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keith_b00ne
Nov 15, 2004, 4:31 PM
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I want to know what type of climbing injuries people are getting in a consolidated forum. Please post your injuries. Thanks, Keith
Years Climbing: 1
Injuries: None, except mild muscle strains.
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sauron
Nov 15, 2004, 4:48 PM
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Climbing since Sept 2001.
Injuries:
Various amounts of missing skin all over legs, ranging up to 2-3 sq in patches.
3rd degree sprained left ankle, falling 15' from blowing a bouldering dyno
Dislocated right patella, bouldering 40' off the ground
I'm sure there's other more spectacular injuries...
- d.
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dingus
Nov 15, 2004, 4:56 PM
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Only injuries that were 'serious' enough to impact my climbing:
Chronic tendon problems in both elbows.
Reduced left wrist motion range, prone to inflammation and sprain.
Ring and middle fingers, left hand, permanently damaged and disfigured and prone to further injury (over-use injuries)
Ring finger, right hand, permanent lump just below knuckle.
Torn ligaments in palm of right hand (more than a year to fully heal - perhaps the most vexing injury I ever sustained, self inflicted while TRAINING!)
Sprained clavicle (bouldering, fell on my ass and sprained my clavicle doing it.... does that mean my head is up my ass???)
Rotator cuff issues
Badly bruised both heels (VERY painful and lingering too!)
Puncture wounds from crampons
Broken right leg
Broken left ankle
Broken left wrist
Crushed left calf muscle
Various sprained ankles (more than I care to count)
Lacerations, cuts, contusions and knocks on the head
Frost nip
At least half a billion brain cells from high altitude headaches and such
Bad sunburn
Various aches, pains and bruises
Lots of blisters
Hyperextended knee
If I include ski mountaineering I can also throw in 2 thumb sprains
A few more ankle injuries
And a few more cuts
Nothing too serious, on balance. But clearly this sport is KILLING ME!
DMT
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cerikpete
Nov 15, 2004, 5:27 PM
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Years climbing: 2
Injuries: Fractured skull, sprained ankle
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oldsalt
Nov 15, 2004, 5:50 PM
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Knock wood.
Going on 2 years...
3" rope burn inside right elbow during lead climbing test.
20" (total) rope burns inside right knee the next day while practicing leading. Making progress if 7 times as much burn is progress.
Minor tendon soreness requiring 4 days of rest.
Rub rabbit's foot.
Arthritis gets painful after each of 3 treks up Mt. Yonah (about 3 miles with net altitude change about 1000' each way). I guess self-inflicted aches don't count.
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maculated
Nov 15, 2004, 5:57 PM
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4 Years:
Dislocated shoulder
Torn rotator cuff
Torn tendon
Dislocated knee (2x)
Broken patella
Sprained ankle (3x)
Weeeeee . . . I have bad joints!!
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dlintz
Nov 15, 2004, 6:00 PM
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7 years of climbing has yielded:
flappers
a few sprained fingers
a bruised heel (no pad, peeled off a boulder from 12 feet and landed on an egg sized rock)
I must not climb enough. :P
d.
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basecamp
Nov 15, 2004, 6:09 PM
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Climbing since 1997 and thankfully nothing serious. A few sprained ankles, some pulled muscles, thousands of minor scratches and cuts (primarily on the hands and lower legs.) Granite takes a bite out of somebody like nothing else, but quartzite edges cut deep!!!
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holmeslovesguinness
Nov 15, 2004, 6:15 PM
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Climbing for about 6 years:
- gnarly rope burn on back of leg
- sprained ankle
- tweaked shoulder
- compound fracture of pride, crushed ego
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slobmonster
Nov 15, 2004, 7:11 PM
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Climbing since 1992
-cracked ribs, pulled an ice climb down, with me on it
-Dupuytrens Contracture, L palm and R pinky
-majorly twisted R ankle, 25 foot fall
-hole in shin, broken hold
-mild, chronic tendonitis
-shoulder tweaks, all the time...
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pt
Nov 15, 2004, 7:25 PM
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24 years climbing;
2 broken ankles (at the same time!)
1 dislocated shoulder
lateral epicondylitis
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tavs
Nov 15, 2004, 7:38 PM
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8 years climbing:
-currently nursing a second degree ankle sprain (indoor bouldering fall--ARGH!!)
-chronic mid-back problems (severely reduced range of motion in T2-T8 vertebrae, probably genetic, probably had it my whole life, climbing hard and often makes it much worse)
-one permanently swollen knuckle from unknown climbing injury, occasionally painful
I consider myself lucky.
For all those with brusied heels from bouldering falls, consider yourselves lucky too. My boyfriend fell about 8 feet, landed toes on pad, heel off. Result was a split in half and shattered heel.
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keith_b00ne
Nov 15, 2004, 8:17 PM
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What can they do for a fractured heel?
