Sharp End Publishing One Move Too Many: How to Understand the Injuries and Overuse Syndromes of Rock Climbing
Sharp End Publishing "One Move Too Many: How to Understand the Injuries and Overuse Syndromes of Rock Climbing". By: Thomas Hochholzer & Volker Schoeffl & Sam Lightner, Jr.
Understand the stresses behind rock climbing injury and overuse before embarking on the journey to recovery.
Rock climbers exert unique stress on their bodies both while training and during the focus of a redpoint. The effort behind these precision moves exposes athletes to the risk of injury in the pursuit of better climbing. For those who’ve made one move too many, esteemed German sports medicine doctors Volker Schoeff and Thomas Hochholzer provide an in-depth examination of common climbing injuries, treatments, and prevention. From the mildest case of belayers neck to a complete finger pulley rupture, get the information you need to avoid injury or to get back on the rock as soon as possible.
Features
- Full color
- Common climbing injuries
- How to prevent injuries
- Treatments
