Blog Posts about Injuries
Nicholas Kuhl – Returning to Climbing After a Traumatic Back Injury
We talk a lot about how most climbing injuries are preventable. While this statement is definitely true, it pertains mostly to overuse injuries and doesn't account for the fact that climbing has some inherent dangers. Injuries that are the result [...]
The Climbing Doctor: Pulley Injuries Explained Part II
Pulley injuries happen. It's unfortunate, but somewhat unavoidable if you climb for long enough. Not too long ago we shared an article from Dr. Jared Vagys website, The Climbing Doctor, by Doctor of Physical Therapy Matt DeStefano. In this first [...]
Transcript Highlight: Dr. Jared Vagy on Muscle Activation Exercises
While we have definitely learned a lot about how to effectively train for climbing, from a sports science perspective, climbing is still far behind lots of other mainstream sports. We can't catch up overnight (research takes time!), but one of [...]
Climbing Magazine: 7 Stretches for Climbing Road Trips
If you're a dedicated climber, then you've almost definitely driven long distances to climb. While road trips are exciting and super fun, long periods in the car can leave you feeling stiff, sore, and ready for a rest day. But, [...]
Climbing Magazine: 10 Warm Up and Cool Down Stretches
Warming up properly and doing the necessary body maintenance work is the best way to prevent climbing injuries. An important part of both of these processes is stretching. However, we're not talking about the kind of stretches you learned growing [...]
The Climbing Doctor – The Role of Pain in Injuries
One of the most frustrating things in climbing is dealing with injuries. The only thing that can make this process worse is when an injury just seems to be getting worse despite taking time off of climbing to let it [...]
Rock Rehab Pyramid Videos
Climbing and training places a ton of repetitive strain on our bodies. Far too many climbers are continually suffering from injuries that make climbing painful, affect performance, and in the worst cases prevent them from climbing all together. It's with [...]
Hang Right – Part 3: Healing Nagging Finger Injuries
Finger tweaks: if you climb long enough, you've almost definitely had one. Let's face it. Injuring a finger sucks when it happens, but it sucks, even more, when months down the line you are still dealing with the same nagging [...]
Top 5 Injury Prevention Articles
Rock climbing and training for climbing is hard on our bodies. An unfortunate fact is that if you do it long enough chances are you are going to get injured. However, another fact is that through effective injury prevention work [...]
Wrist Pain – Conquer the Crux
Most climbing injuries are the result of overuse. While fingers, shoulders, and elbows are common culprits, our wrist are also susceptible. Luckily, wrist pain, as with all overuse injuries, is completely avoidable. To help you understand what causes wrist pain [...]