The Wilderness Medicine 101 series is back! In this new installment, Dr. Tony Islas is joined by Patagonia ambassador Carston Oliver to deep dive into common injuries for mountain bikers.
Dr. Islas and Carston will spend 45 minutes discussing common injuries that can plague all different levels of trail riders, including both prevention and how to treat these injuries if they occur. Packed with great information for all cyclists, both of our hosts will lend some great real-world experience and anecdotes about what they have encountered on the trail throughout their respective careers.
This will be a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A followed by a 10-minute bonus round for anyone interested in exploring more technical information.
This event is free and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams Live. The event can be accessed on a desktop computer or on a mobile device. If accessing via a mobile device, we recommend downloading the Microsoft Teams app ahead of time.
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Arthur (Tony) Islas is one of those guys that has an entire bowl of alphabet soup behind his name. To summarize - Tony is a physician and an educator. He is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Nevada - Reno (UNR). He is dual boarded in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and is currently the head team physician for the University of Nevada’s athletics program and is the Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship program there at UNR. Tonys’ career passion however is in Wilderness Medicine. He was the Medical Director for Guadalupe Mountains National Park and is currently the Medical Director for Great Basin National Park. He is the current/founding Director for the Wilderness Medicine Fellowship program at the University of Nevada-Reno. And lastly, he is an ex-president of the Wilderness Medical Society.
Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Carston straight-lined the bunny hill on his first run. From that point on, he was hooked. The cliffs of the Wasatch provided a comprehensive education, as he says, “in the fields of human kinematics and gravitational physics.”
One of the finest all-around skiers in the freeride scene, he also has spent his fair share of time on two wheels. Though he has never entered a bike race, he love's using the bike for fun and exploration regardless of the discipline. He does pretty much everything from riding dirt jumps and trail building here in Salt Lake; to super remote mountain-bike packing trips through big mountains like the Cordillera Real in the Andes or Zanskar in the Himalaya.