Climbing can make hands rough and even painful. Girls are more careful. Many people use the Climb bar and various hand creams. Really a great way to repair the skin on your hands.

In fact, hand and even wrist injury caused by rock climbing is the biggest problem that rock climbers have to face! I've seen a lot of hobbyists have swollen finger joints that come and go, so bad that they can't make a fist or even bend. This is all about the pursuit of progress, a lot of rock climbing, and not paying attention to the massage and relaxation of the finger joints, which is accumulated for a long time. In the end, it will seriously affect the improvement of rock climbing level.

Here I can only give some advice from personal experience, because everyone's physical condition is different, such as age, height and weight, finger tendon strength, joint flexibility, climbing skills, etc. are all different. Therefore, it is impossible to make a rough generalization of the method of protecting the fingers, which applies to everyone. However, the general method and reason are always correct, and everyone can handle it according to their own circumstances.

Finger joint protection:

1. Step by step

The growth of finger strength is a slow process, not a rapid one. For example, if a gymnast tries rock climbing, he will definitely improve quickly, but if he climbs a more difficult route in a short period of time, his body can achieve this strength, but his fingers and tendons cannot bear it, and there is a high possibility of injury. big. Therefore, in the process of rock climbing, don't pursue the sense of accomplishment brought by the upgrade too much, climb more routes that suit your own difficulty, move forward slowly, and enjoy the fun of climbing various routes.

2. Fingers are fully warmed up and how to recover after climbing

Before climbing your own extreme routes, move your knuckles and climb some easy routes to get your fingers used to more intense power. Avoid climbing difficult routes without warming up. Ice your hands after a day of high-intensity rock climbing to reduce post-climbing joint swelling. In some foreign rock gyms, a bucket of water with ice cubes will be prepared for lovers to ice hands. Don't be afraid of swollen finger joints, this is the body's natural response, indicating that rock climbing has been overloaded, fingers need to recover, and the recovered fingers must be stronger. During the recovery period, climb easy routes, apply ice after climbing, and apply heat or massage your fingers the next day or 24 hours later.

3. Influence of climbing skills on finger strength

Improve your climbing skills as much as possible. Climbing skills are hard to describe because rock climbing is so rich in itself! This is also the charm of rock climbing. It is reflected in the relationship with finger strength. It can be said that fingering helps the body to maintain balance on the rock wall, and every step of rock climbing is done as much as possible by the coordination of the body. The same fulcrum, grasping too hard can easily lead to finger injury, poor skills will inevitably require more strength to control the balance of the body. So see more and learn more. The technique is better and the climbing process is more enjoyable.