Do you have a safe trampoline?
Here are some safety tips to ensure safe trampoline jumping.
I remember when I was a child; I used to love jumping on a trampoline. All of my friends used to climb on and jump together. We used to do forward flips because they were so much fun. One day, I wanted to be adventurous, so I wanted to do a backward flip. I never got the chance because one of my friends did it right before I was suppose to try and he hit his head on the edge of the trampoline. I was about 8 years old and it scared the heck out of me to see my friend’s big goose egg on his head. I then decided to just stick to the forward flip. I was lucky. I was never injured on a trampoline. (Knock on wood.)Unfortunately, due to the increase popularity of trampolines, every year almost 100,000 emergency-room treated injuries happen. 93% were children under the age of 15. In 1991, there were only 37,500 emergency-room treated injuries. Because of this, the American Academy of Pediatrics thinks it is not a good idea to own a trampoline. However, if you are dead set on getting one because you just can’t say no to the kids, to reduce the chance of injury, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recommends the following:
Remember: A trampoline is not a toy and if not used properly, it can be very dangerous.
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