About 5 months ago I started having issues with swelling, stiffness, and pain in the PIP joint in the middle finger on my right hand.
There was no specific incident that provoked the injury so I have to think it was from overuse (I had been using a hang board for about 3 months).
Since then I have been unable to climb. I only have climbed once since. I tried doing some pull-ups the other day and the swelling the following day was intense.
On the average day I cannot close my right hand to make a fist.
I have tried cold therapy (seems to make it worse) and ibuprofen gel (reasonably effective for pain relief).
Does anyone have any advice or experience with this?