Health Tip: Prevent Skateboarding Injuries
When skateboarding, falling is the last thing you want to do. But practicing how to fall safely can help you reduce your risk of injury.
The U.S. National Safety Council offers these suggestions:
- Practice crouching down low on the skateboard if you start to feel unbalanced. That way, you won't hit the ground from so far up.
- Try landing on the softer, fleshier parts of your body, not bones or joints that are more prone to injury.
- Practice rolling when you fall, instead of absorbing the impact with your arms.
- Practice relaxing your body instead of tensing up as you fall.
Health Tip: Prevent Your Children From Choking
For small children, even the most seemingly harmless objects can pose a choking threat.
The U.S. National Safety Council offers these suggestions to reduce your youngsters' risk of choking:
- Never allow a baby or young child to play with a toy that has a cord or string attached.
- Don't feed your baby foods that could get stuck in the throat, such as bites of hot dogs, hard candy, uncooked vegetables, nuts, raisins, fruits or vegetables with pits, popcorn or grapes.
- Never allow your child to eat while lying down.
- Keep anything that can fit in your child's mouth out of reach, including coins, batteries, jewelry, nails or thumbtacks.
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