Why Doctors HATE Trampolines 

Growing up poor doesn’t often pay off, but suddenly I'm not sad anymore we didn’t have a backyard trampoline or even a backyard

Two trampoline park owners here in the UK have just been prosecuted for insufficient H&S. In the two months it was open, they managed to rack up a horrendous 270 injuries, with many people breaking their backs. It took the local hospital to report the trend for it to be looked into...

when i was younger i so desperately wanted a trampoline but my parents always said absolutely not because my uncle spent 34 years working in fire rescue and he went to way too many calls about trampoline injuries. over a decade later im 18, in paramedic academy, and beyond thankful that i never had a trampoline as a child. i finally understand why those things are so terrible.

you should do a video on how to be an efficient patient, disregarding if they are educated medically in any way. Like what are the best ways of communicating symptoms to healthcare professionals, etc.

when I was little I broke my arm on a trampoline, today I'm just broke.

I used to be a supervisor at a trampoline park. While kids were rowdy, older teens, young adults, and parents were the worst offenders. We had very strict rules to prevent injuries like these, yet people thought we were ruining their fun or bullying them. I had to tell them that a bad sprain or broken bone would ruin their fun more than me. I saw plenty of sprains and called paramedics plenty of times. The worst case happened before I worked there, but someone dove head first into the foam pit and went all the way to the bottom. They didn't make it. Trampolines are fun, but I don't think they should be treated as carefree as they currently are.

9:48 "The spine has special curves in it that help you distribute weight while you're standing up" That's cool, I'd actually never learned that. It's also interesting how the curvatures alternate to make the spine more stable (the inward curves (lordotic) act like shock absorbers, while the outward curves (kyphotic) help to distribute weight and maintain balance), kinda like a Jenga tower.

At my school some teachers go to a trampolin- parc with their classes. I always said no because it felt too dangerous and watching this awful accidents proves me right.

I was told by my neurologist that I would probably never walk or talk again. Today, I walk like I'm on the sauce, and you can't shut me up. Don't ever give up when you're dealing with medical issues.😊

Another thing about Adriana Chechik, the Twitch streamer you mentioned, in the trampoline injury video from two Twitch Con's ago: Turns out, she was pregnant at the time, and suffered a miscarriage as a result. She clarified that she wouldn't have gone on the trampoline area in the first place if she had known that she was pregnant at the time; she only learned about it after she had already miscarried. iirc, she was very recently pregnant, though she did say it hurt emotionally since it had been difficult for her to get pregnant, and she wanted to keep the baby if she did find herself pregnant one day. So not only was she dealing with the emotional fallout of that, but she also had to suffer extreme back pains on the daily. I still wonder the chronic pains she has now as a result of what happened can hopefully someday be cured. I hope she's okay.

I worked as an audio coordinator at a park that had many types of “extreme” activities, but I was impressed that the attractions that had the most amounts of injuries were the ones that looked the safest like trampolines

My great great uncle (George Nissen) invented the trampoline, and he was well aware of its dangers. Initially, he made it for tumbling but saw its uses as not only a sport but a fun and energetic activity. My grandma (his niece) toured with him all over the world (I recently translated some 60 year old German letters written to her), and she completely destroyed her knees on the thing. She was showing off a big flip, and her knees just gave out. Being that it was the 60s, the treatment at the time was to just take all of the cartlidge out, and she's still dealing with all of that in her 70s. Trampolines are dangerous, but 10/10 would recommend. And no, I don't get any money from trampolines.

The number of injuries and incidents described here is terrifying. Trampolines can provide fun and exercise, but they must be used with care and under supervision to ensure safety.

I used to be in gymnastics and I went on the trampoline to practice flips and other tricks all the time, but because I am a cautious person and I was taught trampoline safety from a young age, I never got injured. Please be careful, don't overestimate your abilities, know what you are doing, and be aware of your surroundings.

This video hurts me I broke my back on the trampoline in November last year and I am so lucky that I'm not paralyzed. keep up the great work love your videos. :)(:

Dr. Mike is the best at entertaining and giving possible life-saving advice at the same time on a consistent basis

Fun fact about Trampolines and Healthcare: they can actually be part of the non-pharmacological interventions for symptom management of Cystic Fibrosis! With smaller trampolines, jumping for a period of time will help patients clear out the mucus that accumulates in the lungs, reducing bacteria load and improving breathing. It's also great because kids tend to be more receptive to playing in the trampoline than other physical expecturation exercises, making a great addition to their daily regiment!

