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The Nugget Climbing Podcast

EP 122: Jared Vagy — How to Prevent Knee, Shoulder, Elbow, and Finger Injuries as Climbers

The Nugget Climbing Podcast

Steven Dimmitt

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4.0589 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Jared Vagy is a physical therapist who specializes in climbing injury rehab and prevention. We talked about freestyle rapping, the most common injuries in rock climbing, how to prevent knee, shoulder, elbow, and finger injuries as climbers, warming up your fingers at the crag, what to do to help your body recover on rest days, and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Rhino Skin Solutions, my go-to when it comes to taking care of my skin.

0:09.9

Here's the deal. We're coming into summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. It's getting very hot.

0:15.8

And if you're like me and you're trying to get outside and climb on rock,

0:19.7

sweaty hands are once again a factor in your performance.

0:23.7

Luckily, for all of us,

0:25.1

my pal Justin Brown, the founder of Rhino's Skin Solutions,

0:29.0

has a perfect solution.

0:30.5

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are a game changer when it comes to climbing in warm or humid conditions,

0:37.0

especially if you have sweaty

0:38.4

skin like I do. Check out the performance cream, dry spray, and tip juice to keep your hands dry as

0:45.2

you tackle your summer projects. And check out my episode with Justin, way back in episode 22 of

0:51.2

The Nugget to learn how to use all of these products and how to take great care

0:55.5

of your skin for whatever rock type or type of climbing you love to do.

1:00.5

Head over to rhinoskins Solutions.com and enter code Nugget at checkout for 20% off your

1:06.0

next order of rhinos antipersprosprint products. Again, that's the performance cream, the dry spray, the tip

1:12.8

juice, stock up on all three for the summer. Once again, that's rhinoskins Solutions.com. Use code

1:19.5

Nugget at checkout for 20% off your order. This episode is also brought to you by Grasshopper

1:27.2

climbing. I've had a lot of great conversations lately on the podcast. This episode is also brought to you by Grasshopper Climbing.

1:27.9

I've had a lot of great conversations lately on the podcast, and one of the things that keeps coming up again and again when it comes to getting better at climbing is consistency.

1:38.0

There's no magic hangboard program or bouldering routine that is going to get you super duper strong in six weeks.

1:44.7

The key to making lasting gains in your strength and your climbing technique is consistency,

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