Flexor Tendon Injury

[moonfarm]

Hey all-

Recovering from a flexor tendon injury-just now have full range of motion. My right ring finger, lower knuckle on the finger, was very swollen on both sides of the joint. I think I was gripping a rope too hard ascending into a tree. It hurt, don't really want to do that again. Anybody ever have that? What the heck do I do to avoid that again? (I was wearing grippy gloves)

Tim

 

[southsoundtree]

Use a handled ascender or an ascender and footloop of some sort.

Tom Dunlap put is well as something close to legs are to be used for your ascending, and hands for doing the work.

 

[moonfarm]

I use a Pantin most of the time, but this was a pruning job on a low branched sugar maple, so it was about 10' of ascension before I was up in the crown monkeying around. Anybody do any hand exercises?

No, that isn't what I meant.

 

[southsoundtree]

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I use a Pantin most of the time, but this was a pruning job on a low branched sugar maple, so it was about 10' of ascension before I was up in the crown monkeying around. Anybody do any hand exercises?

No, that isn't what I meant.

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Were you warmed up? That could be a big factor.