Has injury prevented you from climbing harder? Whether you're a professional athlete or a novice climber, "Climb Injury-Free" is the guide that will teach you how to climb harder and pain-free.
The book features the "Rock Rehab Pyramid." A step-by-step rehabilitation and injury prevention system designed specifically for rock climbers. The goal of the four-phase system is to take you from the pain, inflammation and tissue overload stage to gain full mobility, strength and eventually pain-free climbing movement. Diagnosis, treat and prevent the most common climbing injuries. It provides injury advice with over 30 profiles from top professional climbers including Adam Ondra, Sasha DiGiulian Sean McColl, Jonathan Siegrist and many others. It also has "Dirtbag Tips" that teach you how to convert everyday items in your rucksack, workshop and house into rehab tools. Learn the system used by thousands of climbers to climb strong and injury-free.
It includes climbing specific protocols for:
- Neck Strain.
- Rotator Cuff Strain.
- Shoulder Impingement.
- Biceps Tendinopathy.
- Triceps Tendinopathy.
- Lateral Epicondylosis.
- Medial Epicondylosis.
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
- Pulley Sprain.
- Collateral Ligament Sprain.
- Median, Ulnar and Radial Nerve Injury.
Superbly illustrated throughout.
By Dr Jared Vagy DPT who has a good website
The Climbing Doctor with lots of useful tips and videos.
Quality card cover, 21cm x 15cm, 252 pages.
Published 2017.
ISBN: 978-0-692-83189-2