Winter sports: ski accidents are increasing on the slopes

While the first vacationers from Zone C (Paris, Toulouse, Montpellier, Versailles and Créteil) are getting ready to hit the ski slopes this Saturday - often after a long trip and without necessarily having exercised during the year -, the doctors draw the alarm signal on the risk of accidents.

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The Association of Mountain Doctors (AMM), which brings together 300 general practitioners spread over the entire French ski area, i.e. around 250 stations, recorded no less than 143,112 injured in 2019, an increase of 6.3% compared to 2018 and 4.6% compared to 2010, the highest number of victims in the last ten years. “The knee sprain is the most common bodily injury among downhill ski enthusiasts, hence the importance of having your bindings properly adjusted according to its size, weight and type of ski, recalls Joris Frère, of the AMM. Wrist fracture is diagnosed on almost 30% of injured snowboarders, hence the advantage of having

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