Part of the reason I was able to stay injury free throughout my skiing career was due to the support and advice of two of my mentors and supporters, Joy Backstrum and Katie Piraino of The Physical Therapy Place, LLC. They were able to pick up on my muscle imbalances and show me how I could work to fix them, which coincidentally helped me correct corresponding struggles in my skiing technique
From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.