Anyone who has been targeted online with an advertisement for a massage gun has no doubt been awestruck by the super slow motion shot of “skin waves” rippling through the thigh or calf of a chiseled male or female bodybuilder while the massage gun’s head pounds away like a small jackhammer.
To the average person, when asked about the most common injuries that may occur in the sport of rock climbing, images of breaks, bruises and other bodily traumas are likely to be top of mind. However, to the rock climbers themselves, the reality is closer to sprains, strains and other forms of tissue trauma or inflammation, and for good reasons. Let me explain.
