Trampolines more dangerous than fun
Kids love to jump and bounce on things - that's why you'll find trampolines in many backyards. Trampoline parks are also popping up around the state. As WRAL's Dr. Allen Mask tells us, a fun time can quickly turn into broken bones.
Posted — UpdatedLast summer, instead of going to the pool again, Molly Devine and her two children went to a new indoor trampoline park.
Devine was on the same trampoline as her 3-year old son Luke when he suddenly laid down in pain.
“I was like ‘Get up Luke. You’re fine.’ And he couldn’t get up,” Devine said.
He fractured his tibia bone just below the knee.
“It broke through her growth plate,” Zura said.
Pins and screws now hold it together.
Roughly three percent of homes in the United States have a trampoline on the property, and an estimated $280 million a year is spent by insurance companies to treat injuries caused by trampoline use.
Professional medical organizations offer the following guidelines for trampolines.
- Only one person should jump on a trampoline at a time.
- Children should be supervise by an adult.
- Trampoline should have side netting and pads over springs.
But Zura warns that even those who take precautions can still end up with severe and catastrophic injuries.
Now he’s back to normal.
He and his sister, Harper, have seen the last of trampolines.
“If I were to be at someone’s home and there was a trampoline, my kids would not be jumping on it,” Devine said.
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