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bryanhill
Dec 23, 2003, 10:05 PM
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Buy a GriGri, then you won't have to pay attention to anything your climber is doing, which despite what everyone else may tell you is perfectly safe. Plus, it gives you many more oppurtunites to chat up girls as they walk by...
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dominicanclimber
Dec 29, 2003, 6:37 AM
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If im belaying top rope what i do is that i grap the rope with my left and lock with my right, it does not put tention on the climber and you can tell when he is going up and pick up slack, Oh as your doing that you can look straight and stand how ever you want, of course you have to look up from time to time.
For climbing in Lead Like Someone else said your neck hurts DEAL WITH IT.
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organic
Dec 29, 2003, 7:12 AM
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HAHAHA Maybe you should just do all of these together!
-Wear a neck brace
-Use a vibrating airplane neck pillow
-Have a mirror on a handless harmonica device
-keep your back straight and stand 'tall'
-Breath deeply, let your shoulders fall back, open your chest and take drugs
-Tilt your head to the side
-Lie down
LOL AWESOME!
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tripl
Dec 29, 2003, 8:13 AM
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There's a lot of good advice to avoid neck pain, but how do you make it go away faster? 1. See a physical therapist who specializes in neck or spinal problems (NOT a chiropractor). 2. If you can't do this, then at least make sure you sleep on a decent mattress, sit in a decent chair, etc. 3. Learn and practice some simple yoga-type stretching - which can be both healing and preventative. 4. Perform regular exercise that stretches and strengthens non-climbing muscles - i.e. a huge percentage of your back strength comes from your stomach muscles. So although it may not be intuitive, doing proper situps can help your back feel better.
Again, a physical therapist can actually show you the proper exercises for your neck. It's potentially dangerous to take your cervical vertebrae for granted - and each case may be different, so don't go overboard. Personally, I feel that swimming and taking ice cold showers (along my back) alleviates some temporary back and spinal pains - but this cure isn't for everyone.
As far as preventative measures go, another option on some belay stances is to move away from the wall and lean way back against a rock or tree so that you can look up but still keep your neck and back straight. Of course, using a gri-gri and tying into something may make this safer.
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climberterp
Dec 30, 2003, 3:42 AM
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I just try to look up with my eyes while keeping my head relatively straight forward. It helps, though it sort of hurts my eyes after a while, so I just alternate making my neck hurt and my eyes hurt :?
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drrock
Jan 18, 2004, 3:48 PM
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Thanks for all the tips everyone. Since trying these techniques (straight back, looking with eyes and not neck, ignoring my climber: just kidding), neck is MUCH better. :lol:
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scubasnyder
Jan 18, 2004, 4:16 PM
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belaying is painful sometimes
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piedradura
Jan 18, 2004, 4:46 PM
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OK, the solution to that problem can be instead of tilting your head back tilted sideways and try to relax your muscels. So climb on!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:
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