Book The Climbing Bible: Managing Injuries

Author - Stian Christophersen - is an internationally recognized climber who has competed and trained internationally; he is also a practicing physiotherapist with over 15 years of experience specializing in the treatment of climbing injuries.

The third bestselling   book in the Climbing Bible series describes the most common climbing injuries that the author often encounters in his clinical practice, and explores how they can be diagnosed, treated, and even prevented. It is written to be scientifically strong, yet simply presented, so that it can add significantly to the knowledge base that health professionals refer to when treating climbers, while being easily accessible to non-medical climbers.

The book is divided into three parts and contains anatomical illustrations along with photographs of exercises and actions. The first section provides a basic overview of factors that can influence injury and rehabilitation, such as sleep, training load, warm-up, age- and gender-related differences, and strength training.

The second section focuses on common injuries experienced by climbers, including elbow tendinopathy and hamstring tears, as well as growth plate injuries in young climbers and advice on how to prevent or prevent these common injuries.

And part three explores the fascinating topic of pain science, what it really means to feel pain and how we interpret and can influence our experience of pain.