Why Doctors HATE Trampolines

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[Orangenkraft]

Growing up poor doesn’t often pay off, but suddenly I'm not sad anymore we didn’t have a backyard trampoline or even a backyard

[pixelexi]

My dad is an orthopedic surgeon and my mom is a nurse.
I was allowed to ski and sled, play whatever contact sport I wanted, I could go swimming far out in lakes, I could play in the snow or bike in the summer for hours - but I could *NEVER* have a trampoline……

[Qaos]

I don't know how it is in the US, but here in the UK you have to watch a 5-15 minute safety video before they let you into the trampoline park. There's also tightly controlled "sessions" that ensure that there's no more than the predetermined "safe" number of people in the park. They also can and do kick people out, as well as sometimes banning them entirely, for being unsafe (not looking before jumping, jumping on the same trampoline as someone else, ignoring safety officers, etc).

[Nylak-Otter]

My neighbors just got a large backyard trampoline this month, and they have up to six kids jumping on it at the same time frequently. The screaming and crying has already begun.

[UrbanAmazon]

Two trampoline park owners here in the UK have just been prosecuted for insufficient H&S. In the two months it was open, they managed to rack up a horrendous 270 injuries, with many people breaking their backs. It took the local hospital to report the trend for it to be looked into...

[HaydenRobloxDavis-ocox]

This is why I’m scared of trampolines, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS JUMPING RLLY HIGH ON THE SAME TRAMPOLINE AS ME-

[Me_and_Ozzie]

3:03 I feel so bad for that kid my heart literally stopped a beat when I heard his voice after the injury I really hope that he is ok now 😢

[Pixanxious]

My mom, a nurse, absolutely refused to let my brothers and I go on trampolines. If we were allowed, she watched us like a hawk. Not until I’m older that I realize exactly why she was like that. Nurse mama bear wasn’t about to let what happened to a bunch of other kids she’d helped treat happen to her kids

[Atypical_Chad]

I used to be a supervisor at a trampoline park. While kids were rowdy, older teens, young adults, and parents were the worst offenders. We had very strict rules to prevent injuries like these, yet people thought we were ruining their fun or bullying them. I had to tell them that a bad sprain or broken bone would ruin their fun more than me. I saw plenty of sprains and called paramedics plenty of times.

The worst case happened before I worked there, but someone dove head first into the foam pit and went all the way to the bottom. They didn't make it.

Trampolines are fun, but I don't think they should be treated as carefree as they currently are.

[freakda]

Now I'm realizing me and my cousins were really lucky we didn't end up paralizing each other. We were pretty reckless in trampolines and did so many stupid things. Once we sent my younger cousin flying into wall headfirst, we got trampled by our older cousins (young adults playing with 10 year old kids), once my feet got tangled into the steel springs. And we just laughed about it

[rowhitknee]

I sprained my ankle on the trampoline . Your video help me understand that trampolines can be dangerous. Thanks.

[ho]

when I was little I broke my arm on a trampoline, today I'm just broke.

[paninywbtsrealm]

"Do you want to celebrate your birthday in a trampoline park?"
Kids who watch dr mike: ...

[johns]

When I was a kid in the ‘70’s, trampolines were very popular for a while until injuries started to get out of control, and trampolines quickly disappeared. So, it baffled me when trampolines started to become really popular again in the early 2000’s.

[JJ-cvqf]

you are one of the most educational channels I watch, but you are fun to watch

[lauren-fisc]

I had a trampoline as a kid and frequently sprained my ankle on it. I got hurt on it so often that my teachers thought I was faking my injuries. Years later I was diagnosed with hypermoble EDS, which is not something you want to mix with trampolines.

[ingridburling]

About time someone issued clear warnings about this. The amount of trampolines sitting on hard stone or hard earth (with no protection) which I see in back yards is incredible - and kids using them without any supervision! A net is not enough. Thanks Dr Mike. A canny video.

[stargazer-elite]

That’s why I always liked those bouncy pillow things. I never really knew what they were called but whenever I would go to a place that had them I would always go to them. Those were the good old days lol.

[ajjulius]

My mom has been a nurse for the past 30 years. When my brothers and I were kids, she would refuse to buy us a trampoline and wouldn’t take us to trampoline parks or similar places. We thought she was being overdramatic. Lo and behold, one summer I was visiting my cousin’s house without my mom. My cousin had a trampoline in the backyard and we went nuts. One of my jumps was at an angle and close to the edge of the trampoline. Upon landing, I lost my footing and landed tailbone first against one of the chain links. I miraculously did not fracture anything, but the pain was horrendous. Haven’t gotten on a trampoline since lol.

[matthewwilson]

I was told by my neurologist that I would probably never walk or talk again. Today, I walk like I'm on the sauce, and you can't shut me up. Don't ever give up when you're dealing with medical issues.😊