smaller, no special treatment is required. Such blisters will not burst by themselves, and the body will absorb them until they subside.

However, if the blister is relatively large, or grows on the heel and other places that often rub, it may cause discomfort and limit our activities. At this time, you can lightly poke a small hole at the bottom of the blister to let the liquid inside flow out, and then use hydrocolloid Blister plaster is attached to the wound, which can provide the wound with a slightly acidic space that is conducive to wound healing, and prevent the friction site or larger blisters from rupturing themselves in the future and causing infection.
2. sprain

For ski enthusiasts, ankle sprains or other injuries are unavoidable, so how to deal with them in the first place in the event of an accident is a skill we must master.

Sprain treatment:

After skiing and spraining the knee, it is necessary to restrict activities. Local fixation with elastic b and age s elf- a adhesive, knee brace, or brace is used to strengthen the stability of the knee and prevent further aggravation of the injury. At the same time, patients should reduce walking and avoid further weight bearing. MRI of the knee joint should be given in the acute phase after the sprain to rule out damage to the cruciate ligament, meniscus, and collateral ligament of the knee joint. When the above tissues are damaged, timely treatment should be given within three weeks. Ensure the functionality of the knee joint and maintain the ability of the lower limbs to walk.

prevention:

The warm-up work before skiing is also particularly important: during skiing, the main center of gravity is on our lower body, especially the buttocks. A strong buttock can effectively maintain the stability of the body, so the buttocks exercise is the first; Leg strength requirements are also very high. When gliding, 80% of the power depends on the thigh, mainly to maintain the balance of the body and the strength of the entire movement; the remaining 20% of the power comes from the calf, which is mainly used for "braking". If the calf is not strong enough, Situations that require timely "braking" can cause calf cramps.

Skiing is a high-risk extreme sport. When you come out of the warm room, come to the ski resort to breathe the fresh air, and freely shuttle between the vast world, you must not let the skiing injury break this beauty. Remember, be safe Only skiing can enjoy the joy brought by skiing.

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Editor: kiki Jia

Date: December 26, 2022