Ask Dr J – Issue 228 – Blown tendons, torn toes, and a solid inkling
I grabbed a small pocket on a boulder and felt a pang in my forearm but kept climbing. I read your article…
Climbing Injury Library
Practical writing on injury prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation for climbers and adventure athletes.
Ask Dr J – Issue 220 – Stepping up snapped ankle tendon, lumbar bone spurs & bad discs
I snapped my peroneal retinaculum on my right ankle while high stepping four months ago and had surgery to repair it a…
Ask Dr J – Issue 219 – Bunions and rockshoes & does freezing make your fingers stronger?
I am developing a bunion on my right foot and it is increasingly painful to climb. I worry that my moderately aggressive…
Ask Dr J – Issue 216 – Ankle replacements and do-it-yourself medicine
I fractured my talus and have looked into the worst-case scenario—the death of the talus bone. My surgeon said if this happened,…
Ask Dr J – Issue 214 – Breaking bad – turning a talus into talus
So after nearly three decades of ice climbing, I finally got a little careless, screwed up and took a short groundfall catching…
Ask Dr J – Issue 204 – Talus trouble
I’ve just had microfracture treatment on an osteochondral fracture of the talus. Four weeks non-weight-bearing; possibly six. I am hoping to use…
Ask Dr J – Issue 192 – Ankle mayhem
Ankle Mayhem Recently I was working a boulder problem over and over with no success. Getting frustrated, I decided to try some…
Ankles Away
Ankles Away Climbing Doc Julian saunders gives the lowdown on boulders’ most injured joint Click here to download the pdf Highball atmospherics…