Trekking and health, the CAI talks about it on the slopes of Etna

Trekking, how to prepare and what positive effects:it will be discussed at the CAI conference organized on 30 September Nicolosi municipal conference centre, at the foot of Etna

BOLOGNA – It's called “Trekking” the national conference that the Central Medical Commission of the Italian Alpine Club, in collaboration with the Italian Society of Mountain Medicine and the Italian Society of Mountain Therapy, organizes Saturday 30 September at the foot of Etna, in the municipal conference center of Nicolosi, in the province of Catania.A theme, that of walking on mountain paths, which will be developed from different points of view, starting from physical and psychological preparation to tackle a multi-day excursion, such as those that can be undertaken along the stages of the Sentiero Italia Cai (to which a specific intervention will be dedicated).

With them over 120 participants expected, will be explored in depth the positive health effects of hiking, correct nutrition and the type of equipment to have with you for prevention purposes.Ample space will be dedicated to trekking for those with certain pathologies, disabilities or frailties, with the ways in which this activity can represent a rehabilitative, therapeutic and support tool for prevention and discomfort.

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“Appointments like those of Nicolosi have the aim of discussing information to obtain indications, guidelines and advice which, if followed, can allow an increasingly wider range of people to use the paths in reasonable safety, with benefits for everyone's health ”, says the general vice president of the Italian Alpine Club Laura Colombo.“As Cai we intend to put everyone in a position to enjoy the physical, physiological and psychological benefits ensured by walking immersed in the nature of mountain environments”.

The practice of trekking, "which allows you to combine physical activity with frequenting natural environments, is increasingly widespread due to the growing need of people to return to a simple life, to rediscover a dialogue with themselves, to consolidate or create new friendships but also just to 'feel fit'”, says the president of the CAI Central Medical Commission Carla D'Angelo.“From these premises we want to discuss, inside and outside the CAI, however share the potential of trekking activity with respect to prevention and health promotion and indicate the fundamental rules for safely tackling a multi-day hiking experience on long routes.We are convinced that walking on mountain paths improves people's psychophysical well-being."

The Nicolosi conference, aimed mainly at CAI members but open to all (free participation upon registration) therefore intends to represent an opportunity to acquire useful information thanks to the numerous interventions of the program, by the members of the central medical commission and the peripheral ones of the CAI and by members of the Italian Society of Mountain Medicine and the Italian Society of Mountain Therapy, with whom a section of the day is shared.