DAYTON-- Doctors in Miami Valley Hospital's emergency department attribute the icy conditions Monday to a 30% increase in emergency room visits.
They say most of those weather related injuries were due to falls.
"Always when there's a lot of ice were very busy, our orthopedic docs stay pretty busy," said ER Doctor Joey Mauro.
"The falls we're seeing a lot of extremities; falling hurting their wrist, falling hitting their head because they're unable to get their wrist out, and a lot of back strains with people that slip and fall," Mauro said.
As the slush and snow melt from Monday's above freezing temperatures is set to re-freeze overnight into Tuesday, Senior Instructor at Quest Center for Martial Arts Shane Stevens said it's important to know some proper techniques for how to fall while minimizing injury.
"I'm out and it's icy and cold like it is right now and I slip and I fall I want to make sure that I'm using self defense for myself, I'm defending myself against myself," Stevens explained about how his practice of To Shin Do relates to fall injuries.
Stevens said there are three key things people should do to prevent or minimize fall injuries on ice:
1. Beware of body alignment by walking with flexed or bent knees
2. If you start to fall, get as low to the ground as you can to minimize the intensity of the impact
3. Tuck your extremities (head, arms) in, to protect them from injury and distribute impact to a broader body area like the leg and side.
"We've all slipped, we've all fallen," Stevens said, "So how do I receive the ground in such a way that I'm less likely to endure any kind of physical pain and damage to my body."
They say most of those weather related injuries were due to falls.
"Always when there's a lot of ice were very busy, our orthopedic docs stay pretty busy," said ER Doctor Joey Mauro.
"The falls we're seeing a lot of extremities; falling hurting their wrist, falling hitting their head because they're unable to get their wrist out, and a lot of back strains with people that slip and fall," Mauro said.
As the slush and snow melt from Monday's above freezing temperatures is set to re-freeze overnight into Tuesday, Senior Instructor at Quest Center for Martial Arts Shane Stevens said it's important to know some proper techniques for how to fall while minimizing injury.
"I'm out and it's icy and cold like it is right now and I slip and I fall I want to make sure that I'm using self defense for myself, I'm defending myself against myself," Stevens explained about how his practice of To Shin Do relates to fall injuries.
Stevens said there are three key things people should do to prevent or minimize fall injuries on ice:
1. Beware of body alignment by walking with flexed or bent knees
2. If you start to fall, get as low to the ground as you can to minimize the intensity of the impact
3. Tuck your extremities (head, arms) in, to protect them from injury and distribute impact to a broader body area like the leg and side.
"We've all slipped, we've all fallen," Stevens said, "So how do I receive the ground in such a way that I'm less likely to endure any kind of physical pain and damage to my body."