rope burn
Climber's palm injury
Rope burn is skin irritation caused by friction from a rope sliding rapidly across bare skin, producing redness, rawness, or blistering.
The term extends to similar abrasions from any rough material: I got rope burn on my palms from the zip line.
In bondage contexts, rope burn may result from restraints rubbing against skin during struggle or extended wear.
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- chafingIrritation from friction
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
scratch · excoriation · raw skin · red mark · rappelling · tug-of-war · climbing · skin irritation · scald · heat · scrape · pulling · skin · blister · pain · callus · ziplining · playground
- heat and fireignite, flame, blaze, combust, incinerate
- skin woundsabrasion, scrape, graze, scratch, skinned knee
- burnsscald, scalds
- rope climbinghand-over-hand, grip strength, bell ring, ascent, gym class
- neck injurieswhiplash, neck strain, neck sprain, stiff neck, crick
- tug of wartug of war, heave, dig in, lean back, hand over hand
injury type/mechanism
rope burncut
Severance or reduction
laceration · puncture wound · stab wound · incision · clean cut
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