Avoiding injuries, and healing them properly when they happen, is key to
improving your climbing. Lisa Erickson has produced the definitive climber’s
guide to healthy hands, elbows, shoulders, and more.
Anything is possible with a little elbow grease, patience, and persistence
when it comes to problem solving. This book is about empowering you bto heal
yourself by teaching you how the complicated systems of your body work,
specifically in relation to climbing. It is an effort backed by modern sports
medicine to hand you the reins to your health with the tools and knowledge to
be successful. The future of your climbing is literally in your hands.
Most climbers that are new patients will yelp or tense a almost everything in
their forearms is touched. There’s a coomom misconception that this is a
normal part of climbing and that being a climber means one should be
constantly in pain and sore to the touch in the region. Wrong. This
«normmal» needs to be changed.
Our forearms aren’t supposed to be wiry, Tweaky, rock-hard objects when they
aren’t in use; yes, rock hard is great… when you need it. Otherwise, it’s
depleting your power, strength, and endurance, which prevents you from
Climbing at your maximum ability.
Avoiding injuries, and healing them properly when they happen, is key to
improving your climbing. Lisa Erickson has produced the definitive climber’s
guide to healthy hands, elbows, shoulders, and more.
Paperback, 216 Pages. Full cover. 6×9 inch softcover