Snowboarding Knee Injury
A snowboarding knee injury is one the most common injuries for snowboarders. You either fall one of two ways, either your front side or your back side. Well, except for occasionally gettin' hit by that sniper in the trees. If you fall forward you will land on your knee's or wrist.
A serious injury to the knee can change your life forever. Unless you get surgery your knee will never be the same. That being said a knee injury is almost like a badge of honor among snowboarders. It's funny... blowing your knee is just the first in a long list of snowboard injuries.
Fortunately you are going to learn some tips on how to prevent a snowboarding knee injury from happening to you. The first thing is make sure your bindings combined don't go over 30. For example, if you ride with 0 degrees in the back and 15 degrees in the front you are good. Or if you ride with -15 degrees in the back and 15 degrees in the front you are good. But if you are like me and ride 21 & 21 than you are at a higher risk of damaging your knee's.
Another way to help prevent a snowboarding knee injury is don't jump anything with a flat landing. I can't count how many times I've heard about people who hurt their knee's by jumping something with a flat landing.
The bigger the jump, the steeper the landing should be. The steepness of the landing helps absorb some of the impact from the jump, which is a lot better than your knee's taking all the impact. Another tip is to always keep your knees bent. This will help your knee's absorb impacts better.
Exercising your legs will also help prevent a serious knee injury. You should check out Snowboarding Training to learn leg workouts. Click Here.
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