We also have a floor collapse simulator similar to this at our training centre. It has caused a number of injuries, dislocated elbows and shoulders, numerous sprains and a broken wrist.
The jury is out if it is a good training tool. The injury investigations don’t really show that it is a technique problem with using the simulator. There is just a reasonable chance of injury in a simulated collapse.
We have stopped using ours as the risk of injury was deemed too high for the potential training benefit.
Not necessarily on topic but can someone who has a dislocated shoulder continue on to be a FF? Given the need to pull things down or pull themselves up?
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u/not_a_mantis_shrimp May 22 '25
We also have a floor collapse simulator similar to this at our training centre. It has caused a number of injuries, dislocated elbows and shoulders, numerous sprains and a broken wrist.
The jury is out if it is a good training tool. The injury investigations don’t really show that it is a technique problem with using the simulator. There is just a reasonable chance of injury in a simulated collapse.
We have stopped using ours as the risk of injury was deemed too high for the potential training benefit.