Always on the cutting edge, some of my son’s friends are always looking for different birthday themes. Moving beyond paint guns and ‘Pump it up’, my son was recently invited to a birthday gathering at a trampoline park. Trampoline parks making their way into the Midwest Everything sounded great until I Googled the facility and saw a link to a Chicago Tribune article about the new trampoline park trend invading the Chicagoland area. Products of the West Coast, the facilities’ utilize a groups of trampolines to assemble a series of trampolines that combine to form an expansive jumping surface. Billed as a wholesome family activity, the Tribune article highlighted the Xtreme Tramoline in Carol Stream, IL. Despite a suggestion of inclusiveness, the trampoline parks draw a predominately younger group of patrons with an average age of 16. While all trampoline patrons (or their parents in the case of patrons under… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Trampolines RSS Feed6 Tips To Lessen The Chance Of Your Child Sustaining An Injury On A Trampoline
Posted in TrampolinesThe other day I took my three-year-old son, Max, to a friend’s birthday party at the families home. Within minutes of our arrival, I watched Max and other children rush to a home trampoline in the basement. Unfortunately, as quickly as the kids convened at the trampoline– crying soon began as several children collided while jumping around. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured, but witnessing how quickly children gravitated to the trampoline and how tears erupted— even quicker, got me thinking about trampoline safety. Perhaps, its just the injury lawyer in me that causes me concern over situations such as this, but I soon realized trampoline use – especially amongst children should give all parents cause for concern. Rate of child injury on trampolines is off the charts Currently, there more than 1 million trampolines in use in homes across America, making them one of the more popular forms of… Continue Reading