Abbey Smith  Abbey Smith     Blog Entry #2  In Boulder this
season was deemed "surgery summer," as it was hit by a vicious
injury wave that sent sport climbers, boulders and
traditionalists to the operating room. At any given point, there
were multiple climbers hobbling around the café lugging a boot
and swinging on crutches. The sight brought back disturbing
images of my destroyed ankle that confined me to crutches for
two and a half weeks and on a rope for several months last
summer. So I understood their pain.  However, this year I
experienced a different injury-the dreaded tendon/pulley in my
right ring finger from an afternoon training session in the gym.
Of course, injuries always seem to strike when you feel the
strongest, and since it happened on plastic, I hung my head in
shame. I couldn't even move my swollen stiff finger that was
fixed slightly bent. I iced immediately, but saw no improvement
after 24 hours. After struggling with prior injuries, I decided
to take a proactive approach to healing my