Climbing

Rock climbing, ice climbing and bouldering demand full body conditioning, including optimal stability, strength and flexibility. Fortunately, we’ve treated recreational and professional rock climbers for over a decade, helping them recover from common overuse injuries while enabling them to optimize their performance and minimize chance of re-injury. We address the key components of core, shoulder, and hip stabilization, full body strength, precise joint mobility, and conditioning whether the need is for in-season, off-season, ice or rock climbing, or for indoor or outdoor climbing. Your program is always tailored to meet your body’s needs based on a thorough movement assessment so you can reach your sport-specific goals.

Pamela Pack, professional off-width climber, has been working with our therapy team for more than four years during her off-season. She credits our rehabilitation expertise as a primary factor in her success. Watch this interview by Pamela Pack in which she describes her rehabilitation after a serious injury that threatened her return to climbing.

Treatment

Alpine’s sport performance model integrates high level manual treatment skills with thorough structural and biomechanical analysis to create the most comprehensive sport rehabilitation in Western Montana.

In conjunction with the standard rehabilitation used with Alpine’s sport approach, the following components will also be included into a climbing athlete’s program.
  • Grip and wrist strengthening with proper upper kinetic chain stabilization
  • Detailed core stabilization work
  • Dynamic stretching
  • Multi-joint upper and lower body strength training with emphasis on proximal stability, which includes traditional weight lifting, plyometric training, and bodyweight training
  • Aerobic endurance guidelines balanced with anaerobic power training and metabolic conditioning
  • Your sport performance.
Clinic Model
We use a highly researched clinical model to determine the type of treatment that will help you the most.  In addition to manual therapy and movement and exercise therapies, your treatment plan may include these approaches:

Get Started
1. Call Alpine to schedule an evaluation.
2. Arrive 15 minutes early for your first appointment.