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Chronic Inflammation in finger joint 6-Jul-2013 At 6:42:01 PM SydneyBattler

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This was actually all quite helpful.

It was at its worst when I only bouldered in the gym. It was an easy and convenient way of getting my climbing dose without too much effort during the university semester, but I have started focusing a lot more effort on sports over the holidays with surprisingly good results. I actually just got back from a week of Nowra sports climbing and even with abuse from South Central and other finger intensive crags its been holding up quite well.

I also have been taping across the proximal, PIP, and phalanx to prevent too much crimping and I think that has helped a lot. I tried ice a while back as was suggested, but I thought that was too much of a temporary solution.

Thankfully I dont think I have quite as bad a situation as lost tazmaniac, but it was also informative to find out just how common this kind of an injury is...