[Danny]

I dunno about you lot, but I seem to be forever injured, fingers and shoulders mainly.
I've got these ailments through bouldering and they prevent me from bouldering at full power, or even bouldering at all for long periods of time.
Its just a tad annoying, does bouldering fuck you up?

[vivahate]

ibuprofen

[dave]

yo Scouse, they're playing your song.

[Scouse D]

Fuck. I'm fucked all the time. I've injured all bar 3 tendons in my fingers(including one injury which i carried for 2 years), had fucked elbows and knees and torn across my sternum. Luckily I've recently broken a finger playing football which is allowing me to fully recover :roll:

[webbo]

at the present moment in time.i perform half an hour of exercises every morning just in order to get my body to work.however i seen to be adding to the list of exercises daily.

i'm waiting for the day when i finish my routine and its time for bed.

[dave]

touch wood up to now i've got off relativley lightly. the odd sprained ankle or twisted knee, odd elbow tweaks and a couple of mildly strained fingers about 4 years ago, but other than that OK. Its my skin that takes the most of the punishment really.

bad skin is fucking infuriating at times, and absolutley gutting at others, but at least it grows back. i suppose if i had to choose between bad skin and fucked tendons, then i'd be mand not to take the bad skin.

[Danny]

I'm currently dealing with one knackered tendon, one recovering tendon and a semi knackered shoulder thanks to some gastoning type lip move.
Also I've got a tip that keeps splitting, then healing up, then splitting again, any useful beta on dealin wiv it?

[Gad]

I can't climb for more than three days in a row without getting some serious prblems with the tendons in my elbows, which sidelines me for weeks! Mind you i am pretty stupid and try climbing through some times, which just fucks me up even more.

[r-man]

Hurray, lets talk about our injuries. Almost more fun than being able to climb. I wish. Goddamn injuries.

So I've got golfer's elbow and I thought it was nearly better. Then I climbed on it just a little at the weekend and now it hurts again. sheesh. I just want to be climbing home for christmas. Got to be the worst injury I've ever had.

Apart from when I broke my wrist when a rock came away in my hand and I decked out on a highball. The rock hit the mat though. But at least I knew I shouldn't be climbing whilst the cast was on, and I had a pretty definite recovery date.

My knee-cap has popped out a couple of times as well, when twsting my left leg into an egyptian. No long-term pain. But it kind of makes me a bit worried about pushing myself on sport or trad as the immediate consequences are:
1. A loud click.
2.A leg Spasm
3.A large amount of pain for 30secs, causing me to let go of the rock and
4.writhe around once I've hit the ground.

Bloody injuries.

[uptown]

Sports climbing is worse - I dislocated my shoulder on a 7b, and had to reverse the shouldery move at 50 foot to pop it back in!
Six months out and it's still not right today.
Dave's right with the skin ting - it's my biggest problem at the moment, but at least I haven't developed Dermatitis from using chalk - I know someone who did - how gutting would that be?

[Jim]

just got back from 3 crag day. cuts all over legs, grit rash up both forearms. thin skin on sweaty hand (reaching for stump cream), whole body aches (reaching for ibuprofen), no cuts on back of my hand (for a change), foot knuckle that sticks out of the hole in my boot cut to shreds.
Good day at the office

[moose]

Nowt major.. just niggles:
a dodgy knee, currently kept in abeyance by a tubigrip bandage and lightly frigged index fingers that, although knacked by climbing, hurt most when I pick stuff up or type too vigourously (pain when bent back and to the side).  Hopefully my two week layoff will do a number.

Coming to the conclusion that the combined effects of the best things in life (i.e. climbing and drinking) are windows into your old age - a future of aches, joint pains, poverty and mental impairment.... sweet!

[Fiend]

I voted for the middle one but actually I'm not so sure....

Climbing injuries:
Broken Heel from Charlies Overhang.

Vaguely climbing related stupidity injuries:
A2 injury climbing catching sharp jug on second day climbing down wall.
A2 re-injury several years later pulling on something tweaking down the wall.
Elbow injury attempting one arm lock off when cold.
Elbow re-injury doing weights after a bouldering session that made it feel a little tweaky.

Bouldering injuries:
My weak soft skin gets tenderised occasionally.

So. Ummm. I guess bouldering could be tweaky for me but generally it's the related nonsense that does it.

The most important thing I've found is to BE VIGILANT and don't do something stupid if it feels at all tweaky. All of my re-injuries were when I ignored warning signs and slightly tweaky feelings, and kept going and paid for it...

[perugolate]

my skins pish. get big flappers a plenty which have to be taped up. end up having partially mumified hands. sore upper back too when i do consecutive sessions. hurts like fuck when i breathe and walk downstairs. Sniff...

[Dutch Master Killa]

Danny i think just bouldering in wales fucks you up! The only two injuries i have ever had i got in wales.  I snapped a pulley on harvey oswald and then knackered a tendon or summat when me n andy were down for about six days running.  if you want further eveidence scouse lived in wales and he now has flid hands

[account_inactive]

Oh a favorite of mine at last .  Let check the list so far:

Crushed/scar tissued ulnar nerve subscapular (wrongly diagnosed as tendonitis of the elbow as that is where the pain was refered to)

2 Broken Legs, broken pelvis, shattered ankle and a dislocated shoulder.

The elbow sorted itself out when correctly diagnosed.  

The 2 broken legs are full of pins that only really effect my left knee when heel hooking.  Right ankle only moves abou 10 degrees and is shit when trying to slab climb but front points like a muther fooker.  Bonus

The dislocated/subluxing shoulder was operated on 3 months ago and is getting better as we speak.  My left arm has become really weak but I'm only going to start training it in the new year to give my protein bolts time to bite in :D

I'm not going to tempt fate by saying I'm injury free.  I have a dodgy stomach and my farts smell, like I have gardia or something  :fart:

[Fiend]

2 Broken Legs, broken pelvis, shattered ankle and a dislocated shoulder.

From bouldering? Jeez WTF were you doing, trying to tick an OTE highball article or something?!

[account_inactive]

I was spurt climbing in OZ.  Serves me right really

[Fiend]

Sport climbing? You mean the safe stuff with bolts and all*? Sheesh....




* Actually I've just remembered that "bolts and all" in Oz can mean "one carrot bolt every 8m which are all mechanically unsound and actually hard to loop and clip than placing natural gear"...

[account_inactive]

Its a long story that involves me being stupid and then looking at a 18m fall to the deck.  Who said that spurt climbing was safe :roll:

[Taxi]

Well thanks to being a midget ive managed to escape the dreded tendon injuries. Most of my biggies were got elsewhere, but were made worse by bouldering..... I can't help it :wink:
 I mainly trash my skin and land on the mat in various odd positions yell for a bit then realise it doesn't actually hurt that much, most poeple ignore me now bruises cuts and sprains.
 Most of my injuries are got walking between problems, im so uncoridinated on the floor but fine on rock??? Very odd.

[fatneck]

One of my favourite subjects!

Am currently recovering from some mad wrist ting (probably something to do with having broken my arm twice!) and elbow tendonitis madness which never gets better. :evil:
Luckily I have good skin and rarely get flappers, although trying to drink a hot cup of coffee back at the car after a day on the grit can be interesting!

[cofe]

scouse lived in wales and he now has flid hands

ha ha ha, scouse has got flid hands....