4:43 That's Harry, from the Sidemen. You could honestly react to a full compilation of injuries he's suffered - such as drop-kicking a car and hitting his head

Being so for real I have been watching Dr. Mike EVERY DAY! I feel that I have learned so much! I watched this guy for entertainment but now it’s starting to help me in school! Thank you Dr. Mike❣️This will help if someone gets hurt lol.

This video makes me realize just how much effort my parents put into choosing a trampoline when I was little. It had nets, room for me, my brother, and multiple guests to be on there safely, it was strong, etc, etc… and I’m pretty sure they supervised us when we played on it.

Growing up on the autism spectrum in the 90s, my parents bought me a small trampoline that we kept indoors at all times and usually in the basement. I absolutely loved it because it allowed me to get much of my hyperactivity as a young child out of me. Unfortunately because it was small I wasn't able to use it for very long because I got bigger and the harder I jumped the easier it was for my head to hit the ceiling.

As a sport scientist and elite trampoline athlete, I'd love to collaborate and share more about trampoline safety! There is so much misinformation out there. Every single injury highlighted in this video was preventable with the right knowledge.

I am so thankful for my trampoline growing up!! It was my escape, such a great outlet and never had any issues with injuries etc…

Both of my parents are radiologic technologists, my siblings and I were never allowed on trampolines as kids. It was frustrating as a kid, but understandable now.

Mom had to go to the ER for chest pains recently and in the X-ray waiting room was a dad with his 10 year old. I asked what happened and dad rolled his eyes simply stating the name of the local trampoline park 😂 “Oh yeah. We’ve been through that a handful of times with my brother.” Never heard of somebody being permanently injured at our local place but my god now I’m terrified. Also in regards to the Twitch incident, Adrianna “crushed” her spine when she jumped into the foam pit. She didn’t realize how shallow the pit was. The injury resulted in the termination of a pregnancy she didn’t know about (she was under a month along I believe) as well as permanent nerve damage to her bladder. She wasn’t the only one who was hurt.

As someone who is disabled with hEDS, Pots, chronic fatigue, and many other things in my early 20s I can attest to you don't realise how fortunate you are until you lose an ability. Because I wasn't diagnosed until adult hood I pushed myself from a young age beyond my capacity and ended up disabling myself to tje point where I can not work to support myself or leave the house most days, Im almost always exhausted. Ive learned to emjoy things and take nothing for granted now so its not all bad, but seriously if you are beating yourself up over hustle culture not doing more, dont. Please let your body rest and carve time into every day to enjoy the fact that you are alive and ablebodied because that can get taken away from you at any time

I remember I use to get anxiety at some point when playing on the trampoline when I was a kid and I was always confused why my friends never seemed to have the same concern I did. Those springs could get really sketchy..especially over time

"They tear too!" Sometimes Dr. Mike is too precious for this world.

My insurance: Tis but a flesh wound! Has thou tried walking it off? 😂

Omg I am so so sorry for that father who talked about his child's death. My heart broke. 😢

That’s why I always liked those bouncy pillow things. I never really knew what they were called but whenever I would go to a place that had them I would always go to them. Those were the good old days lol.

As a paraplegic because of Spina Bifida, I do not mess around on trampolines. And with the fact I have decreased sensation starting at my waist going down, I always check my skin for any signs of breakdown especially my feet because I do not have sensation in my feet. On top of it all, I am also a T1D so it means I have to take extra care when I am looking for skin breakdown.

It hurts just to watch these injuries. I'm very glad you are sharing how dangerous these Trampolines/Trampoline Parks are!

When I was in my teens, I was visiting a friend who had a trampoline. We spent the spent the night sleeping on it, and in the morning, we threw all the bedding on the ground so we could bounce. I thank the stars we did, because we accidentally bounced me two stories into the air, off of the trampoline. I landed in the pile of bedding, which is likely the only reason I wasn’t incredibly injured or worse.

03:51 he actually sounded like the "oh my god" meme 😆

3:03 I feel so bad for that kid my heart literally stopped a beat when I heard his voice after the injury I really hope that he is ok now 😢

Bought our first trampoline for our kids when my youngest had to strengthen his left leg. We have very strict rules, inside net (the spings outside the net), one kid at the time and the trampoline is secured in the ground.

