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hartfordwhaling
Feb 22, 2004, 9:05 PM
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How do you know when you injure a tendon in your finger? Are there any tell-tale signs?
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karmaklimber
Feb 22, 2004, 9:15 PM
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Pain. Serious Pain.
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If you feel you need to ask this question, see a doctor is my recomendation.
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isaidwhat
Feb 22, 2004, 10:31 PM
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tears
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moeman
Feb 22, 2004, 10:45 PM
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In reply to: Pain. Serious Pain.
You can consider my left midle finger raised in your face.
Don't be offended or anything- I'm just showing you which finger I injured :wink:
If it hurts, don't climb. Injuries suck
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overlord
Feb 23, 2004, 3:18 PM
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1. pop
2. fall
3. pain
4. screaming in frustration
5. a few weeks off (hence the frustration in point 4)
edit: typo
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timstich
Feb 24, 2004, 4:28 AM
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In reply to: 4. creaming in frustration
That's more advice for a slow night out in the single's bars.
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biff
Feb 24, 2004, 4:45 AM
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I recenly pulled something, I believe it to be a tendon.
There was no pop sound, since it didn't tear right through, but the pain extends from my first knuckle on my ring finger down to my elbow, in a sort of curved line.
It doesn't really matter what I pulled, Either way it is at least 2 weeks off. Ice, Absolutly no stress on the finger, and keep the blood flowing. (wiggle the fingers alot with no stress).
After the 2 weeks, start training endurance if there is no pain whatsoever. a Week or 2 after that Try some more strenuous moves.
-ryan
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marks
Feb 24, 2004, 8:12 PM
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if you can crimp without pain its a tendon injury.if it hurts when crimping its a pully injury.
i have a pully injury now.
done both before,normally 3 months to be back to normal.
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hartfordwhaling
Feb 24, 2004, 9:17 PM
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What's a pully injury?
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Feb 24, 2004, 9:31 PM
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take the finger that is hurting you and press it flat into your other palm like you are trying to close your fist. if this causes a serious pain that radiates down into your forearm then you probably have a tendon injury. if the pain is localized, it is more likely a ligament injury. either way, stop climbing for a few weeks if the pain in your finger is serious. you can cause permanent damage to your hand.
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marks
Feb 25, 2004, 6:36 PM
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In reply to: What's a pully injury?
they are rings of tendon that keep your main tendon running next to the fing.when crimping stops your tendon trying to short cut away from your bone.
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crazygirl
Feb 25, 2004, 6:41 PM
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i saw a doctor because of the tendon injury. it took a few months to heal.
as far as i know, a pully (sp?) injury is more seroius that tendon, and if you can bend your finger, then its not a pully injury.
anyway, he told me to tape the fingers when i climb.
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nathanial4
Feb 25, 2004, 6:58 PM
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Typically what you injure is the sheath that surrounds the tendon. This sheath becomes swollen and quite painful. I have tendonitis in my knee and when it acts up, it feels like someone is hitting me in the side of my kneecap with every step! Really, really hurts!
If it is a tendon injury, you need to ice, immobilize, and take an anti-inflamatory (Advil 800mg) for a few days. I would not use it for two weeks or so or you will reinjure and it will take longer than before to heal.
Best bet..... See a doctor! :roll:
Wishing you the best,
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hartfordwhaling
Feb 25, 2004, 10:39 PM
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Okay, so I'm pretty sure it's not a tendon. Basically it just feels like my ring and middle fingers (on each hand) are bruised from the fingertip to the middle knuckle. Is this normal? I've only been climbing a couple months now and people I climb with haven't had any advice for me other than not climb, which I've agreed to for the time being.
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lokionnitrox
Mar 12, 2004, 3:09 AM
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okay, so tendon or ligimant? I've blown out both my ankle ligimants several times ( 3 complete tears, 12 3rd degree sprains,.....) but I'm staring at what may be my first injury to my hand. If anybody has any good past experience advice sot speed recovery I'd greatly appreciate it. Here's what happened:
I was working the bottom half of an 11b at the gym popped up to a small two finger pocket, my feet cut and I tried to crimp so I didn't snap out of the hold and pop tendons that way. But when I pinched down I felt it pop from the tip of my ring finger all the way down to my elbow.\
So again, before I go to the doctor anybody wanna comment on ligament or tendon
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ipsofacto
Mar 12, 2004, 9:34 PM
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Mar 12, 2004, 9:35 PM
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ipsofacto
Mar 12, 2004, 9:36 PM
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Yikes! My commiserations, old man; I've been down that road before. The gym, to my way of thinking, does more harm than good; I routinely hear of climbers injuring their tendons in that environment, and I hurt myself there a time or two as well. I tore my tendon while on a hang board, and the remarkable thing about the event was that it scarcely left an impression on me until much later. I felt this sensation of things separating and receding in my forearm, but the pain didn't manifest itself for another twenty minutes. By that time I was on the ground howling in pain with the slightest motion of my finger. A month later I was still effectively out of commission. For what it is worth, I'd recommend taking a full month off. A decade and a bit after my injury, It still makes its presence known if I decide to push things too far and not take enough rest days in between crag sessions. A doctor can do next to nothing to assist you unless it is a total separation.
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Mar 12, 2004, 9:39 PM
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you fukcin know man...
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lokionnitrox
Mar 13, 2004, 2:54 PM
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thanks for the support guys. had my hand looked at last night by a sports med person. I passed all the strength and mobility tests. so it looks like it's just a strain and I'll only be downa week or so.... in time for our next trip outside. :lol:
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el_capitan
Mar 15, 2004, 5:47 PM
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I'm having a similar problem and from the info on this thread, it looks like I have a ligament injury because when I try to make a fist, the injured finger won't squeeze all the way(swelling) and there is localized pain but there is no pain radiating down my forearm. I have had the pain for the past few weeks. I have iced it, taped it, taken extra days off between climbing (3 or 4 instead of 1 or 2) and I have continued to climb because I had some trips planned but I think that I am finally biting the bullet and seeing the doctor because its kind of crooked too. The tip of my finger, from the first knuckle on is not aligned straight with the rest of my finger so it looks like a possible combination of ligament damage/dislocation. Any thoughts or input on this?
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lokionnitrox
Mar 15, 2004, 7:27 PM
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In reply to: not to mention the mind-altering pain that leaves you perched on the brink madness.
I live my life on the brink of madness ipso, so I didn't notice that one so much.
el cap.... best of luck with the DR. I hope its nothing serious. have you tried keeping it elevated while you're icing it?
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