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- Engagement 2.03%
- Avg likes 265
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About Volker Schöffl
Volker Schöffl (@volkerschoeffl) is a Doctor creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. The account has 13,846 followers and 2,128 published posts. Recent posts average 265 likes and 4 comments, an engagement rate of 2.03%.
With 13.8K followers, Volker Schöffl is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Volker Schöffl follows 1,569 accounts, so the audience is roughly 8.8 times the size of the list followed. Volker Schöffl is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Volker Schöffl under Doctor, with Healthcare as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Volker Schöffl runs to 21 words across 2 lines. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Volker Schöffl dates from May 2026.
2,128 Posts
All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Volker Schöffl are carousels. With 2,128 posts published, Volker Schöffl's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 6.5 followers for each post published. All 10 carry captions, averaging 75 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include climbing, climbers, medicine, often and tissue. The captions tag #climbing, #climbinginjury, #c4hp, #medicine and #climbingrehab.
A lot of climbers develop pain on the sides of the PIP joint during crimping. Usually near the proximal attachment of the middle phalanx.
This often gets labeled broadly as “capsulitis.”
But the biomechanics are more complicated.
The collateral ligaments of the PIP joint change tension as the joint flexes. The proper collateral ligament becomes progressively tighter in flexion, exactly where climbers spend a lot of time during half and full crimp positions.
The PIP joint is also not a simple hinge.
As it flexes, small amounts of rotation and translation occur at the condyles. During climbing, this happens under very high compressive loads, rotational demands, and sustained isometric contractions.
The full crimp likely amplifies this further by adding DIP hyperextension, increased flexor tendon force, dorsal shear, and extensor tension.
So when climbers develop:
• lateral swelling
• pain at the sides of the PIP
• morning stiffness
• synovitis on ultrasound
• dorsal joint irritation
It’s likely not be a single tissue problem.
It’s a combined overload response involving:
• collateral ligaments
• synovium
• capsule
• central slip
• lateral bands
• cartilage
And I think many underappreciate how much load the collateral ligament complex is exposed to during climbing.
#climbingrehab #climbingrehabilitation #climbinginjury #climbinginjuries #c4hp
The structure that reforms is fibrous and flexible, aka a pseudo-pulley that restores movement, not true mechanical strength.
Rehab isn’t about waiting for healing. It’s about rebuilding tolerance.
Controlled loading is what organizes new tissue and prevents chronic bowstringing.
#rockclimbing #climbinginjury #fingerinjury #pulleyinjury #c4hp
Some photos from the clinic with the original climbing doctor, and author of the book, "Climbing Medicine" and "One move too many", Dr. Volker Schöffl.
Hosted by Camp5 1 Utama and part of KL Climbing Week, organised by Asian Climbing Summit, it was a mind blowing day of learning from the German Climbing and Skimountaineering Teams' doctor.
The topics touched on youth training, through growth spurts, REDS, and plenty more, it ended with a practical workshop on taping.
With over 100 first ascents under his belt in mostly in Laos, Thailand, South East Asia and the Frankenjura, Germany. He is a pioneer to Rock climbing in Thailand since 1990, and still climbing!
Thank you for your incredible sharing of such important knowledge.
Did you take part in the clinic - what learning did you find most interesting?
Hope to see everyone again at next year's KL Climbing Week!
Follow the for key dates and announcements.
#KLClimbingWeek #AsianClimbingSummit #Camp51Utama
You can help by joining us on our everesting event on the 18.07.
No matter how high you can climb. Look it up on
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The central slip sits directly over the PIP joint and functions as a dynamic stabilizer during gripping. As crimp intensity increases, the tissue is exposed to increasing compression, tension, bending, and shear simultaneously.
Open hand gripping likely creates more prolonged low-grade loading. Half crimp and full crimp dramatically increase dorsal compression and extensor mechanism stress around the PIP joint.
This may help explain why climbers commonly present with:
• dorsal finger pain
• side swelling around the PIP
• morning stiffness
• pain during crimping
• soreness after dynamic loading
On ultrasound, I commonly see fluid and inflammatory changes near the central slip insertion in these athletes.
That does not necessarily mean a major tear.
But it may represent repetitive low-grade overload of the dorsal extensor apparatus from years of high-force crimping.
This makes management quite difficult when an athlete continues to climb.
If you’re a rehab professional interested in learning how to manage climbing injuries, comment REHAB for information on courses this year.
#climbingrehab #climbingrehabilitation #climbinginjury #c4hp
Volker Schöffl's engagement
Volker Schöffl's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.03%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 49 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 66 to 1, with 265 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
Engagement rate
2.03%
- Avg likes
- 265
- Avg comments
- 4
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 49
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Who is Volker Schöffl?
Volker Schöffl (@volkerschoeffl) is a Doctor creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. Volker Schöffl is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Volker Schöffl runs to 21 words across 2 lines.
How many followers does Volker Schöffl have?
Volker Schöffl has 13,846 followers on Instagram (13.8K). Volker Schöffl follows 1,569 accounts, so the audience is roughly 8.8 times the size of the list followed. With 2,128 posts published, Volker Schöffl's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
What is Volker Schöffl's engagement rate?
Volker Schöffl's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.03%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 49 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 66 to 1, with 265 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
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Flinque files Volker Schöffl under Doctor, with Healthcare as a secondary category. All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Volker Schöffl are carousels. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Volker Schöffl repeatedly use the words climbing, climbers, medicine, often and tissue. Volker Schöffl's captions carry hashtags such as #climbing, #climbinginjury and #c4hp. Volker Schöffl writes those captions mainly in English.
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