I hope this is the right place to post this because I’m new to T-Nation and wasn’t sure. If not sorry.
Anyways the other day out of the blue I got a sharp pain in the palm of my hand when I got on my bicicle to go the gym. It happened when I grabbed the handle bars. Anyways I thought it would go away when I got to the gym, but when I tried to bench press the it hurt and I felt like I had no power to hold on to the bar so I stopped.
Now anytime I stretch my wrist and then make a fist after it hurts like a mother******. Could anybody tell me if they have had the same problem or what the problem might be?
Any help would be appreciated! One last note I thought it might be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but haven’t had time to go to the hospital. Anyways Thanks…
Actualy, yes, I have had the exact same problem. My bike was not set up correctly for my size. The handlebars were too far forward and low. I had to over extend to grasp them, and instead of having my wrists neutral, they were buckling under a little.
The solution was to move the bars up and back a little.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Actualy, yes, I have had the exact same problem. My bike was not set up correctly for my size. The handlebars were too far forward and low. I had to over extend to grasp them, and instead of having my wrists neutral, they were buckling under a little.
The solution was to move the bars up and back a little.
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Thanks for replying but it sounds a little different than what I was saying. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear. I just noticed the pain when I got on my bike I don’t think it was caused by my bike. Now the only time it hurts is if I put pressure on it like when bench pressing. I tried pull-ups to see if that hurt but it didn’t. It’s a really strange pain kind of like my hand has a charlie horse.
Anyways I live in Japan and going to the hospital is really inconvenient, so anymore comments or advice from anyone would be very appreciated…
Does it hurt when you press overhead or hold a bar overhead in proper position (i.e., behind the head)?
I’m no doc, so take this with a grain of salt, but I had this problem when I started doing a lot of overhead work really quickly. Many people suggested that it was impingement of nerves in the shoulder. I backed off my pressing and overhead work and worked on my shoulder flexibility, and it went away.
[quote]Ross Hunt wrote:
Does it hurt when you press overhead or hold a bar overhead in proper position (i.e., behind the head)?
I’m no doc, so take this with a grain of salt, but I had this problem when I started doing a lot of overhead work really quickly. Many people suggested that it was impingement of nerves in the shoulder. I backed off my pressing and overhead work and worked on my shoulder flexibility, and it went away.[/quote]
This just suddenly happened a couple day ago so I haven’t tried any overhead work yet. But I’ve been working out for a couple of years now and do a fair amount of overhead work and haven’t had any problems until now… But I will definetly try and see if working on my shoulder flexibility. Thanks…