Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I first moved to Jackson in ‘94 after graduating from Middlebury College. After 3 years I moved back to VT and became a pediatric intensivist. I moved back to Jackson about 10 years ago. Now I spend my free time fishing, skiing, running and getting into the mountains as…
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: My name is Annabel Hagen, I’m a senior at Jackson Hole High School. I spend most of my time training for nordic ski races and the soccer season, though somehow I find plenty of time to binge-watch Greys Anatomy reruns. I have been going to Wright Training between seasons…
1.) What/When was your injury On April 16th, Targhee’s closing day, I took a jump to flat. I had a complete tear of my ACL and had complex tears in the medial and lateral menisci of my right knee. 2.) How did training before and after your surgery help you physically/mentally? After the injury, my biggest concern…
Strength Training and Snowboarding Working as a professional splitboard guide and snowboard instructor has wreaked havoc on my body. As guides, we often refer to the constant ache in the lumbar region as “Guide Back”. Unfortunately, I have witnessed a number of my mentors and fellow guides suffer the effects lower back injuries.…
What are you training for? I feel like this is a common question that I ask myself and my clients. I always answer that I am training for life, but what I really want to say is why not train? I have been a competitive skier for a long time so there has always been…
Eight years ago doctors advised Katie Steinberg to quit running. Her badly injured ankle couldn’t tolerate the stress that running put on it. Instead of letting it get in the way, Katie pushed on through the miles. The Bighorn 50k is a big win. Congratulations, Katie, for staying psyched on the trail! How many…
A Natural Way to Decrease Inflammation This is information that drug manufacturers do NOT want you to know. Tart Cherries and berries produce the same anti-inflammatory benefits as Ibuprofen (Advil) or Naproxen (Aleve). ~But without the nasty side effects. Cherry growers were threatened by the FDA in 2005. They were to face penalties if…
On November 1, 2013 I was swept off a mountain in an avalanche. I shattered my patella and dislocated my knee joint. ACL, PCL and MCL tears. I had surgery to reconstruct the patella on November 8th and had to spend 9 1/2 weeks in a straight leg brace. My leg felt like a useless …
This week we continued once again to progress the leg blasters. Everyone is continuing to become stronger each week and their soreness is very minimal. We also worked on some corrective exercises to help balance the body back out. We did single leg deadlifts and single leg touch downs to focus more on the stabilizer…
This week we continued to progress the leg blasters and the duration of time with the skier hops and hold. We did 45 seconds of hopping and 45 seconds of hold with 30 seconds of recovery. This we did for 8 rounds, which was very challenging for everyone. We also worked on the squat cleans…