Ep 5: Youth Climbers, Growth Plates and Epiphyseal Stress Fractures, with Dr. Volker Schöffl.

The Climbing Injury Podcast

As climbing's increasing popularity attracts more and more people to the sport, it also attracts more and more young climbers. This is of course positive, but also makes for an understanding of the more specific injuries that youth climbers are exposed to.
In this episode we'll discuss how and when the growing skeleton matures, and why this is important knowledge for everyone involved in youth climbing. We'll discuss growth plates and injuries to these - called epiphyseal stress fractures. Since these carry with them a potential risk for long term consequences we need to identify and deal with them early. We'll explain how to diagnose them, how to manage them and also discuss what can be done to reduce the risk of them occurring in the first place.
References:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29218364/

- https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2020/10/09/bjsports-2020-102035.full.pdf

- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03635465211056956

- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468122919300726?via%3Dihub

- https://eujsm.eu/index.php/EUJSM/article/view/95/49

- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31696262/

Music: Lofi Summer Background - Vladislav Kurnikov
For more information about us, you can find us on Instagram and our websites:
James: @sheffieldclimbingclinic / www.sheffieldclimbingclinic.com
Stian: @stianchristophersen / https://www.klatrebibelen.com/stian-christophersen
Feel free to drop us a message with questions or subjects you would like us to address, and if you like what we’re doing, please support us at patreon.com/ClimbingInjuryPodcast