Skateboarding Injuries

Skateboarding injuries have increased in correlation with the rise of popularity in the sport, and the injury pattern can expect to increase with the development of riskier tricks. In addition, the chance of a fractured, dislocated, or torn elbow, wrist, hand, or finger increases with the height, speed, and adventurousness of the skateboarder.

Below is a partial list of the sports injuries and other activities with their related injuries treated at HandSport Surgery Institute in New York:

• carpal instability
• distal radial ulnar joint instability
• distal radius fracture
• elbow fracture
• perilunate dislocation
• pisiform fracture
• posterior elbow dislocation
• scapholunate ligament injury
• triangular fibrocartilage tear