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POWDER PANIC
Chiropractics | Physical & Occupational Therapy | Podiatry | Sports Medicine

When the outdoors
is unkind, we’re
IN THIS MONTH’S Sports Medicine However, in more severe cases, it can
here to help.
take four to eight or nine treatments
column, we’re going to look at a
psychological condition that has to attain a noticeable decrease in
For care from providers been widely reported in Vermont this symptoms. The American Medical
winter: Powder Panic.
Association recommends these
who understand your treatments happen in rapid succession;
drive to get back to OVERVIEW:
the sports you love, Powder Panic is a that is, the longer the wait for the
specialized anxiety disorder presenting lift, the faster the efficacy of such
call today.
in skiers and riders when more than treatments decreases.
12 inches of powder falls within a 24- If you cannot get the patient to

hour period. Powder Panic instances a mountain, the only other AMA-
Sharon Health Center are highest among males age 15–39 approved treatment is Tropiclancia,
and females age 24–44.
an FDA-approved drug that simulates
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: high with Tropiclancia, so it is only
These
can include restlessness, sleepless recommended as a last-resort option.
nights, waking up way earlier than
one ever could for work, irritability, CAUTION: Powder Panic is normally
forgetfulness, poor ski-bag packing, treatable and symptoms subside within

dick moves, whining, chewed 24 hours of first snowfall. HOWEVER;
fingernails, snapping, poor driving, if Powder Panic is combined with
brow sweating, and shaking. Onset ACUTE WINE HANGOVER, seek
coincides with winter storms, but in immediate medical attention. The
combination of these two afflictions
more severe cases, onset can occur
four to seven days ahead of a predicted can result in lost friendships, failed
snow event.
marriages, foreclosure, revoked ski
passes, and other terrible things you’ve
DIAGNOSIS: never even heard of.
Powder Panic can
be diagnosed by a qualified medical
doctor and/or a reasonably alert ski
buddy.

TREATMENT:
Get the patient
upright, on a ski or board, at an Sky Barsch is not a medical expert
elevation of greater than 3,000 feet, whatsoever, but does have extensive
and encourage them to rapidly descend experience with Powder Panic and its
associated consequences. She lives in
down the mountain. In most cases,
one to three runs will reduce Powder Barre Town with her powder hound,
Panic symptoms by 60 to 75 percent.
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