Graham Baran-Mickle Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 For the last few months, I've been doing a FSP workout about three times a week, with intermittent dynamic strength workouts coming from various other activities I do, and some at home. I used to do sets of two straddle press handstands in a workout with other dynamics, but I hadn't done any of them for a couple months, up until about two weeks ago. I used to occasionally have wrist problems after press to handstands (coming from the immense strain on the wrist) that would go away after a day or two with some care. Knowing this, I always warmed up by wrists quite a bit. About two weeks ago, I wanted to see if I could still do them at all, and seeing that I could, I started doing sets of two again in a workout that same day. After the second or so set, my wrist pain came back! So I stopped doing them, thinking to let it heal (with some rehab), it would go back to normal, I'd do a ton more wrist prep, and it'd all be okay.It hasn't gone away, for over two weeks. The issue is like this: whenever I press on the pads at the top of my palm toward the top of my wrist (as if leaning forward in a pushup position) I feel pain from the top of my metacarpals (pads opposite knuckles) right down to my wrist. In no other position do I feel pain. I can still do wrist pushups etc, anything that doesn't press my wrist back. To a certain extent I can bend my fingers back toward the top of my wrist without discomfort, but that's just cause the knuckles bend backwards and the wrist itself doesn't move much. It's been two weeks now and it's persisting, has anyone ever encountered this problem, or have any suggestions? I've tried gentle stretching, joint distraction stretching with a band (seemed to me like it might some sort of compression issue, so I figured that would help, though I've lost my band so I only got to do that for about a week), other wrist prep, but nothing has noticeably improved the situation. I'm getting quite discouraged, as I can't do handstands, bridges, pushups, pretty much anything on my hands without fear of inflaming it further. I've stopped training parkour as well due to the high wrist impact that is often involved. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri marmerstein Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Try to take some time and work all your support on paralettes. That way you can still train the movements without the added pressure on the wrist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Baran-Mickle Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Thanks for the advice. For the two weeks after this happend, I was doing tuck planches on paralletes, front and back levers and support L-holds on rings all together as a workout without issue. For the last week I've been doing the same, except the tuck planches on the ground (hands sideways) because the owner of my paralletes took them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Nagler Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I was in the same situation. My wrist pain (only left wrist) occurred around December last year and nothing i tried seemed to help. Then around april i got the advice from alex87 to consume high dosage of fish oil capsules (like 6 a day), i got a high quality product, and two weeks later the pain was gone for ca. 80%. It took another 2 months to get rid of the other 20%. Trigger point massage of the arm and this viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5960 seemed to help during this time.I know your situations sucks but such things take a lot of time to heal, so be patient and hang in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Baran-Mickle Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Haha it's only my left wrist as well! I haven't taken fish oil for awhile, I might as well start again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDERIC DUPONT Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 (...) the owner of my paralletes took them back.Bastard! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Nagler Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I haven't taken fish oil for awhile, I might as well start again Yes, but you really have to take a high dosage. When the pain started i read about fish oil and tried it (about 2 capsules a day) and didn't help at all! Only when i started to take 5-6 there was great improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Branson Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Lots of mobility work. Rest them a bit and ease back slowly. Wrist swelling can be annoying and takes a bit to subside. Make your own parallettes. Completely worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Baran-Mickle Posted September 10, 2012 Author Share Posted September 10, 2012 Do you think I should avoid the problem area completely and just stretch in the opposite direction, or gently push the limited pain-free ROM I do have? If I avoid it, the mobilizing I have available to me is quite limited :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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