6:00 Thank you Dr Mike! The absence of being able to feel pain at all is not the good thing a lot of people seem to think it is. I have several spots where I've fucked myself so hard I can't feel pain sensation in that area at all. Yeah, nobody enjoys a broken rib. But you know what else people don't enjoy? Having their coworker bend over to pick something up and see a sudden emergence of a dorsal fin from where the rib broke initially, then shifted through the skin when the body moved much later. I had no reason to bend over until then so it never shifted outside until I did. Oh when I walked into the ER when I went to do laundry and realized my pants were soaked with blood. Turns out that harmless fall I though I had? I had actually split my leg to the bone from knee to ankle and didn't realize until I was popping the clothes in the washer so all I'd have to do after showering is press start. Turned out I also had a puddle in my car to clean up and a trail all to my house as well. If I could feel pain then I could have called a paramedic as soon as I got kicked instead of going on an hour long ride, half hour of untacking in a definitely sterile horse stal, another half hour of driving and whatever time it took to coral the dogs and laundry. Because I couldn't feel pain not only did I need stitches, but my continued exposure to non sterile environments left me with a raging infection and fever, bone and other leg stuff damage from walking on a leg I shouldn't rightfully been able to stand on otherwise and ages of bedrest. Not to mention having to hire a cleaning company to deal with the multiple blood stains. Pretty sure they thought I had murdered someone lol. It's not just yay, no painkillers necessary. Pain is the body telling you you done fucked up. And if you can't feel pain you won't move to fix the situation. I have a friend who lost fingers because she didn't realize her hand was on a hot burner and they had to amputate one finger and partially another after the burns got necrotic infectioned.

As a trampolinist (I do it at a club, on Olympic trampolines with proper training) the dangers are so extreme. Please be careful and look into injuries so you know how those were achieved, so you can avoid them. Stay safe!

i was always so afraid to jump on the metal springs 😂

9:38 I had this same thing happen to me as a kid. To this day, like thirty years later, it's one of the most painful things I've had happen to me. Surprised I didn't break my back.

4:42; Always anchor the trampolines and bounce houses down when dealing with high gusts of winds.

I had a friend growing up who had a trampoline but it was one of those in ground trampolines. His dad worked construction so he did a ton of work as a safety precaution. Below the trampoline he had mulch, peat, and sand just in case the trampoline broke through. He also had a safety net and somehow softened the ground surrounding the trampoline. We never got injured. His dad made sure of it lol.

Some of my best memories have been made on those things. I LOVE UM!

The trampoline in our back garden had netting, stones to prevent it being moved during strong winds and my grandparents limited the amount of people who could go on at the same time to 2-3 people. Never had any serious injuries happen. The only accident as far as I can remember was when my uncle tried to do a backflip and fell through onto the grass underneath (he was fine). We didn't get another trampoline after that.

1:37 That guy looks just like Mark Cuban

Freestyle trampolining at 2:49 is a clip from a very well known creator “Jesse Heffels.” Everyone in that clip has a wealth of experience in the sport and sometimes its required to get multiple people to double bounce so you can get the height for flips.

My husband got a knee injury from a double bounce. I mean he was a full grown adult on a kid's trampoline, with another full grown adult and kids. It was a bad situation to begin with. The other adult double bounced him and since it was a double bounce the mat didn't give at all when he landed so it was like landing on hard ground. His knee locked up when he came down, tearing his meniscus. He can walk but his mobility is limited and he still deals with pain from the injury pretty often.

Had hyperflexion around T12/L1. Extreme pain for weeks afterwards, still have constant pain today. Couldn't play cricket for an entire season - bowling left me in agony so bad I couldn't walk. All from a trampoline when I was about 12

Hey Doctor Mike! Love your videos! Can you please make a video on mobile phone addiction and how to reduce it? Thank you!!

I was a gymnast as a kid and we had a trampoline at home. I spent almost all of my free time on that thing by myself doing flips and practicing. That said, I would never want to play with other kids on it because I knew how dangerous it was and how often other kids got hurt on it. Of course, I still played with the other kids on it, but I was very careful and tried to make sure things weren't so rough that people could get hurt. I was a boring kid lol

2:36 THAT JUMP WAS INSANE

10:07 that edit was not necessary 😂💀💀

1:43 I hope Mark Cuban will invest in a Shark Tank trampoline safety partner.

