Injuries on Snow
Common snow sport injuries affecting different body parts and risk groups. Articles focus on prevention strategies and understanding injury patterns.
Head Injuries on the Slopes
Understand the three main ways skiers and snowboarders suffer head injuries and how to reduce your risk on the slopes.
Preventing Snow Sports Injuries
Taking lessons and following your instructor's advice cuts your risk of snow sports injuries more than anything else.
Specific Risk Groups: Beginners
Beginners face higher injury risks on the slopes due to poor equipment fit and lack of fitness, so get properly fitted gear and stay in shape.
Specific Risk Groups: Children
Children lack awareness of danger on ski slopes, making them vulnerable to injury despite lower actual incident rates than statistics suggest.
Spinal Injuries on the Slopes
How to recognize and respond to spinal injuries on the slopes without making them worse.
Wrist Injuries on the Slopes
Snowboarders get wrist injuries far more often than skiers because they instinctively catch themselves when falling.