Are Your Shoulders the Reason for Your Wrist Pain When You Rock Climb or Boulder?

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Are Your Shoulders the Reason for Your Wrist Pain When You Rock Climb or Boulder?

With the increase in accessibility for anyone to start climbing comes a growing number of injuries. Climbing, whether bouldering or rock climbing, requires a great amount of physical and mental strength. There is some debate as to what makes a “great” climber in the sport, with a lot of focus on the strengths of your upper body versus core versus lower body, however it’s important to also consider how your shoulders can make a difference in your grip strength and technique.

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Shoulder Pain And Sleeping On Your Side

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Shoulder Pain And Sleeping On Your Side

Shoulder pain whether it stems from some sort of impingement to recovering from rotator cuff surgery can be incredibly uncomfortable. Throughout the day you are conscious and able to do what you can to minimize pain but the six, seven, eight-plus hours that you're spending sleeping can often times aggravate your shoulder, especially if you're the ones that can only sleep on your side, and unfortunately, sleep on the side that you're having shoulder pain with.

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Is Your Purse Giving You Neck, Back And Shoulder Pain?

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Is Your Purse Giving You Neck, Back And Shoulder Pain?

If we look at just the average of 4-6 pounds that comes out to being about the weight of a half gallon of milk. If you are out for part of the day or even the majority of the day that weight will eventually wear on you and become challenging. If most people were told they need to carry around a half gallon or sometimes a full gallon of milk all day, most would probably say no way. Some would do it but would likely being in pain or discomfort by the end of the day. 

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