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When American skier, Lindsey Vonn, injured her shin muscle it was reported part of her treatment was a home remedy of Topfen Curd cheese.

She wrapped her leg in Austrian topfen curd cheese – a product similar to cream cheese that’s mainly used for eating but reported to also bring down swelling. This sounds to me something similar to Ice treatment.

The speculation is topfen curd cheese has some anti inflammatory properties.

According to a Washington Post article several other U.S. Ski Team members have tried plastering the product on ailing body parts to speed recovery.

There is no scientific backing for the soft white cheese but it seems some people are using it and it is working!

written by Constantine Njeru \\ tags: American Skier, Body Parts, Cream Cheese, Curd Cheese, Home Remedy, Plastering, Shin Muscle, Ski Team, Speculation, Sports Injury Treatment, Team Members, Washington Post

Lindsey Vonn is the top draw athlete at 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia.Thats sports illustrated did the unusual and put her on the cover page on the 2010 Winter games edition.

Lindsey Vonn Ski Training

In a Wall street journal interview the American skier disclosed how she trains to win gold (s).

Lindsey Vonn trains six to eight hours a day, six days a week. Most days she gets in three hours of cardio, usually on a bike. In Austria her trainers have her do Tour de France–style hill rides up the Alps. Her strength workouts are heavily focused on building her core. Perhaps the most challenging requires her to balance on a tightrope in a squat position while throwing a medicine ball at different angles against a wall.

Read the rest of the interview at wsj magazine

written by Constantine Njeru \\ tags: 2010 Winter Games, Alps, American Skier, Angles, Cardio, Day Six, Eight Hours, Medicine Ball, Six Days, Ski Training, Sports Illustrated, Squat Position, Tightrope, Tour De France, Vancouver British Columbia, Vonn, Wall Street Journal, Winter Games, Workouts, Wsj