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Post by tedwelser on May 4, 2017 19:39:36 GMT -7
So I thought I injured my extensor on the pip joint of my left index. At first I thought it was just an old collateral ligament injury acting up. But after a month I could not close my fist so I went to the doc. Looks like I actually fractured my finger playing soccer a month ago. That is why it hurts on the top of my finger- I gave it an extra joint!
The good news is that I splint it and it should be better in a month or so, and no ligament damage.
On a more serious note, I think it is wise to find a good local doc and go early rather than late to get more data about your situation. I think if I had not been used to living with pain I would have acted earlier. I had been beating myself up about the injury which I had been attributing to attempting a stupid crimp route at the new without adequate warmup.
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Post by jessebruni on May 5, 2017 9:09:56 GMT -7
But...you're not supposed to even use your hands when you play soccer!
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Post by tedwelser on May 8, 2017 13:39:26 GMT -7
But...you're not supposed to even use your hands when you play soccer! lol.  I was not planning to use my hands, but I was tripped while running and landed on the ground in a bit of a surprise. At the time I did not think it was too bad of an injury and kept playing, and during the next 2 weeks kept climbing and training. The doc today said that is looks like a month old sub-acute fracture of my proximal phlange, and it is healing ok. I just need to avoid aggravating it, buddy tape it generally, and can start doing some basic range of motion work with the rice bucket. I should be able to start up climbing again in about 3 weeks, though I plan to ease into it. I am thinking about focusing on some supplementary exercises and stretching in the meantime. It is a bummer to miss out on a whole sending season but I am trying make up for it by refining the courses I teach so that I reduce my functional workload for the fall, and hopefully I can put in more time at the Red and New when the weather is good again (it is gloriously cool right now, sigh) The reason I mentioned that self diagnosing can be a problem is that I jumped to a faulty conclusion (that the current injury was just a relapse of my collateral ligament injury) and thus I was continuing to train on a type of injury that was being aggravated by that training. My mistake was thinking that the new ache in my finger (in about the same place as the old injury) was the same thing, without really closely paying attention to how it differed. Had I landed on my right hand I would never have made that mistake, since I had never injured the index of my right hand. I suppose this another blessing of the long climbing career, when you climb long enough, it seems like you eventually learn new ways to injure the same part of your body. |
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