Morning stiffness comes with an urgency to move, but also a hesitation to move and cause more pain. On other mornings, I wake with mild-to-

As it turns out, hiking as a form of exercise has a lot more to offer than indoor exercise routines. So how does hiking affect your overall

San Pedro Parks Wilderness is this lush, green 40,000+ acre wilderness area within the Santa Fe National Forest. The wilderness is named for

When I don’t get enough sleep at night my body immediately lets me know with more than just tiredness.

Even in the high-elevation desert around Albuquerque, it’s not wise to be hiking out in an open, unshaded area during the summer months

Chronic pain, unlike acute pain caused by short-term illness or injury, cannot easily be rested, iced, and medicated away either.

The Las Conchas trail weaves closely along the river with multiple shaky wooden bridges for trail crossings, surrounded by strips of grassy

All of our conditions are intensified by simply doing too much, which presents a challenge for any vacation, but especially Vegas.

From up here, we could observe the wilderness area around us, the line of the mountains reaching south past the city boundaries, and the web

It's vital to discuss the fallacies we run into when searching for information and the barriers we hit when seeking medical advice.

So what do we do, now that our outdoor adventures for 2020 and the foreseeable future are in limbo?

This landscape that I see, framed by limbs and pine needles, may look radically different in years to come--not the geology of it, but...

Before I received my directives to stay home, and even to a lesser-extent now, I worry about how my risk during the pandemic

As I write, most of us living are under strict social distancing and stay-at-home ordinances. While these measures are absolutely necessary

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an immune-mediated rheumatic disease that causes inflammation, pain, fatigue, stiffness and lack of mobility,

While your doctor is certainly the medical professional in the room, you’re the one with the most at stake when making medical and

But from the north, the mountains look slightly less abrupt as the juniper and pinion-covered foothills ease toward the crest and the crest

Our planet will most likely outlive the impacts of the Anthropocene, though what remains may be completely unrecognizable to us.

Joint pain and inflammation worse in the cold? Find creative ways to reduce cold-weather joint pain and stay active during the winter!

At most points along this drive it’s not visibly obvious that the edge of the McCarty lava field is only feet away, since sage brush and

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis? What does the diagnosis mean for you? You are your best advocate--arm yourself with information!

In other words, there’s a wealth of blogs and online resources for the skilled and able hiker, but there’s markedly less out there for those

Albuquerque is a growing city, but in a way it still carries on the legacy left behind by the author and environmentalist Aldo Leopold.

Instead of resolutions, set goals to do more of the good things from the year before. Read my outdoor goals for 2020.