-
Wrist: Klienbock's Disease14-Jan-2013I got an MRI because my doctor suspected a TFCC tear in my wrist. The imaging showed a perforation in the TFCC and avascular necrosis of the lunate bone (possibly Kienbock’s Disease). Three months later, the necrosis still showed on the MRI but I had no symptoms. When I asked my doc about getting back into climbing, he said “I hate climbers.”...
-
Wrist: Ruptured Tendon19-Dec-2012Recently I strained my wrist quite badly while climbing. Slopers and pinches are painful. I’m concerned about pushing it too hard to the point of tearing cartilage. I just feel that most doctors, no matter how you explain it to them, don’t understand climbing at all....
-
Snap, Crackle, Wrist14-Dec-2012The wrist has more tendons, nerves, bones and ligaments per square inch than any other part of the body and it’s all manacled tighter than Lindsay Lohan. ...
-
Wrist: Fractured Scaphoid15-Sep-2010
A few weeks ago, I fell while using Powerisers [jumping stilts that allow the wearer to leap up to six feet] and fractured my scaphoid....
-
Wrist: Instability09-Apr-2010
A week ago I was climbing at Arapiles when I felt my wrist twinge on a hand jam. It still feels a bit tweaky and maybe slightly swollen, and it occasionally pops. I hurt it several months ago as well, though now it feels different....
