Management of injuries in snowboarders: rehabilitation and return to activity

Abstract

Kathryn Helmig, Gehron Treme, Dustin Richter Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA Abstract: Snowboarding has seen a continuous increase in popularity, leading to an increase in the number of snowboarding injuries seen in orthopedic practice. Upper-extremity injuries are more common than lower-extremity, spine, and pelvis injuries. In this review, we focus on the most common snowboarding injuries of the extremities, spine, and pelvis and provide an overview of their respective rehabilitation and return-to-sport protocols. Despite many of the injuries seen in snowboarding also occurring in other sports, objective data about rehabilitation and return to sport are lacking for many injuries. This provides an opportunity for research in the area with regard to many sports and many different injuries. Keywords: snow sports, return to sport, physical therapy, rehab, wrist injuries, lower extremity, spine, pelvis

Keywords

• Snow sports
• return to sport
• physical therapy
• rehab
• wrist injuries
• lower extremity
• spine
• pelvis