Trampoline - Yay? or Nay?

[momz]

This thread is so old! It was started BEFORE my niece became a quadraplegic at age 12. She had 2 injuries. 1. She was dropped while at cheer practice, she was a flyer, she complained of a strained neck. Later, the same day, she was practicing back handsprings on her own trampoline. Her arms gave and she landed on her head, again, hurting her neck. It wasn't until later that evening that her neck pain became severe. She had severed an artery in her spine and a blood clot had formed. This caused pressure to the spinal cord. Cutting it off from c6 to T1. She is now a quadriplegic.

So, was it the trampoline, was it the fall at cheer practice, was it a combination of the 2? We will never know.

It doesn't matter now.

Don't get a trampoline. And don't let your daughters be flyers.

 

[Kyle_J2]

Now a days the trampolines are updated. The strong net cover the whole tramp for safety. I also buy a strong trampoline that is covered with net.
So as my experience trampoline for kids is best. It is like exercise.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I dislocated my knee on ours. Good times...

We had one in the 70s....I fell through between the springs soooo many times. Caught my hair in the springs and ripped out small clumps. Pinched fingers in the springs at least a dozen times. Loved that thing, cried my heart out when we had to get rid of it because it tore, and we couldn't afford a replacement.

That being said, it's much safer now, with the nets and all. We never got one for DS, although we talked about it (we lived in apartments before with DDs so not an option there); should have, because he always loved going to the places that had the trampolines.