Instead, shower off and spray the wounded area thoroughly. Don't scrub the wound as this will traumatize the tissue further. When an injury involves dirt and rocks, quick treatment is important to reduce the risk of infection.
#Heal road rash skin#
For more on the issues of skin abrasion, road rash and turf burn from a 2001 issue of the journal The Physician and Sportsmedicine, click here. The conventional treatment of road rash, which I have personally endured, used to include scrubbing of the wound, cleansing with rubbing alcohol and treating with an antibiotic ointment and a dry dressing.
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Even padded and helmeted skateboarders tumble and wind up with scrapes on shoulder blades, hip bones and other areas that typically aren't protected. If you are parent of a skater or rider and haven't had to clean a nasty spill, plucked pebbles from raw shredded skin, trust me: you will.
![heal road rash heal road rash](https://i.imgur.com/9ZhONQn.jpg)
But some falls result in direct skin to pavement contact (road rash).
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If they are prepared for a fall with all the right protective gear, and fall in the way they expect, then they'll probably bounce right up again and keep going without a second thought. Regardless of their experience level, skateboarders, longboarders, and cyclists inevitably fall.