Hand pain

Chambers · Feb 25, 2011

Having some pain in my left hand (weak hand). Specifically, in the back of the hand, like the muscles/tendons that you use to crush a pistol grip. Not major pain, the annoying kind. It goes away when I leave off it for a couple days but then I'll work out/practice and it's back.

I'll probably go to the doc next week if it doesn't quit, but I think I know what he's going to say and I'm a stubborn bastard. Anybody else experience this? With what result?

redneck1861 · Feb 25, 2011

I have constant pain in my left hand, but then again a bullet did go through my left hand

mike cyrwus · Feb 25, 2011

ibuprofen

Wall · Feb 25, 2011

what Mike said.....You probably strained a tendon

Scott Hearn · Feb 25, 2011

Tylenol. It's actually a very good anti-inflammatory. Don't do crap for a headache but it's pretty good for inflammation. Provided that's what your problem is.

Are you going to be wearing a brace tomorrow so we can ridicule you incessantly?

DoctorJJ · Feb 25, 2011

Scott Hearn said:
Tylenol. It's actually a very good anti-inflammatory. Don't do crap for a headache but it's pretty good for inflammation. Provided that's what your problem is.

Are you going to be wearing a brace tomorrow so we can ridicule you incessantly?

Tylenol is not an anti-inflammatory medication. It is a pain reliever and fever reducer.

If you could explain the pain a little better to me, I might he able to help.

ChrisC · Feb 25, 2011

I use naproxin..works well. My hands get like
after a match with the wheel gun

Chambers · Feb 25, 2011

Hard to explain. Not like a pulled muscle, kind of a tingle. Not swollen or anything, ice did not help.

Wall · Feb 25, 2011

tendon

michaelclm · Feb 25, 2011

I've been experiencing something very similar in my weak hand index finger. Mine is just about a half-inch behind the first knuckle in the back of the hand it feels like I've hit a nerve. There's a sharp pain and numbness down the finger that feels like an electric shock. It's worse in flexion than in extension. If my wrist and fingers are in flexion at the same time (like the thumb-comp method on the foregrip/forend) she really sings. I'm thinking that grip may have stressed the tendon in the back of my hand. I recently changed to a longer forend which resulted in a longer reach. I had something similar happen when I was climbing. If I climbed a long route with narrow cracks I would use a lot of ring locks and inevitably my hand would hurt this way.

Doc, it only hurts when I do "this"

DoctorJJ · Feb 25, 2011

Chambers said:
Hard to explain. Not like a pulled muscle, kind of a tingle. Not swollen or anything, ice did not help.

Here's a wild guess based on your, (no offense but not so great, Haha!) description: Wartenberg syndrome. Does this sound close at all?

http://www.eorif.com/WristHand/Wartenbergs.html

DoctorJJ · Feb 25, 2011

My next guess might be intersection syndrome.

jtischauser · Feb 25, 2011

Back when I was a pu$$y my weakhand hurt too. I hit the gym and now I have two stronghands. When USPSA does stronghand/weakhand stuff I gotta real dilemma.

michaelclm · Feb 25, 2011

Jesse Tischauser said:
Back when I was a pu$$y my weakhand hurt too. I hit the gym and now I have two stronghands. When USPSA does stronghand/weakhand stuff I gotta real dilemma.

I'm pretty sure mine is George Bush's fault. I recently bought a Sam's membership though so that I could save on bulk ibuprofen and ointment for my girl parts.

mike cyrwus · Feb 25, 2011

DoctorJJ said:
Tylenol is not an anti-inflammatory medication. It is a pain reliever and fever reducer.

If you could explain the pain a little better to me, I might he able to help.

You beat me to it, doc.

redneck1861 · Feb 26, 2011

Jesse Tischauser said:
Back when I was a pu$$y my weakhand hurt too. I hit the gym and now I have two stronghands. When USPSA does stronghand/weakhand stuff I gotta real dilemma.

So what your sayin is that those 2 strong hands make you happy?

Sandy C · Feb 26, 2011

Chambers said:
Having some pain in my left hand (weak hand). Specifically, in the back of the hand, like the muscles/tendons that you use to crush a pistol grip. Not major pain, the annoying kind. It goes away when I leave off it for a couple days but then I'll work out/practice and it's back.

I'll probably go to the doc next week if it doesn't quit, but I think I know what he's going to say and I'm a stubborn bastard. Anybody else experience this? With what result?

A therapeutic massage may give you some relief.