The Winter Olympics in Beijing began on Friday. One of the members of the medical team is Krzesimir Sieczych, an orthopedist from the Carolina Medical Center. – You have to be available there XNUMX hours a day, and if I only deal with orthopedic cases as a standard, I am a general practitioner there – says the doctor and reveals which winter sports are most often injured.
- 57 Polish competitors will perform at the Winter Olympics in Beijing
- They will be looked after by, among others Krzesimir Sieczych, an orthopedist
- The discipline most prone to injury is speed skating, especially short track skating. – This competition is very dynamic, a large number of people take part in a small area – says Dr. Sieczych
- The orthopedist emphasizes that, contrary to popular opinion and the media publicity, ski jumpers do not suffer accidents so often.
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Adrian Dąbek, Medonet: The Olympic Games are a great event, but at the same time – in your case – you need to be ready 24 hours a day?
Bow. Krzesimir Sieczych: The Olympics are a completely different job than what I do on a daily basis. There you have to be available XNUMX hours a day and if I only deal with orthopedic cases as a standard, I am a general practitioner there, a doctor for everything.
Do you care for a specific group of athletes, discipline?
The organization of the Games is divided into three villages. There is one in Beijing, where skating sports mainly take place, and there is a village in the mountains where there will be cross-country skiing, ski jumping and snowboarding. There is also another village in the mountains where alpine skiing, tobogganing and bobsleigh competitions will be held. I will “keep an eye on” the third group, that is the players and the coaching staff.
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And I am already prepared to ask about our jumpers.
Let’s try. Maybe I can answer something.
What is the recipe for the perfect jumper, from a medical, bone point of view?
In two words it has to be light and dynamic. He must have the strength to bounce and have a large body surface, with this lightness, to be able to glide far.
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Is it a very traumatic sport? Because high flights and possible falls speak very much to the imagination.
It is not one of the most traumatic. Yes, there is a risk of a fall and some damage may occur, but statistically a ski jumper is less likely to get injured than a footballer, for example. In winter sports, the greatest number of injuries is in speed skating and short-track skating, with reference to the latter competition, because it is very dynamic, with a large number of people taking part in a small area. Players collide, crash into boards, injure themselves or other people’s skates.
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What are the most common injuries?
The most common of traumatic injuries are fractures in the area of the wrist, collarbone or ribs. A few years ago, one of the Polish luge representatives suffered a very serious fracture of the tibia and fibula. From overload injuries, it is mainly torn muscles and overloaded back, especially in the lower section, due to the position in which skaters skate. The muscle tear mainly affects the biceps muscle of the thigh, which is the result of the dynamic start of the skaters in an inclined position.
What is your task in the event of an accident?
First of all, I have to secure the injury and make the injured player stop hurting as soon as possible. And then decide whether or not it is safe for that person to continue taking off. If the injury is serious, I have to arrange transport and treatment on site. We are not able to carry out everything within the Olympic Village, such as operations. But this is what the organizers of the games are already assuring.
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Then I will come back to these jumpers. What are the most common injuries?
It is difficult to talk about frequency in this case, because they are really rare. It is quite a small population, not many people practice this discipline and by the time they get to the higher level and start jumping from the bigger hills they are already very specialized. They are not thrown into deep water, they specialize in their sport all the time, which prevents serious injuries. But the most talked about them is because it is a very media sport.
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