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Sprinng snow Les Gets

For those coming at Easter to Les Gets, good news, we have had fresh snow. With temperatures of 32dgs on our balcony (in the sun of course) last Wednesday, to 0dgrs another 30cm of new snow over yesterday and today, you could say spring snow conditions. A bit heavy, prime for avalanches, but [...]

Spring snow Continued

A quick reminder, if you are unfortunate enough to twist a knee or back in the soft snow, please contact me, there are lots of things I can do to help ease/protect, in order to be able to ski a bit longer, (Text me on the above no. anytime, to save your credit).

Spring Snow

To all those out there coming soon to Les Gets, its near spring, the snow is turning to spring snow, i.e crispy the morning soft at lunch, a bit mush after lunch and sugary in the evening! Can you believe all the different types, so take care of your knees, remember especially first thing [...]

Off piste!

In continuation to my previous post on the risk of avalanches.
Please take care when on the piste or off piste. You should know the signs of danger marked on the piste, for example the flag for avalanche is yellow and black squares and is usually at the bottom of the pistes nr the [...]

Snow Transforming

Perhaps you are one of the lucky ones coming this week to Les Gets/Morzine area for a ski holiday. It is currently snowing again, however, we have had one or two days of mild weather as a result the snow is transforming and heavy in places, take care of your knees and get some [...]

School Holidays are here for some

Well the begining of February is the start of some school holidays, especially the North of France.
Conditions are great with a fresh 40cm having fallen over the past days and more due this week.
A word of warning if you are out there there are lots of different snow types just now, having been mild, cold, [...]

Soft Tissue Injuries

Just a note when you are here and perhaps have an injury, remember there is research to prove that soft tissue injuries (eg ligaments, muscles, tendons etc), are healed much quicker, the quicker you have physio…. research to prove!…http://www.iscp.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=577&Itemid=483 so if no one suggests physio for you give me a call on 00 33 [...]

Snow types

If you are about to ski in and around Les Gets, for those of you maybe not so experienced and the experienced, remember that the Eskimos have I think 26 words for “snow”! In otherwords there are so many different textures/types of snow, with varying temperatures you can have a change in snow from [...]

Sports Massages

I have recently had a lot of sports massages to do and two questions come into mind; firstly, why to people think a sports massage which does not cause a huge amount of pain is not effective? Secondly, why do people ask for deep as possible massages (with pain it seems)?
I am [...]

Powder here

Just a wee note of warming up and taking care. The powder is here in Les Gets, however, the beginning of the season. A word of warning, even those of you young things, take a moment to warm up those ligaments, knees, hips, backs in order to avoid simple sprains which can [...]

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