Hand Injury

Luke Wakefield

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I am mostly a crack climber with finger cracks being my specialty, so I was pretty disapointed last week when I was jamming a thin crack and my left hand became immediatley sore.  I took several days off.  There is currently no pain when I work on my fingerboard.  Crimping seems to be no problem.  The pain comes when I push down on my pinky knuckle.  This makes a pain in my last metacarpal with possible wrist pain.  I have been massaging the area and using hot soaks.  Could this just be a bruised bone? 

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Bjoern Alber

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Hi Most likely you have an overstretched or plainly fattigued kollateral ligament in your pinky knucle - try cutting back 10 days on cracks and massage the joint twice daily with Voltaren gel and use imersion in hot water 20 min daily - returning to cracks try ,if poosible, twin taping the fingers Best of luck Björn

Luke Wakefield

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Hello Bjorn, and thanks for your quick response. I have been using cold water treatments for the same hand due to a more recent mild pulley injury. I was told the cold water triggers The Lewis resonse and is better than hot water. Should I use a combination of both soaks or just stick with the hot water for both injuries? Thanks again, Luke