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climbing on a stiff knuckle?:
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milesenoell
Feb 11, 2009, 11:40 PM
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I am curious about whether I need to wait until a stiff knuckle has full range of motion to climb or if I can climb while it heals.
I was an outdoor-only climber in an area that offered lots of cracks for jamming for about two years until recently becoming an indoor-only climber (woody) and have recently noticed that my middle finger's PIP knuckle was stiff. I didn't notice any injury and it's only very mildly sore when I prod it, so it seems pretty minor, but it is staying stiff even between taking 3-4 days at a time off. The joint capsule is a very mildly swollen and I've got 95-ish percent range of motion (full extension, but if I try to make 'karate knuckles' with fingers closed and hand open I can't quite touch the finger-tip to my palm) and full strength but I don't want to aggravate it into becoming a real injury if I can avoid it.
Is this ignorable?
(edited 'cause I can't use tab to indent and my spaces didn't show up)
(This post was edited by milesenoell on Feb 11, 2009, 11:43 PM)
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