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The thing I remember learning as a child was 'if you are losing your balance and about to fall, try to fall forward'. Ratheer than going back and hitting your head, you go down on your knees, catch yourself on you hands/arms, and do a shoulder roll if necessary. Children and heealthy young athletes fall and get up and usually carry on with nothing but a few bruises. For older people it's different. I fell on black ice in middle age. Nothing broken, but I did somethingg to my groin that made it impossibly painful to put weight on that side. I used a walker, then a cane, and had therapy for several months.
A bad fall as a senior can be a matter of losing mobility for life, or sometimes a matter of life or death.
I am quite sure that if I expeerienced another fall like the one I had, at my age and physical condition, I would end up with a walker or wheelchair for the remainder of my shortened life.
Please be careful.
 
You don't have time to think during a fall. It has to be instinct. You learn instincts during childhood.

Instead of keeping kids off ice, we should take them on ice. Then give them a shove.
 
If, as Kimmio says, you live where there's regular ice. We used to spend a lot of time skidding around in our boots on the frozen bay, and that probably helped. I swear I'm better at falling because I had an accident-prone sister who was always getting stitches, etc. I'd look at Anne and say "oops, not that way"...
 
Freak snow ... something prepared by God for fallacy .. and thus angelic imprints of purity ... you can see where they fell if you observe flurries ... that kohl hazing of vision by the Bell in the white transparent vile/veil ... leaving men isolated and feint?
 
I skate, I ski-downhill and cross country-I spent hours skidding and sliding on ice as a child. I still fell. I twisted my ankle and bumped my head on bottom step as I fell backwards onto my bottom. All my practice did not help me.
 
I started being very concerned about such activity when I realized the bones of my spine were deteriorating leading to an inevitable collapse (fallacy)? Thus my soft spot for being still and listening to everything to be away of the approach of the tout-Eire ... Gabriel? A light ornery G'est ... as facetiae ... Bo blast?

Did you know what "bo' represents in Hebrew in inter pret(d)ation? It can mean much more that appears in the mean or medium of brute 4's ... circular winds and eddies ...
 
Tabitha said:
Trust you and your car are both ok.
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We are, thank you. Timbit (because she has little doughnuts for tires) sustained no damage at all; the dirt on the front bumper wasn't even rubbed away. I went to the doctor to get checked out but am perfectly fine so far. He said that muscle stiffness sometimes takes a day to register.
 
Tabitha said:
I skate, I ski-downhill and cross country-I spent hours skidding and sliding on ice as a child. I still fell. I twisted my ankle and bumped my head on bottom step as I fell backwards onto my bottom. All my practice did not help me.
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Right, but not being on ice is not the answer. I still fell and I've got so many miles in hard plastic ski boots on icy roads that I've worn out the bottoms of multiple pairs. But understanding *how* to fall is key to preventing or minimizing injury. You learn that young. Sure, put kids in hockey helmets if you want, but let them play around on ice.
 
Not always much choice on how to fall though. Falling in the up direction of the stairs even if it means going backward is preferable to falling forward, believe me. I tripped once and there was a flash of terror as I went above the stairs before I lost consciousness.
Icy slanted walk, going down sideways was what was going to happen. Doing the FOOSH (falling onto an outstretched hand) part was something I could have prevented though as that's what caused a pretty painful sprain plus a huge bruise going down a large part of my arm.
And when a foot slides out from under you - not much choice in not falling backward - hence my scarred elbow and I don't see what I could have done differently once my footwear choices were made.

It is a bit easier to deal with when expected, like knowing you are or might be stepping on ice.
 
Oh I am good at falling! Just not on ice. I must have fallen 1000 times in my life, at least! - and never broken a bone ( actually maybe a rib, but not sure - never anything that required a cast, which is amazing considering the extent of my falls). Sprains and bruises and once a minor concussion (from falling on the sidewalk, backwards, downhill, on a patch of black ice) the the other night I did fall forward. I guess I do have that instinct - but commonly ice has the upper hand. I have balance problems as it is - and I am getting older and stiffer muscles and joints like everyone else on top of it, which makes a difference. So even if it is instinct to fall forward and catch your fall - it's not foolproof.
 
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Sister's son-in-law just flew in from Southern Ontario...said he was flying in beautiful blue sky, until....he got to the wall of snow along our river. The lake didn't freeze over this year, so we are being lambasted with snow. I think I'll post a picture in a day or so....otherwise, you wouldn't believe it!
 
Some people are naturally coordinated, others are not.

I would walk into walls as a kid. My spatial awareness is abysmal

I do fall but I am pretty good at it most times
 
Seems like a good theme song for this week ... but fortunately we've all been able to get up again!

 
NS is getting it's third major snow storm, 40 cm predicted. I made a deal with junior to stay overnight and snowblow us out tomorrow. Just hoping the plow will come , or he has to snowblow the road as well.
 
Sad news at work today ... a good colleague's sister & brother-in-law were on vacation in Jamaica - got into a horrible car accident - she was killed and he has massive injuries & has just been returned to our hospital. They have three kids, who my colleague now is caring for ... so tragic and sad for everyone.
 
Carolla said:
Sad news at work today ... a good colleague's sister & brother-in-law were on vacation in Jamaica - got into a horrible car accident - she was killed and he has massive injuries & has just been returned to our hospital. They have three kids, who my colleague now is caring for ... so tragic and sad for everyone.
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soooo sad
 
Carolla - so sorry to hear. Let's hope the father recovers. The children will need at least one parent.
I don't know why but somehow it seems worse that it occurred so far away. - and the fact that they were on vacation.
 
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