5280 Magazine – August 2019

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WELLNESS

Get Well

Sooner

Colorado boasts almost 40,000

miles of trails, and by the time

August arrives, your body feels

like it’s hiked them all. Instead

of squandering what’s left of

the season parked on the couch

nursing your adventure-related

aches and pains, recover from

your summer and get back in the

wild by employing these Front

Range fixes. —RACHEL WALKER

The Cryosleeve, a col-

laboration between Denver

companies Recoup Fitness

and Boa Technology.

It features a silicon-based

cooling gel pack on the

inside and a neoprene and

Lycra exterior that can

stretch over any limb.

$89, recoupfitness.com

Hurt your knee running the

16-mile Pikes Peak Greenway

Trail in Colorado Springs

It simultaneously com-

presses and ices your

injured limb, alleviating

swelling caused by strains,

sprains, and pesky shin

splints all while bracing the

joint to prevent twisting your

knee again while it’s heal-

ing. Just chill the sleeve in

the freezer for two hours or

more to get about an hour’s

worth of icy relief.

A MuscleHealth analysis,

an ultrasound technique

that measures glycogen,

the substance that stores

energy-giving carbohydrates,

developed by Denver

company MuscleSound.

Price varies according to

provider, musclesound.com

Feel sluggish more than a

week after climbing in

Eldorado Canyon State Park

The method—offered at

sports medicine centers such

as Denver’s Action Spine

& Sports and used by the

Colorado Rockies—provides

you with a full-body analysis.

Essentially, it lets you know

when your muscles are too

tired for adventuring and

you should skip that upcom-

ing fourteener to rest and

avoid injury.

Moon Mother Hemp

Co.’s Heal All CBD Skin

Balm, which uses CBD from

Boulder-grown hemp as

well as natural goodies such

as jojoba oil, Saint-John’s-

wort, calendula, and tea

tree oil. $35 per ounce,

moonmotherhemp.com

Crisp your skin during a

cloudless day of white-water

rafting on the Arkansas River

Cannabidiol, more

commonly known as CBD,

has been shown to treat

pain, taking some sting

out of your lobster-y hue.

Plus, the botanicals in this

made-in-Boulder lotion

(find it at pharmacies and

apothecaries) purportedly

hydrate the skin to speed

up healing.

IF YOU...

Basis, a recovery drink made

by Denver residents using

a hydration technique

pioneered by the World

Health Organization:

water bolstered by added

electrolytes, such as potas-

sium, that help the body

absorb moisture. $30 per

12-pack, drinkbasis.com

Go hiking at Mesa Verde

National Park on a scorch-

ing 95-degree afternoon

Exhaling expels water

from the body, so when

you’re gasping for breath in

Colorado’s high-elevation

air, dehydration can hap-

pen like that. You might

be tempted to turn to Ga-

torade, but Basis contains

more electrolytes and gets

its taste from natural sweet-

eners instead of artificial

ones. In other words, bring

on the heat.

THEN TRY...

BECAUSE...

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