Guest guest Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hey everyone! Welll, my first week back has been very good -- I'm feeling more energy, my mood is improving, my food is much much better and my workouts and dance have been a blast to get back to. However, yesterday I noticed that my the big muscle in my hand, the muscle between my thumb and pointer in the triangle that acupunturists often needle as a tonifying point, hurts like h***. I don't remember injuring it - but I suppose I could have been using bad form on my first day of upper body. But, I did upper on Monday and I didn't have any pain until yesterday. Today was my second upper body workout of the week, but I find that it really hurts a lot to hold weights (doesn't hurt as much as it did yesterday, however) and I don't think I can manage it without possibly reinjuring it. Is it gonna totally throw me off to skip upper today and get back to it next week or should I try to get upper body in when my hand is better? If I wait until my upper for next week, it'll be a week and a half since I'd done any uppers. If it feels better say tomorrow or Sun, should I go ahead and get it in then? Very confusing because I don't want to get off track so early in my 12 weeks!!! By the way, I can still do my dance classes as there's no pressure on my hand at all. So, I'll be going to dance later this afternoon and I'll still be doing my healthy food today, as well. Any advice? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 If your hand is obviously injured, don't do anything that will make it worse and cause you to continue missing more workouts. Go with rest, ice and ibuprofen and give it a chance to recover. There might still be some upper body exercises you could do. If gripping hurts, don't do more of it for a few days, but you might still be able to do flat-hand exercises like push-ups and bench dips. Or you might be able to do some resistance exercises with rubber tubing or even machines where you can go light and push with the heel of your palm rather than wrapping your fingers around it. In the future (maybe like next week if your hand continues to bother you) you could use lifting straps or hooks which take the weight off of your fingers. These are handy for women. A lot of times we can lift more weight than we can grip, so the fingers and hands give out before the working muscle. Here are some lifting hooks: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/hooker.html > > Hey everyone! > > Welll, my first week back has been very good -- I'm feeling more energy, > my mood is > improving, my food is much much better and my workouts and dance have been > a blast to > get back to. > > However, yesterday I noticed that my the big muscle in my hand, the muscle > between my > thumb and pointer in the triangle that acupunturists often needle as a > tonifying point, > hurts like h***. I don't remember injuring it - but I suppose I could > have been using bad > form on my first day of upper body. But, I did upper on Monday and I > didn't have any pain > until yesterday. Today was my second upper body workout of the week, but > I find that it > really hurts a lot to hold weights (doesn't hurt as much as it did > yesterday, however) and I > don't think I can manage it without possibly reinjuring it. > > Is it gonna totally throw me off to skip upper today and get back to it > next week or should > I try to get upper body in when my hand is better? If I wait until my > upper for next week, > it'll be a week and a half since I'd done any uppers. If it feels better > say tomorrow or Sun, > should I go ahead and get it in then? > > Very confusing because I don't want to get off track so early in my 12 > weeks!!! > > By the way, I can still do my dance classes as there's no pressure on my > hand at all. So, I'll > be going to dance later this afternoon and I'll still be doing my healthy > food today, as well. > > Any advice? > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Hey ! Thanks for the sound advice. My hand is beginning to feel a little better and I figure that by my next upper workout day, I'll be ready to go again. I did do some puchups and that was okay and a few other arms things that didn't require hand usage. Thanks for pointing out that there are other options. The bands didn't quite work because they were putting pressure right where it was injured. Strange. I think I might get those training hooks cause I remember last time, when doing dead lifts my hands, indeed were giving out before my legs were. Thanks for the link! Again, I really appreciate your expertise, ! > > > > Hey everyone! > > > > Welll, my first week back has been very good -- I'm feeling more energy, > > my mood is > > improving, my food is much much better and my workouts and dance have been > > a blast to > > get back to. > > > > However, yesterday I noticed that my the big muscle in my hand, the muscle > > between my > > thumb and pointer in the triangle that acupunturists often needle as a > > tonifying point, > > hurts like h***. I don't remember injuring it - but I suppose I could > > have been using bad > > form on my first day of upper body. But, I did upper on Monday and I > > didn't have any pain > > until yesterday. Today was my second upper body workout of the week, but > > I find that it > > really hurts a lot to hold weights (doesn't hurt as much as it did > > yesterday, however) and I > > don't think I can manage it without possibly reinjuring it. > > > > Is it gonna totally throw me off to skip upper today and get back to it > > next week or should > > I try to get upper body in when my hand is better? If I wait until my > > upper for next week, > > it'll be a week and a half since I'd done any uppers. If it feels better > > say tomorrow or Sun, > > should I go ahead and get it in then? > > > > Very confusing because I don't want to get off track so early in my 12 > > weeks!!! > > > > By the way, I can still do my dance classes as there's no pressure on my > > hand at all. So, I'll > > be going to dance later this afternoon and I'll still be doing my healthy > > food today, as well. > > > > Any advice? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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