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My hand hurts :(

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 JonathanHilton 22 Apr 2013
I have just started doing 20 chin ups before i go to sleep and i am getting pains in my hand. During the day i get throbbing pains and when i am doing the chin ups. the pains occur in the middle of my hand.

Please help,
 Skyfall 22 Apr 2013
In reply to SoftwareMaster123:

pain is your body's way of saying "stop" so.....
Removed User 22 Apr 2013
In reply to SoftwareMaster123:

As a 13yo you need to be careful about doing too much exercise, your body is still developing. I have seen too many youngsters fall foul of it. They want to run before they can walk; you sound no different. Take it easy, and don't do pull-ups before going to bed, earlier in the evening is far better. If you were older I could suggest a few things that might be causing the pain, but at your age youv'e probably over done the 'gripping'.
 Siderunner 22 Apr 2013
In reply to SoftwareMaster123:

Probably doesn't help that you're most likely doing this without warming up ... it's always seemed to me the problem with a quick set of pullups as part of daily life. It's probably ok if they're really sub-maximal, but for most people sets of 10+ pullups are close to max effort.

Anyway, you need to stop for a couple of weeks and let the tendons etc recover and any swelling go down. Otherwise it will likely get worse. Ibuprofen might be worthwhile as an anti-inflammatory for a couple of days since the pains are persisting when not exercising (notwithstanding a lot of recent discussion / controversy on the subject ...).

Then you could try to build back slowly with assisted pullups with one foot on a chair or something. This is probably a good idea as a warmup set anyhow; most weightlifters do a lighter set or two before the main work sets. Also you should probably not do more than 2 days in a row without a day off the pullups for recovery.

Sorry waffled on a bit there!
 cuppatea 22 Apr 2013
In reply to SoftwareMaster123:

Pain is weakness leaving the body.
 Elrond 23 Apr 2013
In reply to cuppatea:

That isn't very helpful, that's just telling him that this is to be expected.

The pain is damage to the muscles and tendons in the hand which aren't getting sufficient time to recover between various workouts. If you warm up first and also vary the workouts as well, it may be both more beneficial to your climbing strength and not end up with injuries such as this.

If you start off with a warm up and do other exercises such as press-ups as well, it will probably be more beneficial overall. Just remember, don't overdo it! Pain is the body's way of telling you to stop for a bit!

Hope this helps
 cuppatea 23 Apr 2013
In reply to Elrond:
> (In reply to cuppatea)
>
> That isn't very helpful, that's just telling him that this is to be expected.

I was being silly, difficult to convey in text without smiley things, whilst drunk.

> Pain is the body's way of telling you to stop for a bit!

This is of course, better advice.

<- grin

 Ian Dunn 23 Apr 2013
In reply to SoftwareMaster123:

You need to stop doing pull ups until you are completely pain free. Hopefully this should take a couple of weeks at your age.

If you are still suffering from pain in the hand after 2 weeks of not doing any pain inducing activity then go to your GP and ask to be referred to a hand specialist.

I know it isn't good news to be told to stop but if you do you should heal quickly if you continue and result in chronic tendentious you could be forced to stop for a year. A couple of weeks now is honestly worth it in the long run.

When you resume training, warm up and start very easy and build up gradually over a month or so, hope this helps and i hope you recover quickly.

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