I could not watch the video without covering it with my hand and just watching and listening to Mike's voice.

I was on a trampoline when I was about 14 years old. Some other children and I were bouncing together when I dislocated my left ankle. I was told I stood up after it dislocated and that is when it popped out of the side of my ankle. Thankfully there were no major arteries or tendons damaged. But I still had a major fight because the doctors couldn't decide if they should do the surgery at the hospital I was taken to or fly me out. Once everything was decided, the surgery done, and I was home, I still had to work for weeks to keep gang green from setting in. I still do not trust trampolines. My 6yr old daughter has a small personal one in her room, but she is monitored with it and it has a support handle for her to hold onto.

I was at a trampoline park for a school trip in middle school and I watched my friend break her neck…yeah that scarred me forever, l’m now terrified of trampoline parks

7:58 It was Adriana Chechik Also I went to a indoor tarampoline park thing when I was 18 and my lower back was in pain! All the jumping just made my back and legs sore. I did not enojy it or ever went back. $30 to get back pain for jumping all day.

4:09 JOE CRUZ!! I love Chicago fire

I’m so glad the one we had in our garden had a net around it and I was glad it was there as I lent and fell into it all the time, so it saved me from countless injuries! Also, after high winds, we chained it to a tree as it was trying to make an escape 😂

I'm 41, I grew up using trampolines. Dude I can remember being launched through a wooden fence, into the side of a pool, into the pool, I can't tell you how many times I fell off one... Good times

Hey Mike u should do a health summary about the movie Society of the Snow. It’s about a true story of how a rugby team in Uruguay survived over 70 days in the Ande’s mountains in Chile 🇨🇱 Hopefully u see this just wanna say I’m a huge fan of your content, thank you for entertaining me. Love you

Rebounder are great for lymphatic system and overall health. To make it safer you can use it with a handle and just do it for health and not for all the crazy jumps.

This is a video i was waiting for. Is it possible that you could do a video reacting to funny videos or AFV which is technically people just getting hurt. I think that would be a good video, some laughs, some good medical info, some pain. you know, the good stuff. :D

Sometimes the springs can shoot off towards you as well

No amount of warnings will discourage my love of trampolines

here in Ireland when you go to a trampoline park there are very strict rules that you have to follow to avoid things like double bounces from happening

3:00 Narrator: but having this particular spotter was NOT positive

4:04 yeah, that's about right.

I love this guy❤

Im a gymnastics coach and during one of our safety protocol meetings we spent about half an hour on all sorts of trampoline related injuries, prevention, and how to handle it if something does happen

1:51 I feel bad for Mark Cuban

Doctors HATE trampolines... because they beat diabetes using this one weird trick! [Insert stock photo of angry man with stethoscope]

I have a displace spiral fracture still healing from trying to spin on a trampoline and planted my leg and it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced

True, my ulna and radius bones in the left arm are broken of my weird landing on a trampoline

Ppl who want to become doctors/surgeons align here!😊

0:40 And this is why they’re is a rule cannot be more than one person on a trampoline at one time on indoor trampoline parks and they had to separate the areas for high bounce trampoline versus a low bounce trampoline

I literally take notes during your videos

I went to the Oklahoma school for the blind, and at one point, they had a trampoline with a harness so we couldn't get hurt or fall off. I wish that was a thing! I miss it so much. I almost miss my old trampoline in my back yard when I was 35. It had netting around it and pads on the springs since my depth perception is quite bad and I was prone to losing my balance. Still, it was very fun.

0:50 no mike, thats not incredible lol

3:46 I’m sorry, but being named Rhode Hill hurts more than any trampoline injury.

I remember having a trampoline, and one thing when you grow up in the early 2000s or before, you know people will come to your house just to go on your trampoline, and a lot of the kids on my street went to my school and were in my grade and we were on the same bus, they were jerks but still, one thing I remember is my dad and someone’s dad that lived across the street had to help my dad to get the trampoline cuz multiple times a gust of wind would put it over the fence 😂 luckily we didn’t go on it while that was happening to we never got hurt by getting flown across the fence

just watching this made my knees hurt... growing up with trampolines I would hurt my right ankle repetitively, then going into volleyball I injured it twice so I am sensitive to hearing about joint issues...

