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Stability and Strength for the Ski Season


The leaves are falling here in Montana and so is the rain on occasion, which means something white and fluffy will be falling very soon!  Southern California, I miss you, but I am soooo excited for my first FULL SKI SEASON in ten years!  For those of you who share this passion or have clients who love skiing, I have an exciting video and article just for you...

If you aren't a skier, don't worry - you will still benefit from the anatomy review of the primary leg muscles!
 

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Three Strategies for Injury Prevention

Prevention is a popular term in healthcare today.  More than ever people want to prevent problems before they arise.  This is easier said than done, especially when it comes to musculoskeletal injuries!  Accidents will happen.  Aside from the mistakes made that lead to injuries, there are ways to lessen the probability of hurting your joints.  Awareness is key for injury prevention.  Review the terms mentioned in the video to bring more mindfulness to your favorite activities. 

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How many muscles do you have?

Awareness of the muscles and their specific function has allowed me, clients and students to re-connect with their movement patterns.This education then leads to better movement patterns which influences higher levels of performance and lower instance of injury.
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Biomechanics of Shadows

For a more thorough analysis, here are some suggestions for observation: Do you arms swing away from your body the same distance? When you shift weight to one leg to step does your torso shift evenly? Do your shoulders and hips rotate the same on both sides? What happens if you see an asymmetry and try to correct it?
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Walk and then Crawl???

Our body will do what ever we ask of it, with 600 muscles it can find a way, it can recruit a team to come to work, even if its not the most efficient. The mind seems to have an overwhelming power in this decision making process.
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Bev's Wake-Boarding Injury

You see, when these unfortunate “injuries” occur, it is not because of the incident that takes the blame, its because of compensation over time and that final injury is just the straw that broke the camels back as they say.
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