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Wrist injury and pole – anyone else had FCU tendinitis? Any encouraging words?
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PinkPony,
Thank you so much. You give great advice. I will be able to focus more on other things. In hindsight, I was having wrist tenderness for awhile and looking way back, I remember now when I first noticed the tightness in my forearm muscles – when a certain transition into crow pose in yoga was suddenly painful/impossible, and it never had been a problem before. It did not dawn on me (in any substantive way) that it was just my too tight wrist flexors. If I had really paid attention then (and this was many months ago), I could have rested for a short while, done some self massage, and focused on gentle stretching and strengthening before jumping back on the pole. And even more recently when my wrists really started to complain (sore, tender), I did not think it was serious. I’m so busy and focused on school and other things that I didn’t think deeply enough about it. Self-awareness is so important. One day I had a particularly long pole session, then awoke the next morning and could not turn on the faucet with my left hand, it was so painful. I rested from activity and iced, took a whole week off the pole (which at the time seemed like forever) and then felt pretty good so I used the pole for a strength based workout (pull ups, knee lifts and the like), did a few very basic spins on my “uninsured” side, and did some theraband wrist exercises. I’d been told that as long as it wasn’t painful, the theraband work was good to begin. Well, the next morning I couldn’t turn on the faucet with either hand! So now I know for sure it is a tendon issue whereas before I thought my wrist pain might have been referred pain from a mere forearm muscle strain. As I said, hindsight tells me the muscle strain happened sooooo long ago and we are way past that.
So my advice is to listen to Veena when she says that if you only have time to stretch ONE THING after pole (or every day, whenever you stretch), MAKE IT YOUR WRISTS/FOREARMS!!!! And don’t ignore those early warning signs. Be very very good to your body. I am learning the hard way.
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