Comments on: Partial Rupture to A2 Tendon Pulley

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:35:07 +0000

Regarding taping: Personally, I climb differently when a joint is taped. It is one of the easiest ways to distinguish me from a cadaver rigged to a machine 🙂

Nursing a torn A2 at the moment; we’ll see how it goes.

By: rick

rick — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:39:56 +0000

Has anyone ever had their ring finger injured from climbing and it be permanently bent from the injury? Any help for straightening this finger?

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:45:41 +0000

Neal Vital
Would love to know about the surgery. My 19 yr old
Ruptured A2 and we are considering surgery.

By: Dr. kickass

Dr. kickass — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:53:54 +0000

Whats up dude? I cant stand hearing all the crap I just read. It is looser talk! Are you a fighter or what? Just because you have one painful spot in your body does not mean you stop climbing. Climb one armed if you have to. I am climbing v10’s with a swollen ring finger A2 full blown pulley injury. Its a matter of pain tolerance not some scientific fear based intelegence. Raise your pain tolerance a bit, get back on the rock and quite complaining. What are you going to do when you are 80 with every pulley blown, lung cancer, a brain tumor, and you can barely see? Are you going to quite then to? Man up!

By: Leif

Leif — Mon, 02 May 2011 03:29:10 +0000

@keith, sorry that’s happened. damn crimps… ha. that’s what mine happened on, too. a little advice not about recovery per se, is to avoid losing your muscle tone while recovery via some resistance training like bungees, to at least keep your other hand and the arm whose finger is affected, strong. i didn’t do this and wished i had.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:35:48 +0000

I heard and felt the “POP” in my middle finger of my right hand two weeks ago crimping on a hold….I just started reading all these posts and now will do the right things to get back climbing soon!! Great tread and excellent topic.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:25:28 +0000

Hi Neal,
You’re the first person on this post that’s actually had the surgery and I’m thrilled to hear it was a success for you. I’d be really interested to hear more detail about it (and I’m sure a lot of other people would, too)…the procedure itself, your PT/rehab, how long ago was the surgery, how does it feel now. If you’ve read this entire post then you’ve read my entries – I have a right ring finger complete rupture of A2, A3 and A4 so I hope you can understand why I’m especially interested in learning more details about your experience with the surgery.

Thanks!

Bonnie

By: Neal Vital

Neal Vital — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:12:25 +0000

I had a partial middle finger A2 tear (undiagnosed) from 45 years of bowling. I felt it when the partial tear happened. Bowling a week later, I still felt a little pain, but continued bowling a I had no reason to suspect what was causing the pain. Then I threw a shot and immediately felt – and heard – the pulley completely tear. I had never had a problem with this, so the entire happening was a shock. I guess what I’m trying to say is if your pulley is partially torn, it is my opinion that if you keep doing what caused it to partially tear in the first place, it will eventually rupture completely. I can’t see how a partial tear can fix itself with rest. It is still going to be partially torn no matter how long you rest it. Then, when you go back to your activity, it is going to immediately start hurting and tearing some more. Anyway, I had the reconstruction and was back bowling in 3 1/2 months.

By: ari

ari — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:20:24 +0000

hi guys, I read everyone’s comments and learned quite a bit. I was curious to hear if anyone has recommendations on my current condition. I stopped climbing in November due to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome. So that has improved, and I decided to return to the indoor gym last Sunday. I warmed up on some 0s and 1s and felt pretty good. Then halfway up a relatively simple 2 I felt a pop in the base of my middle finger in my dominant hand, followed by some mild pain. I hopped off the wall and called it a day. I have been taking advil and applying ice, and it’s now been about 48 hours. I can’t quite close my finger to my hand, but i can flex the finger and touch the base of my palm. It is swollen a bit as well.

I am wondering if anyone can tell me what to expect. When do you think the swelling will go down? How can you tell between a strain or a rupture or a tear? Any new light will be much appreciated. Thank you

By: Laurence Reading

Laurence Reading — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:33:28 +0000

Hi I agree with all you have said. I have a page on my website all about this, but I have forgotten to add the taping information. I agree with you, taping helps when recovering from an injury. I hope the stuff at My rock climbing site will help.