Beyond Tape: The Guide to Climbing Injury Treatment and Prevention Flexibound – January 1, 2017

it covers all the aspects of climbing related injuries and really structure to read and follow

The best way to train for climbing is to be able to climb. I've spent more time than I like to admit injured, and my climbing has suffered for it, and so too my enjoyment of the sport and the outdoors. This book is exactly what I needed. Structured, easy to follow, thorough, with great pictures and lots of references, this book will get you back on the wall after an injury. And more importantly, it will keep you climbing injury free. An absolute must have for any climber, and a steal for the price

The author is very knowledgeable and laid out potential injuries well enough to enable to me self-diagnose -- though of course one should seek professional help for sports injuries.Detailed explanations, good rehabbing exercises. I've been climbing on-and-off for years, in gyms and outdoors, and will recommend this book to my fellow climbers.

Super informative and helpful to have a consolidated text for me to use when recovering from injuries (I’ve had issues with pulleys and lumbricals recently), and also a good resource to have for injury prevention as well. The exercises are very clearly documented and super easy to follow/learn.

I needed an overview of sports injuries. I'm not a climber, and this book is aimed at climbers, but I didn't find that got in my way at all. I found out about healing and pressure points and the latest on fascia (the new organ of the body, just discovered.. how about that?)I'm a bit dismayed by the fact that every single review here is 5 stars. Thing is, that trips Amazon's review bot into thinking reviews must be all by the author's friends and according to Amazon-author lore (which I collect obsessively, being an author) review opinions are downgraded a bit because of it. Well, I don't know the author, the book was loaned to me by a climber friend, the book deserves 5 stars and that's what I'm giving it.

This book covers a lot of information that should be known to anyone hoping to avoid or rehabilitate from injuries that are common to outdoor activities. Beyond Tape is a user friendly book that is easy to read and follow. The table of contents and glossary help the reader to navigate and understand the concepts presented throughout the book, and it proceeds logically from the head on down. This is a very in-depth book that gives the reader tons of information on each topic, and it is backed by up-to-date peer reviewed science. The diagrams are excellent, and the steps to recovery are very easy to understand. This book can help you diagnose and treat, or altogether prevent the injuries that plague any person doing outdoor activities. Why wait till your body implodes to fix it? This book is much cheaper than a visit to the doctors office...

This book has been so useful for me. Any time I feel a tweak I open it up. It's easy-to-follow format helps me to diagnose what's going on, and give my best shot at fixing it (and avoiding the same situation in the future). I appreciate the balance between technical and layman's terms, and it provides enough information to understand connections between different parts of the body and how they effect each other.

Beyond Tape is a landmark contribution to the science of injury prevention. While the well organized and comprehensive book is targeted to the climbing community, runners, skiers and cyclists will benefit from the first rate illustrations and photographs that explain the principles of how the body responds to injur, injury treatments and injury prevention. An extensive glossary precedes the main text, providing clear and concise descriptions of the material one will encounter throughout the book.Six chapters dedicated to exploring injuries and injury prevention from the neck and shoulders to the ankles and feet. No matter if you are a climber, backcountry or alpine skier, runner, trail runner, cross-fit enthusiast, this book presents functional anatomy along with the how to's to identify and treat injury prone areas.