Written by Carol on October 30, 2013 |
Having a goal of a great trip down the road, should help make your training easier to do consistently, and should make the trip much more enjoyable. But we can’t forget to stretch.
Strength and flexibility focusing on the legs and trunk are vital in injury prevention specific for skiing. And balance training has been shown to be the single most important exercise for preventing ACL tears in women. Flexibility or stretching exercises should be done daily. 2 sets of each exercise holding for 60 seconds each is a good guideline. Below are some major muscle groups that need to be focused on:
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Written by Carol on October 23, 2013 |
Have you made your ski lodge reservations yet?…..Well now it is time to prepare your heart and body for a full day of skiing with decreased risk of pain and injury. We can increase our safety and performance this winter by starting now with a pre-conditioning program that includes four components: endurance, strength, flexibility, and balance.
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Written by Carol on October 16, 2013 |
Even though it is still warm and sunny here in San Diego, we all are starting to think about when we are going skiing this year. The next question we should ask ourselves is… am I ready to go skiing this year? Skiing requires muscles and muscle groups that are used very little the rest of the year. If we don’t prepare, our risk for injury increases. As we all have heard before, most injuries occur toward the end of the day as people become fatigued and as daylight and conditions have deteriorated. But, we here at ProActive have seen our fair share of patients who were injured on the first run of the day as well.
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