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tremendously taxing on the musculature and the majority of these aches, complaints and injuries could be prevented if we took a bit of time to prepare for the physicality of the activity before you leave.

So what are the ways we prepare people for their skiing trip? We start by identifying your potential areas of weakness with our thorough assessments and screening process. With this essential information we can map out how we proceed. Areas of relative tightness and weakness will make you more susceptible to injury as it means a less stable joint. It will also make you a lot more prone to aches and strains as the surrounding muscles step-in to help maintain the joint integrity.

So we always start any conditioning program with work on addressing any problem(s) we identify during assessment. To achieve this we advocate and have been successful with a combination of sports massage and corrective exercise to rebalance tension and effectively remove these problems.

Without this rebalancing any conditioning program will increase the uneven stress placed on the joint (what is commonly known as compensation) and as a result increase the chances or injury. The importance of this cannot be overstated.

Once these initial corrections are made and the body’s joints are under normal tension we’ll start on the ski-specific conditioning phase to make sure you are as fit and ready for the slopes as you can be. We think in terms of the specific demands of the activity when designing a conditioning program so we’ll work you in a variety of ski postures, we’ll use movements that challenge similar righting reflexes and movements to ensure that the muscles are as “switched-on” to the movements you’ll make when skiing as possible.

Get the most out of your trip and start preparing for it today. You’ll ski better than ever before!