The shoulder blade (or scapula) is a triangular-shaped bone that you can find in the upper back. It is supported and surrounded by a complex muscle system that allows you to freely move your arms. However, if your shoulder blades get injured or stiff, it often limits your ability to use...
When you’re moving your arm around (especially above your head) and feel like it gets pinched, that’s called impingement. It’s a common reason for shoulder pain. It’s when a band of tissue inside your shoulder rubs on a nearby bone and tissue when you move your arm. In...
Climbers tend to have many concerns about different types of injuries related to climbing. Climbing has become a popular professional sport in different parts of the world and with this, there is a rise in the incidents of sports-related injuries. One thing that concerns climbers is the feeling...
Bending your fingers in the wrong direction or bending them too far can cause injury. This is very common for climbers. It might be so difficult for them to move their injured finger due to the intense pain they experience. So if you also go through with this injury right now, including any thumb...
Having healthy cartilage allows your bones to glide over one another smoothly. It will serve to protect your bones by preventing them from rubbing against each other which causes pain. When you have healthy joints, you are free to walk, run, jump, and do things that you like. In this blog post,...
As mentioned in the previous blogs, PIP refers to the Proximal Interphalangeal joint. Usually, the PIP is the one that gets injured, but it does not mean that your Distal Interphalangeal Joint (DIP) will never get any injuries. The reason why the PIP generally takes the brunt of the stress is...
Whenever a climber approaches me with concerns about a finger injury, they always say it is a pulley injury. But, there's no way you can know that by just looking at your finger. Please understand that there are multiple finger injuries associated with climbing, and in this blog, we’re...
In this blog article, we’re going to talk about trigger finger and PIP capsulitis. It's very important to understand these two so that you know how to deal with them and, as much as possible, avoid them on your next climbing trip.
What is Trigger Finger?
Trigger finger is also...
In this blog article, we are going to answer a question from one of our friends, Daniel. He asks, how can you heal capsulitis? He was talking specifically about his DIP joints. But I'm just going to talk about the IP joints which include both the DIP and PIP joints.
If you look at...
One of the goals of the climbers is to avoid anything that may cause them injuries so that they can enjoy climbing to the best of their ability. So in this blog article, we're going to talk about how to avoid finger injuries.
It's important to know how people used to get injured or what...
In this blog article, we’re going to answer two questions from our friends. The first one is why stiffness is delayed through the fingers and the second question is how can you age gracefully while climbing. So to answer these questions, let’s get into the details.
The Important...
As climbers, finger injuries tend to be the most common injury we see. We rely on our grips and finger holds to maneuver us on our routes. This is why it is SO important to maintain strength and mobility even in our wrists and fingers. Most of these finger injuries stem from the...
