A Guide to Your Torn Shoulder Labrum Recovery
What to Expect from Your Shoulder Labrum Surgery Recovery What is a SLAP Tear aka a Shoulder Labrum Tear? Having a shoulder injury is stressful enough but when you start…
Preventing Injuries in Youth Rock Climbing
Youth rock climbing is on the rise! Who are all these little crushers all over the climbing walls? Youth climbing has grown significantly over the last decade and with the…
Common Climbing Elbow Injuries and How to Treat Them
Why Won’t This Elbow Pain Just Go Away? Causes of climbing elbow injuries When we are climbing there are (typically) just two points of contact between the wall and yourself:…
Common Climbing Shoulder Injuries and How to Treat Them
4 Exercises to Get Your Shoulder Ready For Fall Common climbing shoulder injuries Our shoulders are a pretty amazing joint; they allow for movement in nearly any plane. Due to…
Common Route Setting Injuries and How to Prevent Them
Route Setter or Industrial Athlete? Route setting has developed in to a highly demanding career in recent years, as worldwide we have seen an explosion in indoor climbing facilities. According…
Best Hangboard Workout For Finger Strength and Rehab
Why Should I Do A Hangboard Workout? No Substitute For Strong Fingers In short: there’s no replacing finger strength. Even if you’ve been training core, arms and shoulders; can hold…
Pulley Injury Protection, Rehab, and Prevention Online Virtual Workshop
Join Physical Therapists Mitch Owens and Shannon Russell along side Dr. Winston Warme, head of University of Washington's Orthopedic Surgery team and creator of The SPOrt ™ tendon brace as…
5 Tips for a Great Backpacking Pack Fit
Let’s start out by saying, we have all been there…you know the 1 hour into the trail and the weird pressure points and pains start to make their way onto…
Climbing Finger Pulley Injury
Rehab and Splint Applications What is a Pulley Injury from Rock Climbing? Pulleys in our fingers act much like the eyelets on a fishing rod. They work to keep the…
Late To The Party: Climbing Hard-ish While Starting as an Adult
A PT’s Perspective On Training Who Is This Guy? What began as a summertime diversion until the next snowboard season has turned into a full blown passion. I didn’t start…