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scubasnyder
Aug 30, 2004, 1:20 PM
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I was working a boldering problem on small crimps and a 2 finger pocket, i was pulling hard on the 2 finger pocket and my fingers slipped, now my 2 fingers hurt a lot where my fingers connect to my palm on the underside and the middle of my forearm on the undersid, i think i probably just strained the tendon, but wanted some other suggestions.
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drrock
Aug 30, 2004, 1:23 PM
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More likely a pulley strain. Wait it out. It should heal. Just takes a while.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=42987&highlight=pulley
I had a couple of these too. Pretty common.
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scubasnyder
Aug 30, 2004, 1:39 PM
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thanks for the info
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drrock
Aug 30, 2004, 1:46 PM
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With my pulley rupture it took about 3 months to fully heal. But sounds like yours is not a complete rupture-- which has pros and cons. With a complete rupture there is no more pulley to irritate and make worse. The tissue just needs to scar down to stop hurting. It should hurt too much to be able to climb at all on it for about a month.
With a strain (which I had the pleasure of experiencing in about April of this year) if you climb on it, it just delays the healing process. So the pulley that is strained is just irritated each time you climb, but it usually doesn't hurt *that* bad to prevent you from climbing. So it is frustrating to just stop and let it heal.
This is based on the thinking that you have a pulley injury, which of course you might not! You also might get lucky and heal quicker.
Ice is good. I iced after climbing if it felt a little tweaked and it seemed to help a lot with the pain, I have no idea if it actually made it heal quicker or what.
Good luck.
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steelfoot
Aug 30, 2004, 2:01 PM
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I read somewhere on this site that icing your hand down and deeply massaging the areas inside the palm periodly will speed up the healing process. I had a minor strain with my ring finger and pinky the first week in July and I've been massaging it off and on for two months. The tendons are nearly back to 100%. Just in time for the good weather!
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allarounder
Aug 30, 2004, 2:37 PM
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stop bouldering?
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