by Lee Welton | Oct 31, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized
Stress Fractures and Recovery For Hikers Regrettably, stress fractures are a common occurrence among hikers, and you’re not alone in this. In this post, we’ll explore strategies to help you steer clear of stress fractures and guide you through the recovery...
by Lee Welton | Oct 30, 2018 | Start Here, trailside fitness, Uncategorized, Workouts
Training For A Thru-Hike Training for a thru-hike will help you reduce the risk of injury and allow you to enjoy your thru-hike more. Over the past few years, my clients have hiked over 50,000 injury-free miles and stayed on the trail until they were ready to come...
by Lee Welton | Oct 29, 2018 | trailside fitness, Uncategorized
Hiking Gut Health & Digestion Issues How good is your hiking diet? Hiking gut health and digestion issues are common in long-distance hiking. And there’s a good reason for this. If you spend any time in the long-distance hiking community, you’ll meet...
by Lee Welton | Oct 26, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized
Ankle Sprains And Recovery For Hikers We need to talk about ankle sprains and recovery for hikers. It’s a problem when surveys report that around 23% of hikers suffered from a sprained ankle during their hike. That’s a lot! First, a correlation between...
by Lee Welton | Oct 25, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized
IT Band Issues & Hiking Are you having IT band issues? It’s common to hear runners and hikers talk about having IT band problems, but what exactly is the IT band, and why is it such a problem for so many hikers? IT Band Anatomy For Hikers Looking at the...
Recent Comments