Canadian Sport Institute Calgary – Figure skating fans are a passionate lot.  They hold their collective breath in anticipation of every jump.  Time seems to stand still as they watch a skater spin through the air at impossible heights.  They sigh with relief if the landing is clean, then cheer with wild abandon.  They wince in disappointment and concern if the skater crashes to the ice, then urge them to get up and keep going. 

It is unlikely, however, that any of them have put much thought into what is happening to the skaters’ bones.

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Written by Kristina Groves: @kngrover

Photo by: Dave Holland @csicalgaryphoto

12/07/2017