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blueman
Mar 14, 2003, 12:12 AM
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Last night I was working on foot sweeps in Jujitsu and my partner fell on top of me (he wasn't supposed to do that :? ) landing on my thumb and tweaking it backwards :shock: . I'm pretty bummed because my spring break starts tomorrow and I had a nice road trip all planned out :cry: . What are your opinions on recovery and climbing next week? My sensea said she would tape my joint so it would totally be of no use. I was planning on giving my thumb a couple days rest, then trying some easy climbs to see if I could get by without hurting it anymore. Or should I just accept that I'm screwed and have to rest it for a few weeks . . .
Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts,
Ben
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redpoint73
Mar 14, 2003, 12:18 AM
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Ice it a few times a day and take ibuprofen to reduce the swelling. You can considerably speed healing time if you are good. I would try to stay off it as much as possible until your roadtrip, than hope for the best. Maybe you can do some training that does not use your thumb in the meantime, so you stay strong for your trip. Maybe some climbing without your thumb, or campusing. Immobilizing your thumb with tape (while you train) until it is healed is probably a good idea. Once you try climbing with your thumb again, you can use tape to support your thumb and provide some compression without actually immobilizing it.
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xanx
Mar 14, 2003, 12:47 AM
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ice, ibuprofen, rest
i dunno how much u can climb w/out ur thumb...
get an x-ray if it isn't better in like 3 days or so - i went 2 weeks before i found out my finger was broken.
good luck, take it easy
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one900johnnyk
Mar 22, 2003, 8:46 PM
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i've doen that to my thumb. a few times. most recently in a motorcycle accident right before my break. i climbed. you don't really need to use your thumb *too* much.. you can work around it. i wouldn't sweat it that's a pretty easy injury to recover from fully w/o any medical attn (trust me on that one. three and counting!) ... only thing different now is i can shift my joint back and forth. kind of cool but lots of people do that anyway.
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caseyhyer
Mar 25, 2003, 4:16 PM
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Hey I just did that to my thumb 3 weeks ago and it's still hurt. how is yours doing? i have been using that metoluis hand exercizer and I think that it's helping it. the gentle sqeeze is nice on the thumb and the exstraction is good.
I would go to the doct, but I don't have insurance.
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overlord
Apr 11, 2003, 12:29 PM
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just dont use your thum when you climb, eg no crimps :P
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