Guest Pinchgrip Posted March 18, 2001 Share Posted March 18, 2001 Hi, This forum is #### good. Therefore I hope you can help me with my problem. After a rather long layoff I did some one- arm hangs from a chinup bar and since then I have pain in the base and the second joint of the index finger. After a day or so it´s gone and occurs again, if I´m done with my grip training (no more one-arm hangs in the near future). What can I do to prevent serious injury and how do I condition my finger so it can handle heavy weights? Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woody36 Posted March 18, 2001 Share Posted March 18, 2001 Pinchgrip, it looks like youre enthusiasm got the better of you,i injured my finger a couple of weeks back doing finger lifts.if i have learned one thing its that your hands take longer to warm up than other bodyparts. work youre way around the injury if you can,try avoid things that pull directly on your injured hand.some of the guys on the board run there hands under warm water to get the circulation going before a workout this may help a little. woody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AghastGrip Posted March 18, 2001 Share Posted March 18, 2001 Pinchgrip, I agree with wooody about your hands taking longer to warm up. I've definitely found that my workouts go the best whenever I run my hands under warm/hot water for a minute or so. As far as conditioning your finger to handle heavy weights, just be sure you don't start out with heavy weights in the beginning. Build your way up with lesser weights until you are sure you can handle something heavier with no pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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