Sewage spills, wayward
surf boards, aggressive locals,
another cold and, oh was that a
shark? The question to ask, “is
surfing safe?” A prospective
study in the January, 2007 issue
of the American Journal of Sport
Medicine conducted at surf contests
noted that 13 injuries occurred
per 1000 hours surfed and an injury
was 2 1⁄2 times more likely
to occur in overhead waves or at
breaks with rock bottoms. Lacerations,
contusions, sprains/strains, and
fractures are the most common types
of acute injuries. What about the
other long-term issues like skin
cancer, surfer’s ear, even
heart ache when the wife leaves
you for skipping out on breakfast
one too many times. Is surfing safe?
Negotiating this question with humor
is the point of this sometimes regular
review of surfing woes.
Surfer’s Eye Problems
Surfers suffer high rates of cataracts, pterygim and other eye health issues and it is no surprise. Surfers spend as much time under the sun as they can and their surroundings are especially harsh. Surfers are always under direct sunlight without any hope for shade. They have to deal with reflection off the water which can reflect up to 80% of sunlight.
Every
surfer wants to surf as much as humanly possible.
However, sometimes injures can curtail your
water time or hinder your performance. Surfers
can take a pounding during a session that
can cause immediate problems, or cause problems
that will manifest themselves in the future.
The only other proactive solution to your
sinusitis is nasal irrigation with the Neti
pot after every session. Nasal irrigation
works great: turn you head so it’s parallel
to the ground dump the water from the Neti
pot into one nostril and let it drain through
the other nostril.
How
often do you surf? Everyday? Once a month?
Let's say you surf for two hours a session,
once a week. After 50 weeks….that’'s
100 hours a year. After ten years, you surfed
approximately 1000 hours? According to the
January, 2007 issue of the American Journal
of Sports Medicine you can look forward to
about 13 acute injuries for every 1000 hours
surfed.
Do you have Surfer’s Sinusitis? To some
degree all wave riders do. The Paranasal sinuses
are air filled spaces within the bones of
your skull that communicate with your nasal
cavity. When you duck dive or face plant,
salt water enters your nose and then your
Paranasal sinuses...
Surfer’s
Ear is common in lovers of water activities
and this is especially true for surfers. That
part of the ear you stick your finger in when
sitting in the 405 traffic is called the external
auditory canal....
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