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The Baby boomer hiker leg recovery-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
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The baby boomer hiker and aching Legs
I am an ultra marathon recovery specialist out in the wilds of Australia and I would love tocome out on your next hiking trip to look after your sore musclesBut unfortunately I can’t because I am busy writing
What do I do exactly?
I go to ultra marathon events (anything over 42.195kilometers (26miles 385yards) and look  after the muscles of the runners and walkers-when they get stiff, sore and fatigued I am there toput them back together and kick them out to do it all over againLooking after these people who run and walk for LOOOONG distances is quite a specialized job and needs quite specialized information on the way the body works and how it is affectedby being under pressure to perform on a consistent basis when it is pushed further than itexpects to goAs I will not be coming on you hike with you, I just thought I would share some of myexperiences and insights with you on how I deal with fatigue
Ultra marathon runners and walkers are group of athletes that suffer from similarproblems to the hiker
These are 2 people who have just been running for 3 days around a running track in allweathersThey suffer from sore feet, sore legs, swollen ankles, stiffness, wasted muscles, muscle cramps,tiredness, mental fatigue, restless legs, sore skin, night pains, muscle spasm, muscle wastage,swollen ankles, hyperthermia, hypothermia, temper tantrums, vomiting, food sensitivity,allergies, rashes, loss of judgementWhen they try to stand up again after their initial fatigue flop, they will find it mentally andphysically challenging due to the stiffness of muscles that will set in, and the pain from tryingto move them-fortunately they had me to help them do this with
Leg recovery using anenvironmentally friendly recoverysystem
 
The Baby boomer hiker leg recovery-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
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Leg fatigue in remote areas where there may be no help available, can be fatal and asthe legs are the only form of transport in and out of the area
Someone who has fatigue is open to a potential life threatening condition called hypothermia-in this condition, the body core temperature drops and it may be so low, it can’t be raised againwithout medical helpFatigue may have started through a simple blister altering the way of walking and putting extrastress on the muscles or they may have been the slowest walker in the group who had to usehaving to use up precious energy reserves trying to keep up
Conventional massage recovery systems
For the obvious reasons that they need massage oils, towels, massage tables and associatedequipment to be carried and used-it is not very practical to use on the trail when there aremuscle fatigue problems developingThese are the same reasons why it is not very practical to use at ultra marathon eventsAt the events I attend there is just only me to work for days straight, and looking after 40 oddcompetitors using conventional methods means I would not last too long before I wasexhausted
Unconventional Recovery
Recovery from stiffness and soreness and associated muscle fatigue is relatively easy once youaccept a number of ideas
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The body recovers itself-fingers working into the muscles don’t
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You can make the muscles work on themselves
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You do not have to have lots of equipment-just the knowledge on how to do this
 
The Baby boomer hiker leg recovery-Michael Gillan Ultra Marathon Recovery SpecialistCopyright 2008 Michael Gillan
 
http://seniors.aching-legs-relief.com/hiking_and_wilderness_fatigue.html 3The chair above next to the bottles is my working area at the 2007 Montreal 24 hour WorldChampionships where I looked after the Danish national teamI looked after the team and worked and slept on it-the airline had lost all my clothes and otherstuff-if I used conventional methods that would have been impossible to doAll you have to do is exchange the chair over to a rock somewhere and the baby boomer hikercan do the same thingHere I am giving a demonstration of leg recovery in Denmark usingLight Manual Muscle Relaxation
My working area at Antibes 6 Jour EventAching legs fatigued muscles and recovery
However the aching fatigued legs and muscles are developed whether you are a non-athlete outon a hike, or an athlete who runs around the world-everyone has the same thing in commonand that is how to recover quickly
The secret to leg recovery
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