Skyzone-Safe need opinions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a Nervous Nelly but my DS9 thinks he might have fractured his foot at one last week. We don't think it's actually fractured but possibly strained in some way. I'm not blaming the pace but we'll be taking a break for a while.

What does the Xray say, since it was last week?

[Anonymous]

I don't have a problem with large trampolines where one chid goes on but the problem with those is that they are small and no one stays on their trampoline. The springs in between covered with a mat are hard. My son landed wrong and an adult landed on him and he fractured his leg. We go occasionally but the risks for those places is real. We went to a party and a child hurt her ankle.

[Anonymous]

DS broke his ankle at Flight at a birthday party. He was 9 at the time. That said, he had probably been to a half dozen or more parties there previously with no issues. He has chosen to avoid trampoline parks since then as he had to miss 8 weeks of his favorite sport because of the break. Both the ER doc and the orthopedist joked that the trampoline parks help them stay in business. Younger DS has gone to a couple of parties there since then so I haven’t prohibited returning, but those parties seem to have run their course through their friends and I don’t personally seek out the trampoline parks as an activity anymore.

[Anonymous]

I tore my ACL the very first time we ever went to SkyZone. And we’ve been back lots ever since (although I don’t jump myself anymore).

It was totally a freak accident that had nothing to do with SkyZone and everything to do with a probably already bad knee that landed wrong.

I do tend to avoid the busiest times, though.

[Anonymous]

I'm super laid back about most physical things. But the one and only thing my SIL and close friend from college (both are ED docs) have said with regard to child safety is no trampolines, and def not at the same time. That and pool safety but, duh.

So I am paranoid about them, esp as they get bigger. I accidentally broke my friend's ankle on one in HS. Well, she did, mistimed the bounce with me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are trampoline parks dangerous? Of course they are. So are playgrounds. My kids love trampolines and we take them all the time. Of course they could get hurt, but they could also get hurt doing gymnastics or horseback riding and they do those every week as well. Anecdotally, we've been going to trampoline parks for three years with our kids and never once have they or anyone else there with us (strangers included) gotten hurt other than just an errant elbow to the face or something. Worse has happened to them at school on the playground (i.e. broken arm and concussion). So do it or don't, but I'm not sure polling random people on DCUM is a good way to make a decision about this.

You sound super defensive.

[Anonymous]

I’m a former ER nurse and a pretty relaxed parent. Except when it comes to trampolines. They really are pretty dangerous and trampoline parks are the parties we generally avoid.

[Anonymous]

I think the skyzone near where I live is very well run (they are super strict about kids staying in their own spaces and following the rules) and my kid is not a risk taker, so I feel okay with it. I went to a trampoline park run by a different company and it was like Lord of the Flies with kids jumping on each other and colliding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are trampoline parks dangerous? Of course they are. So are playgrounds. My kids love trampolines and we take them all the time. Of course they could get hurt, but they could also get hurt doing gymnastics or horseback riding and they do those every week as well. Anecdotally, we've been going to trampoline parks for three years with our kids and never once have they or anyone else there with us (strangers included) gotten hurt other than just an errant elbow to the face or something. Worse has happened to them at school on the playground (i.e. broken arm and concussion). So do it or don't, but I'm not sure polling random people on DCUM is a good way to make a decision about this.

You sound super defensive.

Ok. I think all the other people on here sound super hysterical. But you're right, I must own stock in trampoline companies or something. Or maybe I just weigh pros and cons when deciding on something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Skyzone in Springfield has a deal right now for annual passes. I was all set to buy them for my kids, but I googled “dangers of trampoline parks.” I don’t want to be paranoid, but seeing the fairly recent serious injuries that have occurred makes me nervous about signing them up. Opinions?

We have only been to one trampoline place and my kid was fine. My Nephew broke his arm in two places at a Skyzone on the Ninja course. I have a co-worker who ruptured an achilles and another who ended up compressing vertebra in his spine. I have had friends kids break bones in their backyard trampolines. I tend to avoid trampoline places because I have seen and heard of far too many injuries.

I know others who love them. There is risk in everything but somethings strike me as more risky then others.

[Anonymous]

At the trampoline place we went to only person is allowed to jump on one trampoline at a time. Plus adults / older kids and small children are separated. How are ppl gettyso seriously injured? Serious question.

[Anonymous]

Now that you've all scared me, how can I make sure my kid doesn't get hurt at a party there?

[Anonymous]

My friend is a pediatric ER doc. He will not let his kids on trampolines. For reference, he thinks extended rear facing is pretty silly and the actual benefit in real life is almost non-existent. But he treats lots of kids with bad injuries from trampolines.

[Anonymous]

i avoid these places, too dangerous and it often is from the non supervised other kids not at the party

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At the trampoline place we went to only person is allowed to jump on one trampoline at a time. Plus adults / older kids and small children are separated. How are ppl gettyso seriously injured? Serious question.

We went to Launch once and I thought it was well run. They limited the number of kids on the trampoline and had a system for pulling people off the trampolines at the end of the time. I would guess that many trampoline parks are not as well run and that the staff doesn't enforce the rules, which makes it easier for injuries to occur.