How Do You Overcome The Nasty Center Of Palm Blisters

[jsmiley]

So I did four weeks of KTA took a week off and started up again, I am now at day 12 and the blister that had formed in the center of my palm ripped off with my morning workout yesterday, it's not real bad, only bled a little, but the problem is that I have a harder time going all out on the grippers with the soreness in my palm, I used a band aid for my second workout yesterday, but that was useless.

Is there a better way to cover the injury, I was thinking a strong tape or superglue?

Thanks for the help

[Grippster]

Wrap it in some cloth, I think that's the best way to keep the knurling off your skin. The bandages come off too easily imo.

[Magnus]

I use superglue.

[ae_yogi]

Wrap it in athletic tape or if you don't have that use duct tape; if you go with the duct tape cover the wound with gauze so the glue does not stick to it. You will have to wrap it all the way around the hand to keep the tape from coming off.

Edited March 1, 2009 by ae_yogi

[Cannon]

I've had good luck with black electricians tape. Run the tape the same direction as your fingers and it will stay on better.

[lloyd80s]

Try wrapping a good sicky plaster (band aid) around the part of the gripper that's rubbing your hand. On nearly all of my gripper I have to put a plaster around the handle where my middle wraps around as it's got deep cuts from torn skin. It really helps to not make the problem worse.

[matthcarl]

Sheesh. I'd just rest for a few days. I've had some pretty nasy skin tears (from bending, not grippers) but within a week or so the skin had healed back thicker than before.

[twig]

I'm with Lloyd, tape the gripper, not the hand.

[cberg]

Sheesh. I'd just rest for a few days. I've had some pretty nasy skin tears (from bending, not grippers) but within a week or so the skin had healed back thicker than before.

Im with Matt on this. I dont have any experience with grippers but when I try to bend with blisters even if I tape it up, it ends up taking alot longer to heal. I think its better to heal up first and then not have to worry about it

[Magnus]

Actually, with the blisters in the center of your palm, I find most of the pain comes from pressure, not sliding, so nothing really seems to help, there.

[jsmiley]

taping the gripper sounds like a good idea, I don't want to take time off as the KTA demands that I do not.

[matthcarl]

I don't want to take time off as the KTA demands that I do not.

I had a feeling this might be the case. I think many foolish injuries come from being bull-headed about sticking with a program no matter what. You know yourself better than I do, so I won't belabor the point, but in general...listen to your body.

[jsmiley]

oh yeah totally I would never push myself any harder than I thought I could handle safely

[lukeamdman]

Don't put chalk on the blister so the gripper won't grab it as much. You can also put some electrical tape on the handle where it makes contact with that blister.

Also, if you let it heal for about a week it won't hurt nearly as bad, and then it's pain you can simply work through.

[acorn]

oh yeah totally I would never push myself any harder than I thought I could handle safely

I always fill the knurling with chalk on the ones that are likely to chew my hand up. you might try that. Electrical tape on the finger side handle is helpful too to help keep your fingers from splitting (something I always had trouble with on KTA). I never had trouble with palm blisters though. Also used first aid tape or athletic tape on the finger sections that took the most damage from the knurling. btw super glue is your friend dont be afraid to use it. I also found that it held a good bit better in splits when there was a little chalk in there first. no idea why, but it just did.

- Aaron

[Grippster]

Hold on a sec, where are we using this superglue and what for?

[vikingsrule92]

Hold on a sec, where are we using this superglue and what for?

Use it on the cut to cover it and protect it. Or if the chunk of skin that tore is still there I usually glue the skin pieces back to my hand so it'll heal faster. It keeps dirt out and gives you a nice rigid finish that won't come off easily.

[foxyj75]

When I get blisters from bending, or jut big chunks of skin ripped off, I jam a bunch of chalk into the raw skin. It pulls the moisture out so the raw area dries quicker instead of seeping. Then I wrap cloth athletic tape over the area and around the back of my hand. Chalk makes sure it doesn't stick to the wound, and the tape won't come off like a band aid.

[jsmiley]

started my workout as normal today, and after just a few reps with my right I had to do something, there was already chalk in the injury, so I went ahead and dusted off my hands, busted out the crazy glue and put a nice layer of glue over it, mashed some chalk into the gripper handle where it would touch the injury and I made sure not to chalk up that part of my hand.

The rest of the workout felt just fine, I had to glue it back up after the workout, but it really did a great job getting me through I lost no skin and felt very little pain.

Thanks a lot for the help

[BroodingMoon]

I find the most painful part of the closes is where the end of the handle digs into your palm, after about 10 days on KTA i had a line of minor bruising on each hand, making subsequent closes more awkward. As a result I've taken some time off to heal and I'll start over again soon with hopefully tougher hands.

Edited March 2, 2009 by BroodingMoon

[jsmiley]

I did the same thing, I actually did about 8 months of gripping before starting the KTA, and I did about 4 weeks before I had to take a week off and start over. I am hoping to get through all ten weeks this time, if I don't I'll just take some time off and start over again, until I can get through the entire thing.

[BroodingMoon]

Yeah that's my plan, before starting KTA I could just about MMS close the 2 with my LH, and closed the 2.5 on just two rare occasions with my right. I just tried closing all my grippers now and I've definitely improved, even with 10 days of the program! #2 was easy.. I closed my 2.5 RH quite comfortably and LH got about 1/16" away, I'm 1/2" away from the 3 with my RH though - oh well I'm gonna restart KTA again today, I've started to get some callouses in the centre of my palms so hopefully I won't run into the same problem you had!

On another note, I'm finding it really hard to set the #3 in my LH for the negatives, I can't even cheat it to parallel in that hand, so do you reckon I should use the 2.5 or is that a bad idea? I don't want my RH to get anymore ahead than it already is!

[jsmiley]

yes I personally use the 2.5 for the left on negatives, I also found that superglue is good but not best, what I found works best is like other people said taping the handle where it makes contact and tears your hand. I use gorilla tape and it seems to do just fine.

[rico300zx]

They will be tougher when you come back if you wait till they heal. Rub and clap them on the sidewalk , or the side of a brick wall. Over time your hands het the hint and toughen up. , do you put the end of the gripper in thw center of your palm, there's no meat there only crucification, I let the handle go lower than the center.

Rico

[jsmiley]

No I put the end of the gripper so that when closed my pinky is halfway off of the handle, much like the how to set a gripper videos demonstrate.