Ask Dr J – Issue 256 – The curse of lumpy
INJURY I was climbing and suffered a similar injury in the palm of each hand beneath my ring fingers. The injury felt…
Climbing Injury Library
Practical writing on injury prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation for climbers and adventure athletes.
Ask Dr J – Issue 225 – Bad to the bone busted hand and a heart for climbing
I was climbing a vertical face in the Grampians, and the crux move was a dyno. I missed, and fell awkwardly, impacting…
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 217 – Exploded shoulders and finger cysts
** I dislocated my shoulder over the summer and was forced to take a hiatus from climbing. After three months of physical…
Pop goes the finger – pulley and meniscus injuries
I was bouldering and I suddenly weighted a two-finger hold with my left hand. I felt something in my ring finger and…
Ask Dr J – Issue 213 – Bulging discs, tingling fingers and hellacious pain
For the past few months, I have had pain on the posterior aspect of the PIP joint of my ring finger. I…
Ask Dr J – Issue 205 – Nerve tension, stressed out fingers, shoulder pain?
About 10 days ago I noticed numbness in my left-hand pinky, and a bit in my ring finger. I thought I had…
Stressed Out Fingers
Dr. J takes a look at climbing’s most under diagnosed injury: finger stress fractures. Click here to download the PDF You might…