Do you want to avoid falling on the ice? Move like the penguins

Berlin, January 5th (TASR) – German doctors advise people to move on slippery surfaces such as penguins to avoid falling. The whole of Germany is about to be hit by a cold spell when temperatures are well below freezing for several days.

According to advice published Wednesday on its website by the German Orthopedic and Trauma Society, people on slippery sidewalks should walk in a slight forward bend so that their body’s center of gravity rests on the leg that is right in front. Penguins move in a similar way.

The diagram, attached to the instructions, showed that during normal walking, the weight of the human body is distributed almost evenly on both feet, which, according to trauma surgeons, increases the likelihood of loss of balance and subsequent fall when walking. move to a slippery surface.

In January 2014, representatives of the German metropolis of Berlin were criticized for failing to sprinkle sidewalks with rock salt in time, despite freezing warnings from meteorologists, with an extremely high number of accidents caused by falls.

In Berlin and other German cities, the temperature is expected to drop to minus ten degrees Celsius on Saturday.