BillA Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 For about a month I've had pain in the thumb side, top of my right hand, my wrist on the same side, and then off and on I have pain in my forearm on the top, same side. There is no pain when resting, mostly just when lifting or pulling with my wrist bent. It started after a hard bouldering session and I've been going easy on it since then. Initially I iced it and took vitamin I. I assume it's just a tendon strain of some kind, but could it be carpal tunnel or something like that? I hope not. I know I should ask a doctor, but that shit is expensive... Quote
Farrgo Posted March 29, 2008 Posted March 29, 2008 I've been battling similar issues on and off for several years now. I'm not a physician, but I'd guess more often than not forearm pain, in climbers, results mainly from overuse or muscular imbalance. If I have a flare up the first thing I'll do is rest it. After a while I'll start doing some excercises to reduce muscle imbalance by focusing on pronation, supination and extension. This usually works for me, but I always end up getting lazy with the warmup excercises and pain will flare up again. FWIW. Quote
Ken_p Posted March 30, 2008 Posted March 30, 2008 Something you may try is to have a massage therapist do some myofascial stripping and deep tissue to get the muscle and connective tissue loosened up. Then get some stretches and do some balanced strength training. Â Â Massage therapist, have worked on a lot of folks with similar issues. For what it's worth. Quote
BillA Posted March 30, 2008 Author Posted March 30, 2008 Thanks for the info guys. Hey Mike, I read a little about Dequevains and it says that basically there's nothing you can do except wait? I have a friend that's a good massage therapist, I guess I'll see if I can get ahold of her... Quote
layton Posted March 31, 2008 Posted March 31, 2008 A wrist brace with a thumb splint built in (called a spica) should help. You can ice it, ice massage it, do some ultrasound, and yes: strip them muscles. It's a glorified sprain of your thumb and wrist from overuse Quote
Ken_p Posted April 1, 2008 Posted April 1, 2008 You will rarely feel a similar sensation as you get from stripping forearm muscles. Take a leather chewie with you . Quote
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