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BlogThe Climbing Doctor2024-03-18T13:06:17-07:00
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  • The Case for Taking a Break: The Benefits of Seasonality for Maximizing Climbing Performance and Sustaining Stoke

    Climbers often pride themselves on consistency, training year round in gyms, chasing progress outdoors, and pushing limits with little rest. But what if that nonstop approach is holding you back? […]

    September 10, 2025
  • Common Knee Injuries While Heel Hooking Diagnosis, Rehab, Prehab and More!

    Imagine you’re bouldering at the gym at the start of your session, slowly starting to build up the intensity. As you make your way over to the new set you […]

    August 27, 2025
  • Off-the-Wall Strength Training for Climbers: A Seasonal Framework

    It seems like a new “best hangboard protocol” or “best training plan” emerges every day, promising to be the missing piece of the puzzle to help you send harder. Unfortunately, […]

    August 20, 2025
  • Climbing with Shoulder Hypermobility

    Have you ever watched a climber contort themselves into seemingly impossible positions to reach the next hold? Their arms stretch out or cross over in ways that shouldn’t be possible, […]

    August 15, 2025
  • Recommendations for Rock Climbers Navigating Chronic Pain

    Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport that can often be accompanied by painful experiences. The hands and feet are subject to significant moment arms through their slender […]

    September 15, 2025
  • Core is Back

    My training plan used to look something like a form of aerobic warm up, climb as hard as I could with a little climbing skill practice sprinkled in and finish […]

    September 7, 2025
  • All In Your Head: Mental Practice and Visualization To Improve Climbing Performance

    Visualization and mental practice can significantly enhance climbing performance, tapping into the brain’s ability to reinforce neural pathways that contribute to motor learning, skill acquisition, and even movement precision. For […]

    August 15, 2025
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Evaluation & Management for the Rock Climber

    You’ve always been more flexible than those around you, maybe you grew up being referred to as “double-jointed”, you’ve got a mean hitch-hiker’s thumb, and most of those “difficult” yoga […]

    August 1, 2025
  • Considerations for Adaptive Climbing

    Although not often thought about, major amputations may occur from any outdoor recreational activities such as rock climbing. With any sport, there are risks; however, with rock climbing, a single […]

    July 15, 2025
  • Finger Training Recommendations After Pulley Injury

    You are finally at the end of your training cycle, months, or multiple weeks of weights, hangboarding and a lot of board climbing. You are ready to start the new […]

    July 7, 2025
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