3:05 he looks like cr7

Sometimes as a kid I would jump for the first time on out trampoline for the year and I didn't know any stretches so would pop and sprain my back and be out of commission for weeks.

Man, I never had a trampoline, but my best friend growing up did. We are so lucky we never got hurt on it. Being from the southern US we would put a sprinkler on under it during the summer time.

I went to skyzone when I was a kid and they would have like a time limit for when you can go on and jump around on the trampoline, there were usually a few other people jumping around far away and had a section in the main trampoline for kids on one side of the large trampoline to the other side for adults, and then this mix in the middle, which barely anyone went on. It was a fun place, and looking back on this method they use, although disappointing to kid me, did help prevent any bad concussions like accidentally hitting your head into another kid, I still have some socks they give you to wear at the place and I still have them and wear them sometimes (don't know why but yeah that's basically it in what I have to say about Trampoline park safety methods especially ones I remember, Sky Zone was keen on Safety with that one).

Hi so I’m new here and I was watching this and this is actually a good video because it shows kids that they can be careful on trampolines and my cousin has a trampoline and they have nets and of my cousins brok they skull😢😢 but ur videos are fun to watch

Well... the same question about why don't they make that padding a bit thicker I asked myself, when I hit my heel with jump impact against that metal cable, which was laying underneath it... Suprisingly, no sprain but pain so strong, I couldn't step on that foot for about a month. During an X-Ray I found out what I was suspecting - I have calcaneal spurs. Interestingly, before the accident they hurt like hell, especially in the mornings. After that, the pain miracurously dissapeared. Everything's fine now but I know they will start pricking me again in some time from now. Great video as always Mike, keep it up :)

grew up with a trampoline, and i remember landing on my head once, i was lucky and i only experienced some trouble breathing for the remainder or the day. I do however only have fond memories of playing on the trampoline with my friends and family.

Was jumping on my family's trampoline with some friends, one of the metal springs snapped and shot across the yard like a projectile. The edge where it broke was very sharp. Needless to say we never jumped on it again 😅

When I say the guy who tore his ACL it immediately reminded me of the injury I’m dealing with now. I’m a gymnast and once when landing a tumbling pass at I meet I landed with straight legs and went flying. Luckily I didn’t put my arms behind me knowing those dangers but I did hurt my knee. The doctor there checked me out and I was in pain for a bit then started to feel fine so I took the tuck out of my routine and did a roundoff handspring and a front handspring step out roundoff. After that I felt fine. Then it started to hurt every once in a while until I could barely walk which unfortunately happened at a meet. It started to hurt in vault which was my first event and STRUGGLED (idk how I even made it over the table my run was so limped) and competed bars which felt fine, changed my beam and once warming up for floor I started to run and immediately stopped and scratched it. Once I was back from Arizona a day later I wen5 to the doctor the next day, I inflamed my meniscus,and the muscles around my knee wearing them down-so o had a hyper mobile patella for a while. We are guessing I hut it during my original fall which means it had been hyper mobile and popping in and out for about 1-2 months 🫣

There was a trampoline park i used to go to, they had the full thing, main floor, foam pit, gladiator bat thing and some other stuff. im guessing something happened because they completely redid the place to be bouncy castles instead. not just a few scattered in a warehouse but they have a whole floor covered in bouncy castle flooring

i got this old trampoline from a friend and i walking into the corner of it, spring got detached and flung back and hit me in my achilles tendon. I still love trampolines though!

Yeah I have dealt with constructive waves, AND canceled waves, building up waves is fun, wave cancelation sucks because it's like hitting the ground

Dr Red Duke, famous trauma surgeon and Professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, TX, completely agreed with you. He hated them as well. It's because of him that I never let my children have or play on one. A neighbor of mine's teen suffered a serious break of one of her ankles shortly after they purchased one.

Hey, Mike! Can you do a video about puberty changes. I've been struggling with it.

I have flown off a trampoline and into a fence(early 2000s). Me and two other girls were all around 14. goofing off, I was the smallest. Thankfully, I wasn't very hurt, but it was the sign that we were too big to actually jump on the thing. Now those things scare the snot out of me.

I would like to learn about the safety of bouncy castles! I want some stats. I really like them and found them to be more enjoyable than trampolines. The ones with the towers and slides and obstacle courses are great.

“Oh my God! And they tear too!” lol