by Lee Welton | Nov 16, 2018 | Common Aches and Pains, trailside fitness, Uncategorized
Highlights The sciatic nerve is quite large and feeds the lower half of the body Nerve flossing can help reduce symptoms Strength and stretching will help get you back on your feet Anatomy The Sciatic nerve is huge! Where it exits through you hip bone it’s about...
by Lee Welton | Nov 12, 2018 | Start Here, trailside fitness, Uncategorized
Each year, Halfway Anywhere puts out a fantastic PCT hiker survey. While preparing for the PCT, it was a huge resource for me. One of the things that stood out to me is the number of hikers that never finish due to injury, and things hikers wish they would have done...
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...
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”...
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...
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