Hi markaut

It is up to the physio to analyse the task you are proposing from a biomechanical and anatomical viewpoint - not you. In my opinion getting you to do the analysis is a cop out. The physio should get off her chuff and do a task analysis. This should be based on actual observation (one site visit is all it takes) + a quick look at the biomechanics of rock climbing is all it takes. This should then be matched against your current capacity - particularly strength and postures you adopt for the sport.

There are a number of reasons I am so adamant about this. Here are the two main reasons:

It is the physios responsibility to advise you on what is safe, what is borderline and what is genuinely unsafe. She should be basing this on her own objectively derived information and not on your perception - let's say you are wrong and give her an underestimation of what is required and you then injure yourself - then where does the buck stop? the physio! If you failed to follow the advice given and then injured yourself that would be entirely different. But it the first case it is the physio's responsibility to give you advice based on sound knowledge and observation.

Just because the physio hasn't struck this sport before doesn't mean the physio should be avoiding finding out what is actually involved in an objective manner. This is part of on going learning that members of the profession are expected to partake in

Finally I don't think you should be relying on hypothetical analyses of rock climbing tasks such as you might get from this website. The therapist needs to see what YOU actually DO.