Timeline for Fingers for intensive sports requiring hands a lot? Recoving from ulnar claw?
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| Jun 27, 2014 at 17:29 | comment | added | hhh | I am starting to feel that my Ulnar claw can have many reasons. Cold feels good treatment only when inflammation and sore muscles. Hot feels good treatment when stiff little finger. Bandit probably good in intensive training, otherwise blocking blood flow and making little finger stiff. Hot then again on hand can result into stiffness on shoulders so cold there help. The aluminium mold with cold during night feels the best option. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 16:04 | comment | added | Michael | The only things that helped me were icing it 5 times a day for 20 minutes, the Bandit and time. Don't take too many Anti-inflammatory pills, they are really bad for your stomach and body in general. | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:59 | comment | added | Michael | Also buy this and wear it all day. It will take the tension off your elbow joint. amazon.com/Pro-Band-Sports-ABI00-Therapeutic/dp/B000FML7SW/… | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:58 | comment | added | Michael | Buy this and alternate the icing between your wrist and elbow. amazon.com/Torex-Radial-Medium-Elbow-Ankle/dp/B001E9O4HQ/… | |
| Jun 27, 2014 at 15:57 | comment | added | Michael | Yes, the cortex unit seems to hollow out the feeling of the ball, I personally hate it and IMO they ruined a lot of racquets with that system. Try any soft-poly string or synthetic gut. Technifibre makes a few good soft-polys I believe. The Pure Storm is not as stiff as the pro staff that Fed uses. I had the same issue with my hand and hot water. It is cold because the blood flow is constrained. I couldn't even brush my teeth without my hand falling asleep. | |
| Jun 26, 2014 at 23:46 | comment | added | hhh | I cannot understand this: hot bath makes my little finger and ring finger less stiff and less painful. Alu mold during nights. And cold only at places that feel painful due to inflamatory (different stiffness). | |
| Jun 25, 2014 at 23:02 | comment | added | hhh | Stupid Cortex unit: you mean you lose too much of the feeling to the racket? My current strings are extremely tight and small width, trying to identify the specs. The Pure Storm Babolat looks more similar to Federer's racket? Any suggestions for the soft-poly? Natural Gut during the recovery? I moved the string q here. | |
| Jun 25, 2014 at 0:34 | comment | added | Michael | The original Pure Drive was the best, it didn't have that stupid cortex unit. If you are using a hard poly like Luxilon Big Banger or Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour, consider switching over to a soft-poly for a bit. It won't be as jarring as a hard-poly. I have been using the Babolat Pure Control (now Pure Storm) since 2006, in my opinion that is the best racquet ever made other then the wilson pro staff series. Give it a try, you may like it. | |
| Jun 25, 2014 at 0:16 | comment | added | hhh | I use Babolat Pure Drive Roddick that is the most powerful racket that I have ever played with, babolat.com/product/tennis/racket/pure-drive-roddick-+-102171. It clearly takes time for the hand muscles to get used to it. I use 2 overgrips with it and have to hold it closer to the hotspot so more control and less stress. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 20:33 | comment | added | Michael | Is that a Babolat Pure Control? | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 18:45 | comment | added | Michael | Glad I could help, I hope it heals soon. After it heals ease into working out. Use lighter weights and play less tennis until it feels much better. Be patient. Good luck | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 14:28 | comment | added | Michael | The surgery will damage your wrist even more if done improperly and the cortisol will damage your body. Ice is the only thing the helped me. Ice, Ice, Ice. It took me 1 year before I could play tennis again and I still have problems with the Ulnar and I still constantly ice it. Read more about ways to heal Ulnar nerve entrapment. Don't get depressed, it will take time to heal. Good luck, if you have any more questions just ask me. | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 14:27 | comment | added | Michael | Yeah, I did too much heavy lifting and way too much tennis. It happened slowly, I honestly thought it would go away so I continued to train and it became worse and worse. Here is what I recommend. Stop putting any kind of stress on your damaged arm. Don't play tennis, don't lift, don't rock climb...nothing but stretching. Ice your wrist and elbow 4 times a day and wear a BandIt on your forearm 24 hours a day. When I went to the doctor they immediately wanted to do surgery and inject cortisol, don't do it. | |
| Jun 17, 2014 at 7:09 | vote | accept | hhh | ||
| Jun 16, 2014 at 22:22 | comment | added | Michael | You definitely have what I had, I saw the picture you posted. Does your arm or hand fall asleep at night when you are sleeping? I seriously recommend that you start icing your wrist and elbow three or four times a day for 20 minutes each session to relieve the inflammation. You do not want this to worsen, I had it...it was horrible. | |
| Jun 16, 2014 at 21:17 | comment | added | hhh | +1! Awesome! The thing must be "ulnar nerve entrapment" because I am suffering from Ulnar claw. I need to stop all training that can worsen it and switch to sports that can make it better. | |
| Jun 12, 2014 at 2:16 | history | answered | Michael | CC BY-SA 3.0 |