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Climbing, holding and repeated load

Muscle and tendon injuries in aerial and pole

The ache that arrives a day after a heavy session and has started arriving after every one.

What it usually is

Tendons respond to load, and they respond slowly. Most of what I see here is a training load that climbed faster than the tissue could keep up with.

What an assessment looks at

What you have been doing, how quickly it changed, and what the tissue currently tolerates.

What you can usually keep doing

Usually a version of everything. Tendons rarely want rest, they want the right amount.

How long it usually takes

Longer than the other pages on this site, and I will be straight with you about that at the assessment. It is anything from a one-off drop in to a few weeks, depending on what you are working towards.