Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Hi every one,
why is it that i just dont have any luck at all !! its my first time skiing hol an flying out tomos from gatwick!! and i just have to get a to close for comfort car driver nearly knock me down coming out of our supermarket.........you name it tins of beans, bottles of coke all the usual bribes for my kids ( as there not coming i had to ease my mind a little) went flying across the car park .trolly goes hertling of towards a little girl me flying after it .....what dose the driver do ? jump out his car and say how very very sorry he is nooooooooooo speeds up and buggers off.........now im left with a dislocated thumb which i have to say is always poopping out when under duress( like a shopping trolly being totaled) and has gone back in fine but still sore.........so as you can imadgin other half now wants to put off holiday to a later date ..........please help me to persuade him to trust me and belive me when i say its gona be fine that its happened a lot and i know when its not okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so any one flying out from gatwick at dinner time tomos ill be the one with her thumb strapped up with her other half saying we shouldnt have come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gidday Donna.

I've skied with a bad thumb before and I'm about to give you the best advice you can get for a recently dislocated thumb.
1) strap it up
2) this is the big one. As you know on the top of the ski poles you have a strap so you don't loose your poles but this strap is not just for that. You should never put your hand through the loop from the top then just hold the pole grip. If you fall in this position you tend to release the pole and land with your hand open and bang goes your thumb again.
You should always put your hand though the bottom of the loop so when you hold the grip the strap is between your hand and the grip. This allows you to do good strong pole plants even if you loosen your grip on the pole but the good news is that if you fall over you tend to land with your fist closed around the pole thus saving your poor thumb.

Hope this helps.

Have a good one.