After suffering for over 6 months from a shoulder impingement and having already undergone numerous sessions of physio and massage therapy, as well as a consultation with a shoulder specialist, I contacted Nina in a desperate attempt to get back to climbing pain free.

I was initially unsure as to how useful a skype consultation would be but I can honestly say that from the diagnosis to the discussion of a rehab plan and running through some specific exercises it was incredibly effective. Nina was very quick to identify my particular issues and explain them to me in a clear, concise manner. We then ran through a number of exercises, making sure that I understood the correct form and what I should expect to achieve from each. These were later incorporated into a written rahab plan, which Nina emailed me the same day.

In addition she also wrote some notes for my regular physio, targeting specific areas, which proved to be a really effective compliment to the plan itself.

The upshot of all this is that 9 months after the original injury and after many hours of work on the rehab plan I am now climbing again pain free.

If you are a climber and struggling to overcome an injury then the one thing you will get from Nina is very specific, informed advice. I cannot recommend her highly enough.”

Martin Docherty – Shoulder Impingement Rehab Plan via Skyp

Nina on Skype got me climbing again!

After 2 years suffering with climbing induced, chronic elbow injuries Nina helped me recover, stay injury free and climb harder than ever at 44y/o! And all this through Skype!

If you are reading this, you hopefully already know that Nina is leading the way in terms of climbing-specific injury rehabilitation.

It took me a couple of years of seeing various generalist health professionals (Doctors, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors) and no improvement, to realise that specialist help was my only hope. Nina was based too far for me to visit so we had consultations through Skype.

I found the Skype sessions relaxed and comfortable (I was at home!) but effective. They saved me time and money (did not have to travel), but most importantly they got me access to an expert climbing physio who otherwise I would have not been able to see. Now I am well on the way to recovery and climbing a grade higher than my pre injury best!

I highly recommend Skype consultations with Nina.

Just an update to let you know how things are going! I took your advice and started fresh with the finger physio, only focusing on a single grip type in each hangboard session and dropping the weight back to nothing. Somewhat unexpectedly, this revealed that slopers were the ones aggravating it most, even being super strict with form. Kinda weird since the original injury was definitely crimping, but it has been so long since I first did it that maybe it's not so surprising that it's changed over time.

In any case, I dialled the open hand stuff way back since that is already my strongest grip by far, and started crimping again on the biggest/safest holds. A few weeks later and I am able to half crimp on the 15mm edges with a couple of bricks, and have started adding some bodyweight sloper stuff in too. So far so good! The finger is still not quite right, but it feels more robust than before and the pain is a lot more diffuse than it was a couple of months ago.

The other thing that has been helping is just trying not to poke at it at all during the day, and focusing on going running and doing other stuff instead. Trying to trick my brain into not thinking about it whilst slowly building the strength back up seems to be a good strategy so far.

Cheers,
Jon