One thing that you need to know is that extreme sports are practiced in remote areas with little or no access to medical care. In most cases it happens when the athlete is either competing to oneself or competing with the forces of nature. You find that they entail high speed, heights, real or supposed danger, outstanding stunts, intensified risk element or death. The recent reports shows the risk and severity of the injuries as a result of the sports to be very high. For that matter, the medical team should acknowledge the difference between the older sports and the new era development. By the end of this topic, you will discover more extreme sports activities and how you can save a life from injuries associated with them.
One of the activities that we are going to look at is skydiving. This is a major sport that involves parachuting from aircraft. The epidemiological studies done to establish fatalities as a result of the sport have shown that the expert skydivers are the major victims compared to those undergoing training and the source of it is the human error. For instance, you can find yourself in skydiving emergency like when you are unable to deploy the main parachute know your altitude. Therefore, if you are above your final decision, try to deploy twice for two full seconds but not more than that since time is limited. It is advisable that you give up on the main canopy and go to your reservation if all this does not work.
Let us also discuss climbing. You find that this adventure sport has developed from alpine mountaineering. As a result of the introduction of climbing gyms and climbing walls, this activity has gained popularity. You find that lead climber sustains most injuries here with falls being the prevalent mechanism of acute injuries. It is essential to note that the common injury among climbers is subluxation which is commonly known as partial dislocation as this normally occurs in the shoulder. Because of that it is advisable that once you feel pain, you should stop climbing and keep your arm below the shoulder level. The gentle rotations of the joints will help stretch the injured muscles while pushups and dips increase strength.
Apart from that, there is surfing. You should know that injury prevention in surfing is practiced by following basic safety recommendations like maintaining adequate swimming skills, being familiar with the surfing environment and conditions, do not surf to exhaustion and practicing breath holding training.