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Hi everyone. Wondering if anyone has any insight on my situation. I was climbing and i basically did a dyno to a three finger drag, heard a pop, then had pain in the palm of my hand below my ring finger and extending into my forearm. This happened only a couple hours ago. I’m scared that this is my first major injury after climbing for about 4 years. I don’t see any swelling yet. It’s strange, not my ring finger itself hurts, but like the ligament in my palm connected to the ring finger and into my forearm. So i don’t think it’s a pulley injury because it’s not my finger? I saw online it could be something called a lumbrical strain? It hurts to fully stretch my fingers out and it hurts to make a fist. Anyone ever experience this? Or know how long it takes to heal? I will see a doctor if it lasts a long time. Will definitely not be climbing for a while.

i just got my firat pair of shoes (scarpa quantix sf) and im trying ti figure out how to break them in. right now im just wearing them around the house with socks but is there a faster way?

Whenever I think about bouldering, my hands instantly start to sweat. Even just having a minor thought about a climb or move and I feel my hands sweating 0.1 seconds later. Wondering if anyone else has the same thing happen to them

As the title suggests, I have a pair of brand new Drago LV that I’m looking to sell or trade. The shoes are brand new unworn, still have the tags on them. Size is 40.5

Looking to sell for $180 OBO or trade for instinct LV size 40.5

I’m located in NJ/NY so any locals I’m willing to meet up.

Im a fairly new climber whos schedule is currently climbing 3-4 times a week along with weightlifting 2 times a week on separate days. When I first started climbing I was really excited so I would go 6 times a week and I didn’t feel debilitating side effects (yet). I started to get sore fingers so that’s when I decided to tone down my climbing. I also include a break between every climbing day so that my fingers can heal up (at least I’d hope). It’s just with my current schedule why is it that even when I feel rested my climbing days are either really bad or really good. Sometimes my finger endurance and strength would be WAY worse than it usually is. This specifically applies to crimpy or fingery(?) climbs that I’ve done easy before, it would feel very difficult and sometimes I can’t complete it. Then I’ll come in on a different day and it’s back to easy again and I feel really good on those climbs. I work out just as hard lifting weights as I do climb and maybe that is affecting the consistency of my climbing days. Should I structure each climbing day differently? Is it normal to consistently to have bad days and come back again with improvement? Atp idek but im open to criticism and changes I may need to do. Thank You!

Started bouldering around 3 months ago and have been very consistent, going about 2-3 times a week and can climb at a v5-6 level. Recently my finger tips have lost all there skin and I can't climb. Does anyone know how I can fix this issue? Besides using tape??

5 months after I started indoor bouldering, I slipped from the top of the wall and landed on my bent right foot. I sprained my ankle pretty badly and couldn’t walk for a month. Worst physical pain I ever felt in my life..

I took a 3 month break, and now I’m back doing easy grades… but now I find myself trembling when I’m on the wall because I really don’t want to fall. I want to go back to climbing so bad but I can’t even imagine falling or jumping down, I have to climb down every time.

I’ve become hyperaware that one wrong fall can cause me to sprain myself in the same spot. I now have a hard time trusting myself with falling properly.

Has this happened to anyone else here? I would really appreciate tips on practicing falling, how to avoid further injury, etc. Tysm in advance.

EDIT: thank you so much for everyone who took the time to reply. The people around me just said “it will heal in a month”, not even thinking how severe my injury and pain level was. I brushed my injury off as bad luck and just waited to heal without even getting checked up with a PT or orthopedic. It’s been almost 4 months and I’m still not fully healed. So hearing from others who experienced the same thing is so encouraging and validating. I read everyone’s replies and they are all so helpful. It also pushed me to get a proper checkup soon. Thank you.

I’ve been climbing for over a month (started Dec 7th, 2024) and I am satisfied with the progress I’ve made so far. I can flash V4’s and i can send v5-v7 with good difficulty. I have a background in powerlifting and bodybuilding so I think I have a good foundation in being powerful. I really like to do pinches, slopers, and climbs that need strong pulling. But I know I lack behind in finger strength. Tendons don’t develop in strength as easy as muscles from what im told. I’ve started hangboarding but I also want to incorporate specific board training. I do the kilter at least once a week and I’ve seen good progress. I have a grasshopper board within my area as well and im wondering if I should consider doing that as well? Along with hangboarding, should I do the kilter or grasshopper board more frequently?

Hi! My name's Calvin and I'm looking to help people (nearby London) improve at climbing where they need or want to 🧗🔥 Whether it be about technique, strength, fun or safety, I've picked up some very useful tips!

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I watched Magnus Midtbø's new video where he flashed a boulder problem but climbed it again because he thought he had "cheated" by using a beta not intented by route setters. I have heard this phrase being used every now and then. However, I completely fail to understand this attitude. I get a huge satisfaction if I manage to pull out an unexpected way to solve the boulder problem. In my mind I give myself extra points for such feats. Beta breaking is my thing, and it is up to route setters to make problems hard to "crack"!

I started climbing two days ago (not including my session td), and have mostly been focused on bouldering with like 5.6-5.7 top ropes as a warmup.

Ive been hitting V3s pretty consistently and just got 2 V4 projects done.

Where am I at on progression? Should I be moving along faster if I have a pretty ideal bodytupe for climbing?

I'm new to bouldering (couple of months in) and whilst I've done a lot of practice falling /intentional falling, yesterday I had my first experience of full on accidentally falling right from the top of the wall. It was a huge relief to realise it's not all that bad - nothing terrible happened, I wasn't humiliated, I didn't hurt myself badly (bit winded/shocked!), i did feel my teeth clunk together, but luckily that was the worst of it in the moment... but I have woken up this morning with a really stiff neck and upper back that feels a bit like whiplash. I assume this is from the fall? Is this normal? Does this always happen or might my body get used to falling over time? Any advice?

Two weeks ago I think I heavily sprained or slightly tore my meniscus. Straight after I could barely walk on it. That day and the next day it was hard to walk on. By about day 4 it was ok to walk on but with a slight limp. After day 7 I can walk on it fine but every now and again it will hurt until it clicks and then it doesn't hurt anymore.

It's around two weeks now but it's still like that. Generally fine but then randomly hurts, then clicks, then fine. Sometimes I'll be walking fine and then it will have a real sharp pain, then later click, then fine.

I tried climbing yesterday and it was fine. No major climbs, no rock overs, no jumping down. I assume if it doesn't hurt then it's good to do? If anything I imagine using it is good for it?

Has anyone had what sounds like a similar injury and if so how long until it went back to normal?

Hey there guys, I have been climbing for a couple of months at this point. I have a pretty solid fitness background doing calisthenics/boxing/lifting weights. I'm climbing around v4-5 now and I encounter more and more crimps on the way. Full-crimp feels more natural for me and I feel stronger with it, but I heard a lot of juju about avoiding full-crimping as a noob. I would love to hear what you guys have to say. Thanks!!

Hi, I've been climbing for a few months and I'm looking to buy my first pair of climbing shoes (indoors). I'm currently climbing V4-V6, so I'm looking for something that won't wear out too quickly but is also good as I progress. I understand that the best shoe is the one that fits your foot best, but I was hoping for some specific model recommendations so I can test them out and see what works for me. Thanks!

in my gym i can do most V2 and some V3 on slab and on the straight wall but on overhang i can hardly do a V1. Any ideea of exercises of tehnique that i can try? Thanks :))