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Shoulder Pain While Hiking? Learn How To Fix It!

Shoulder Pain While Hiking? Learn How To Fix It!

by Lee Welton | Nov 9, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized

Shoulder Pain While Hiking? Learn How To Fix It! Do you have shoulder pain while hiking? In this post, you’ll learn how o fix it by targeting the most common causes.  Hikers are particularly prone to problems in the mid-back that can result in headaches and...

Deep Dive Series – Back Pain: What’s Going On & How To Address It

by Lee Welton | Nov 8, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized

Back pain affected 21% of hikers that abandoned their hike on the Appalachian Trail in 2017 according to a survey by The Trek. Since your back is a pretty big piece of real estate, we will cover both low back here and the mid-back later in this “deep dive”...

Hip Pain For Hikers and How to Fix It

by Lee Welton | Nov 7, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized

Having hip pain while hiking? Learn what causes it and ways to help fix it! I created a video for this post, you can view it here. Moving up the chain from the foot and the knee, we land at the hip. A reported 18% of hikers dealt with hip pain during their hike. This...

Knee Pain For Hikers & How To Fix It

by Lee Welton | Nov 6, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized

On the Appalachian Trail, 58% of hikers reported knee pain in 2017. It is one of the most common areas for hikers to experience pain, but why? In an earlier post on overpronation, we looked at how a flat arch can cause problems farther up the body and the knee is...

Overprontation and Hiking

by Lee Welton | Nov 5, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized

Overpronation is when the foot over flattens during walking. During a hike, this over flattening can cause the joints to take on more rotation force which can lead to common aches and pains in the ankles, knees, and hips. This post will look at causes and solutions...
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