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How to Avoid Injuries in Climbing (2 Top Tips!)

September 19, 2023·1 min read

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How to Avoid Injuries in Climbing (2 Top Tips!)

How do we avoid climbing injuries? James Walker (Sheffield Climbing Clinic) is here to share the two main strategies to avoiding injuries from climbing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MktMkQiPbk8

Together we explain how injuries can occur and how you can best mitigate them. Specifically, overuse injuries which most climbers are familiar with.

Getting injured while climbing can be SERIOUSLY frustrating because it stops us from doing our favourite sport.

If you are looking to progress, avoiding injury might be the number 1 hurdle. Because of its importance and the fact most climbers have experienced some form of injury, this video might be the most important topic to understand.

James Walker is a local physiotherapist and support to the GB climbing team.

SHEFFIELD CLIMBING CLINIC (Physiotherapist).

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