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mina74
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mina74 asked in HealthOther - Health · 1 decade ago

Difficult previous pregnancy, is going to an ice skating rink safe?

It's not me.

I have a coworker who miscarried during her first pregnancy. We have an upcoming all day ice skating field trip at an indoor rink, where she will be chaperoning. Will the cold indoor climate possibly affect her current pregnancy? I don't know if she will actually be skating on the rink.

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  • satya
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    as long as she doesn't try a triple axle at 6 mos or greater i don't see a danger

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    this isn't some thing new. The plastic used is called SHDPE (tremendous intense density polyethylene) that is really hard, yet has houses that supply it somewhat flexibility, this permits the skate blade to "dig in" without reducing into it. I truthfully have labored at a preparation facility interior the Dallas section that had a small rink, and three goalie capturing lanes. The stuff is really close to to the performance of ice. And sure, the diverse issues they say about it are truly genuine as well. You do have shavings, and that's variety of extra resistive to gliding, that's hotter to play at a rink that has this, even if it isn't ice! There should be some commerce offs, because melting ice because the blades move over that is between the slickest issues worry-free to guy. That having been reported, that is an really plausible preparation help, because the more advantageous resistance builds up muscle that once yopu step onto ice, it is going to experience very like a baseball participant swinging a weighted bat earlier to stepping as a lot because the plate with a lighter bat. you'd be swifter, and characteristic somewhat extra stamina. i grow to be surprised that i did not quite ought to modify the way I skated that a lot.I did note it takes somewhat longer to quit, and there is somewhat slippage at the same time as attempting to start up straight away. you nevertheless ought to "resurface" it now and lower back. the truly element is, you're using a wide blade to eliminate the decrease marks, or perhaps out the exterior lower back. then you vacuum it. then you favor to maintain on with a layer of wax, or we used a silcone depending spray after scraping it. at the same time as i do not see synthetic ice replacing common ice rinks, I do see the potential of extra preparation centers using this technologies.

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