Post by iclimb2improve on Sept 15, 2015 11:07:39 GMT -7
Hi. This has been my first RCTM training cycle, and I had just entered the Strength phase never having hangboarded or used a hangboard before starting this routine. Being a broke college student living an on campus apartment, I don't have the room or the money to buy a hangboard of my own with a pulley system, so I resorted to using the two they have on campus (which does not have a pulley system). Being stupid and overly confident in my climbing abilities, even though the book even says you should have to weight off, I did a modified version (2 sets of 10 seconds on 5 seconds off) of the basic beginner hangboard routine suggested in the book using my body weight as the baseline. Everything was fine until I started my set for the MRP 2 pad 3 finger pocket, where I failed on the fourth rep and started feeling some pain in my wrist.
I would describe the pain as constant and sharp but manageable. I immediate tested my range of motion with my all of my fingers and these did seem not aggravate the wrist pain (they did not feel any pain either). I noticed that doing hand movements that bent my wrist would intensify the pain, and bringing it back to a neutral position would cause the pain to decrease. I decided to try some other grips (skipping the two finger pocket and MRP), to see if hangboarding would cause more pain (it did not with the other grips). I even did a light ARC, yesterday and the pain went away for a couple hours after climbing before returning. I am wondering if anyone on this forum has had experience with this kind of wrist pain and maybe give me some insight as to what it could be. I obviously don't want to keep climbing if this could cause the damage further (and permanent) damage to my wrists. Thanks in advance.
I would describe the pain as constant and sharp but manageable. I immediate tested my range of motion with my all of my fingers and these did seem not aggravate the wrist pain (they did not feel any pain either). I noticed that doing hand movements that bent my wrist would intensify the pain, and bringing it back to a neutral position would cause the pain to decrease. I decided to try some other grips (skipping the two finger pocket and MRP), to see if hangboarding would cause more pain (it did not with the other grips). I even did a light ARC, yesterday and the pain went away for a couple hours after climbing before returning. I am wondering if anyone on this forum has had experience with this kind of wrist pain and maybe give me some insight as to what it could be. I obviously don't want to keep climbing if this could cause the damage further (and permanent) damage to my wrists. Thanks in advance.
