Keyword: Ring band

On a trip away from Bleu and Ticino, it's often just you and your project. No warm-up boulders and easy routes in sight. Professional climber Alexander Megos explained to us how best to prepare your fingers and body for such situations. He always keeps two things in his car for this purpose – a yoga mat and a fingerboard. Here he explains how he uses both.

The ring bands (Ligamenti anularia) are heavily loaded, passive structures when climbing. These are the symptoms and this is how you prevent injuries.

Muscles adapt to stress more quickly than tendons, ligaments, and capsules. If these are injured, they make climbing very difficult. Finger injuries, in particular, are unfortunately not uncommon in climbing. We'll show you a few common taping methods for the most common climbing and bouldering injuries. 

Ring ligament injury: In this video, Dave MacLeod explains what an adapted training session on the bouldering wall can look like.

The latest issue of the news program BETA is devoted to the topic of ring ligament rupture and how to prevent it, deals with two potential 9c candidates and takes a critical look at Daniel Woods' video of the 9a boulder ascent.