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headchop
Nov 15, 2004, 8:30 PM
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3 years
Injuries:
- chronic tendonitis - both elbows,
- torn rotator cuff - right shoulder,
- triangular fibrocartilage tear - right wrist,
- torn tendon - right hard/arm (8+ weeks off),
- many cuts/scrapes/bruises.
I'm also quite adept at blowing off crimps and shredding my knuckles.
Good times.
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chupa
Nov 15, 2004, 8:32 PM
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Bruised ego
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floridaputz
Nov 15, 2004, 8:50 PM
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Climbing since 1976,
Broken metatarsal (left foot) result of 60 ft leader fall whenI came back into the wall.
2nd degree rope burn on right calf, leader fall with rope tangled up with my leg.
Cronic left elbow tendonitis
I have an artificial tendon in my left hand ring finger, screwed to finger tip and attached to real tendon in my wrist. (Rugby injury)
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joshy8200
Nov 15, 2004, 9:02 PM
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Broke a chunk of rock bouldering that fell on my knee=13 stitches
Screw bouldering...the vast majority of folks that I know that have acute (constantly getting ankle sprains) and chronic injuries (elbows, shoulders, and fingers screwed up) boulder all the time.
Know you limits, Climb Smart.
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tavs
Nov 16, 2004, 6:37 PM
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In reply to: What can they do for a fractured heel?
Depends. In his case, the calcaneous (heel bone) was split partially in half (basically a wedge from the back of his heel bone in) and the bottom section was in many pieces. It was that bottom section that was the real concern. He was lucky, in that he didn't put ANY weight on it from the time it happened, so when he saw the surgeon a week later, the pieces of the bottom section had stayed in their normal places, so he got away without surgery. He was instructed not to put any weight on it for about three months, then was in a walking boot for another couple of months.
Had he been unlucky, he would have needed surgery to put the bottom section back together.
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static_climber
Dec 7, 2004, 6:00 PM
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climbing for 12 years but mostly off until 3 years ago
injursts
2 wrist surgurys one on both wrist tenosinavice (Sp)
7 broken ribs
broken shoulder
broken toes all of them at diffent times.
broken fingers 3 of them at diffent times
lots of missing skin of my fingers
lots of brusing of stuff.
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cliffmonkey2003
Dec 7, 2004, 6:16 PM
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Climbing for 4 or 5 years.
Tendonitis in both elbows,
Bruised right heel,
A few flappers,
and big scratch down to the bone, with rocks having to be cleaned out of the bone on my left elbow (not really sure what kind of break it is called, but the rock ground down some of the bone as I fell).
Not too bad for 4 or 5 years really.
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livingtheedge
Dec 7, 2004, 6:23 PM
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1) Grade 1 AC Shoulder Separation
2) Possible nerve irritation/damage in both elbows... the diagnosis is still pending
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petsfed
Dec 7, 2004, 6:37 PM
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Sprained right ankle.... 3 times. (Always with the decking from 4 feet up placing the first piece).
Chronic pain behind kneecaps, for various reasons
Occasional tendonitis in elbows
Deltoid spasms (this one is fun to sleep on)
Bruises, abbrasions, scars a plenty
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theothermeat
Dec 7, 2004, 6:56 PM
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I haven't been climbing too long, but thus far I've suffered:
-bruised and skinned knees
-a bruised shoulder due to whacking self on a plastic hold while swinging freely on a rappel in a gym
-sore tendons in hands and wrists (learned not to hold on so tightly, that helped)
-scuffed up knuckles
I hope to eventually graduate to greater injuries, but that's it for now.
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lonequail
Dec 7, 2004, 7:01 PM
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Mostly cronic type conditions rather than injuries; some primarily related to climbing and some just to a recreation oriented lifestyle. Interesting that none of the serious injuries are from falls while climbing. In 25 years:
Mostly Climbing Related
Dislocated right shoulder (other activities the first few times then climbing - required surgery)
Shoulder tendinitis in left shoulder (aggrevated by climbing - required surgery)
Tendinitis on the inside of both elbows (One required surgery)
Tendinitis on the outside of right elbow
Various sprains and tweaks of most all joints plus my back
Numerous abrasions, cuts, and bruses
Ganglian cyst in finger (eventually went away)
Bunions from tight climbing shoes (one required surgery)
Pulled hamstring (yea - I actually did this climbing, and more than once)
Others from outdoor activities but not directly climbing related
Chondramelatia in both knees, especially the left
Occasional hip irritations
Arch problems in feet
Sprained ankle(s) (Left one required surgery)
Chip in small bone in wrist
Sprained back (several times)
On the flip side, I feel that my active lifestyle is healthy and an overall benefit to my well being. Without the challenge of climbing and other forms of outdoor recreatin that keep me active I would likely be developing more serious and potentially life threatenting conditions.
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