Hypermobility: Strength or Weakness?
How many of us have read an article online, received a pop-up ad on the computer, or even been told by a doctor that we need to stretch more? Odds are, probably most of the [...]
Elite Climbers: Your Iceberg Profile and Why It Matters
Climbing, to no one’s surprise, is hard. However, more people are drawn to sport climbing and bouldering than ever before. Climbing itself is not new to the realm of sports; in fact its origins date [...]
Wired to Climb Applying Motor Learning Principles to Rock Climbing Progression
Rock climbing, a sport defined by complex movements, physical strength, and mental resilience, exemplifies the intricacies of motor learning in real-time application. Elite climber Nathaniel Coleman vividly illustrates these complexities in his experience with [...]
Therapeutic Climbing: A Pediatric Top-Rope Rock Climbing Program for Sensory Integration Through Social Prescribing
Introduction to Sensory Integration Sensory Integration (SI) is a theory and model developed by Jane Aryes in 1972. It gives name to neurological processes that determine how the brain organizes, interprets, and deciphers [...]
Injury Prevention for Routesetters
Routesetters are an integral part of the indoor climbing community. Without them, we wouldn’t have fun, quality routes and problems to climb, and we’d eventually get a bit tired of climbing the same things [...]
Jedi Mind Tricks for Recovering from Injury Better, and Faster
Recently in my journey pursuing my doctorate in physical therapy, I’ve explored the idea of “contextual factors in healing”, the unwritten, often underemphasized components of recovery from injury that carry surprising weight. In the [...]