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Achy knee? Go to the gym! Traumatic elbow, shoulder and head injuries The valley has seen a spike in injuries recently due to mountain biking. “I don’t remember even one or two mountain bike injuries a year, several years ago,” said Dan Streubel, owner of Streubel’s Physical Therapy.
Most common knee injuries in the valley Winter – Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tear and other traumatic knee injuries Caused very often from poor athletic stance, and from unexpected crashes. Summer - Overuse Injuries, “patellofemoral” pain. Common in running, lesser extent in road cycling. Caused by “training errors,” running or biking too many miles for one’s level of fitness. Also caused by muscle and stretching imbalances where weak muscle or tight ligament throws the knee out of alignment. Can cause the knee cap or patella not to glide directly over the knee joint causing “patella femoral” pain. *Other running related overuse injuries - Achilles tendonitis (heel pain) and (plantar fasciitis) – bottom of the foot pain.
Local trainers give you tips for injury prevention.
Helmets and pads are not the only ways to stay safe outdoors Scott Stuntz TVN Staff Teton Valley is an active place. A large slice of the population bikes, skis, hikes, runs and climbs. When so many people are slapping on skis and clipping into pedals, it is not a surprise that some will get hurt. Injuries are inevitable, but some can be prevented. Dan Streubel started Streubel’s Physical Therapy in 2009, but has been practicing in the valley since he moved here in 2000. He said in that time he has noticed seasonal patterns. “We’re definitely a skiing injury clinic in March and April,” he said, noting that a great number of those are
traumatic knee injuries, and many are not from “catastrophic falls” on steep terrain or off cliff bands, but on groomed runs and cat tracks. “It’s when they are skiing casually, not really even aggressively skiing at all, they’re maybe transitioning from one run to other, they catch an edge and go down,” Streubel said. “I’ve had several of those in the past year or two, demonstrating that even in those areas that you take for granted while skiing, you should still be in a good athletic stance and be in your aggressive skiing position even during some of these transitional ones, cause you never know.” As the snow starts to retreat a bit and as people start Staying safe continued on B9
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Jason Suder TVN Staff
eople present themselves to the world in different ways. Some display independence with tattoos and piercings; others wear wild hats, but the things they carry, those items that they don’t intend to show the world or are not for the pleasure of others, truly define the individual. Some things people take with them when they’re exploring the forests are fairly obvious; granola bars, water, camera. Again, if you’re riding over jagged rocks and miles of trying to teach Braille to your tires, having a spare inner tube and pump are a given, but did you ever consider taking a ski strap? “It’s one of those things,” said Vail vacationer Weston Bierma. “When you need it, you’ll know.” Utility bracelets are a fashionable and functional way to carry tourniquet material, but he said a ski strap can serve the same purpose and then some. Their variant sizings make it ideal for closing off circulation in the unfortunate circumstance you might need it or in quick
It’s one of those things. When you need it, you’ll know. _____________ Weston Bierma, Vail vacationer
fixes if a backpack strap snaps.
Spare Specialized presta valve tube
Even more so, while riding in the backcountry in the winter, with a flash of ingenuity a ski strap can substitute for a split board binding if you’re in a pinch. However, the forests are not reserved solely for the adventurer. Many photographers utilize the Tetonic backdrop for family portraits and wedding photography. Kisa Koenig frequently has families, and those to be, meet her in the canyon. Hidden amongst her Canon bodies and crystalline lenses, she keeps not only plenty of Kleenex, but a crochet hook for the brides who struggle to fasten their dresses. Apparently, according to Koenig, the crochet hook is the perfect tool for this. “That’s how the brides get into those dresses,” she said. For every other visitor into the parks and forests, such as Hal Burdick and Susan Horowitz, of Longmont, Colo., hiking boots, dried fruit and a couple of fishing rods “are all you need to stay off the road and biking, fishing, hiking and being lazy.”
Osprey Manta hydration pack Trader Joe’s Soft and Juicy dried fruits
“My backpack can be completely empty with those [water, spare tube, tool, pump].” Never go without duct tape."
TVN Photos/Jason Suder
• Osprey Manta hydration pack
• Spare Specialized presta valve tube
• North Face fleece
• Chewy granola bars
• iPhone
• Trader Joe’s Soft and Juicy dried fruits
• Crankbrothers multi-19” multi-tool • 3 tire changing levers • Tire pump
• 2-Canon 5D Mark III bodies • Canon 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens
Hal Burdick and Susan Horowitz's carry
• Canon 24-70 mm f/2.8 lens • Canon 50mm f/1.4 lens • Canon 100 mm f/2,8 • 2- Canon 550EX flashes
• Kleenex • Eye drops • Inhaler • SPF lipbalm
• Milk chocolate-covered espresso beans
• Chapstick
• Snickers bar
• Duct tape
"[Crochet hook] that’s how you get brides into those dresses.”
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“All you need to stay off the road.”
Dana Walenta's, of Vail, Colo., carry
• A spare Ziploc bag
Kisa Koenig, Driggs, (Sheepridge Trail)
• Photoflex LiteDisc circular light reflector
• Westcott Scrim Jim backdrop
• spare Canon batteries
• Mentos
• spare AA batteries
• Lipgloss
• iPhone
• Baby toys
• iPhone charger
• Crochet hook
• Lens cloth • Kleenex
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Hunting season opens, no guns necessary
earliest stages, the antler grows as cartilage covered in a highly vascular he gateway to public lands skin that supplies vital nutrients to the west of the continental divide living tissue. After fully developing, opened at midnight on May 1. the cartilage dies and forms a bone. Either for love of the outdoors or to The velvet is then shed by the animal hunt for natural treasure, for many, like rubbing their new extension on trees, the family of Teton County Commisrocks or like material. sioner Sid Kunz, the day has become In China, the velvet can be cola tradition. lected, dried and brewed into a tea or Elk shed hunting is underway, with stew for many medicinal benefits, most the National Elk Refuge in Jackson commonly as an aphrodisiac. It is said opening its roads to the many outto enhance endurance, treat impotence door enthusiasts who want access to and female infertility, improve blood Curtis Canyon and Flat Creek Roads circulation, muscle strength and menand other parts of the Bridger-Teton tal alertness. It is also revered for its National Forest that are ripe with antimmune stimulant, anti-inflammatory, lers shed from the winter. TVN Photo/Jason Suder anti-aging, metabolic, protective, and They begin when the land opens Teton County Commissioner Sid Kunz shows off the spoils of his 2014 elk rejuvenation effects, as well as being a to the public, walking or riding horses antler shed hunt. It is rare to find a matching set of antlers, and with prices possible tumor preventative. out into the wilderness then camping at record highs, Kunz could sell this set for over $300. Further, shed hunting can prove until first light. Spotlighting at night, a lucrative business venture. Jeremy said Kunz, makes it especially diffiSaxton of Wild West Designs in Jackas late as September of last year. cult. However, as soon as day breaks, the hunt son and Idaho Falls said that he was buying begins trekking through the forest until a shed antlers for a record $13 per pound, with elk and ating back as far as the Han Dynasty is stumbled upon. It becomes a race. It’s good mule deer sheds commonly weighing around 10 some 2,000 years ago, elk antler is highly fortune to find sheds after the first weekend pounds each. sought after for its medical benefits, sperush, but not impossible. Mark Gocke, Pub“You find a good 6-point elk antler, and it’s lic Information Specialist with the Wyoming cifically the velvety skin that falls from them. Game grow and shed antler annually. At the Game and Fish Department, found an antler Antlers continued on B10 Jason Suder TVN staff
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