Every physical activity one can do can easily lead to an injury of sorts. When one thinks about it, their first though could go so a concussion from football or a kick to the leg while playing soccer. Figure skating isn’t a contact sport at all, but it can still cause common injuries in different parts of the body due to the different tricks there are along with the fact that everything is on the ice. When skating, most injuries occur from over training or having a poor technique (Figure). With how much the athlete is jumping around, not being able to stick a landing can cause injuries within the legs and back area (Figure). This goes for practicing and preforming. Many competitive skaters find that they need to practice the moves but over practicing can cause …show more content…
The most common of these are pump bump, lace bite, and tendonitis which are overuse injuries (Common). Lace bite is an irritation within the muscle tendons that is cause by improper footwear while pump bump is when the outside area of ones heel begins to grow outward and cause repeated friction.(Olympic). Falling can cause quite a bit of injuries as well, such as concussions and fractures (Skating). Fractures are mostly found within the ankles and knees due to incorrectly landing a jump or even just from having bad posture while skating (Common). The most common injuries within the knee are Patellar Tendinitis and Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Olympic). The least common, but still can occur often enough, would have to be wrist fractures that can occur when the skater falls over and tries to catch themselves (Skating). The best way to prevent these kinds of injuries is to just take time off of practicing. A skater will need to practice in order to be able to land his or her jumps, but overuse can happen if a proper break isn’t put in (Common). Standing up slowly from a fall can also decrease the amount of stress put on the legs and wrist area