Recovering From Climbing Injuries

get on an overhung route and practice falling....it's good to take a few whips and remember you're not going to die

When sport climbing many people aren't constantly assessing the fall. They think that if they go from one bolt to the next they will automatically be safe. Don't be like that. Learn to trad climb or go to early sport areas like city of rocks that have no fall zones on many climbs. You'll learn in a hurry to become more aware.

First, don't try to force yourself into practice whippers just yet. You'll just scar yourself mentally and quit climbing.

The real key here is to ease yourself back into it. Climb more, and more often. Do stuff that is well within your ability. Toprope a lot. Then introduce scary things into otherwise controlled environments: indoor falls, toprope falls, forcing yourself to clip at your waist on climbs at your level, etc.

Take it slow, but climb as often as possible. Immersion therapy is the best way to get over mental hangups.

I've never been injured when climbing so I might be talking out my ass, take this for what it's worth. I notice that when I'm physically weaker, I am also mentally weaker.

It goes together. If I have confidence that I can make the next moves, get rest higher up, or even just hang on long enough to clip, I climb way bolder. If I don't have the physical ability, I am extremely cautious about damn near everything.

To add to what the others are saying, I suggest mileage. It gives the days out on the rock to begin to recover. I also don't recommend practice whippers. Once you're ready, you'll get on routes that are hard and you'll eventually whip. No need to practice, once you're airborne, they're all real.

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