Blog Posts about Injuries
3 Ways to Stay Sane When You’re Injured and Can’t Climb
Most climbers get injured at some point, and most climbers go through some mental and emotional turmoil when that happens. We lament the fact that we somehow did this to ourselves and that our bodies aren't strong enough to withstand [...]
A Physical Therapist’s Assessment of Neely’s Movement Patterns While Climbing and How They Relate with Injuries
A PT's Analysis of Neely's Movement While Climbing and How It Relates to Injuries This video and article were put together by Ross Bodine (Neely’s Physical Therapist). Ross Bodine, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT is a fellowship trained physical therapist that works [...]
Finger Pulley Injury Diagnoses and Rehab by Dr. Jared Vagy
How to Diagnose and Rehab a Finger Pulley Injury A pulley injury is the most common injury in rock climbers, accounting for over 40% percent of all climbing injuries. You know the feeling exactly when it happens. Maybe you [...]
Mechanics-Focused Climbing to Avoid and Rehabilitate Injuries
This article was written by Ross Bodine (Neely's Physical Therapist). Ross Bodine, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT is a fellowship trained physical therapist that works at Alta Physical Therapy and Pilates in Boulder, Colorado. He specializes in identifying and correcting aberrant movement [...]
Tyler Nelson’s Climbing Injury Prevention Program
Hangboard Workshop January 11th, 2022 Just a little announcement for you... Alex Stiger is teaching a live Hangboarding Workshop for Climbers on Tuesday, January 11th at 6-7:30pm Mountain Standard Time for just $39. In it, you'll learn all about [...]
Benefits of Strengthening the Posterior Chain in Climbers (+ Video)
Benefits of Strengthening the Posterior Chain in Climbers (+ Video) By Dr. Evan Ingerson and Alex Stiger This article is for the climbers who seem to go from one injury to the next... to the next. If you’ve spent days' [...]
The Knowledge Quest with Sam Elias and Esther Smith
Climbing injuries happen. While we can be proactive with our prevention and follow a well-designed training program, if you climb long enough, you're going to deal with an injury. Whether it's a shoulder, elbow, or finger injury, you're going to [...]
Esther Smith and BD Beta Videos
With all the information and videos out there, it can be hard to separate the good advice from the bad. Our best advice for the self-coached climber is to be critical of the source and heed the advice of true [...]
Transcript Highlight: Dr. Jared Vagy on The Frequency of Injury Prevention Exercises
Injuries suck. Not only do they prevent us from climbing in the short term, but they de-rail long term progress by forcing us to spend seasons on the couch rather than at the crag becoming better and stronger climbers. It's [...]
The Climbing Doctor: Finger Pulley Strains
Climbing is hard on our fingers. No matter how careful you are or how diligently you train your fingers, finger tweaks can happen. Finger pulley strains are by far the most common of these, but that doesn't mean we just [...]