Background: The sport of rock climbing has its own spectrum of injuries, almost half of which involve the wrist and hand. Objective: To examine the incidence of acute wrist and hand injuries in 545 ...

1 Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre ... Canada Background Participation in rock climbing has grown globally in recent years. In 2010, the International Federation of Sport Climbing was ...

Look for another activity that your doctor suggests, and ask if rock climbing may be an option in the future. If you have a knee or back injury, rock climbing isn't likely for you — yet.

HIS INJURIES DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS BY FIRST RESPONDERS.. BUT IT COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE.. THE PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR ROCK CLIMBING.. WITH BOTH EXPERTS AND BEGINNERS..

he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and the next, he was in the hospital paralyzed from the chest down with a severe spinal cord injury, having fallen more than 100 feet.

Rock climbing was not just a passion for Micah ... The cause was multiple blunt force injuries in an accident, the Clark County coroner’s office said. Contagious smile Wehner was on the way ...

As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the weekend above Camp 2. The first avalanche missed the only ...