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(Wildman @ Aug. 22 2008,3:39)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Interesting that you feel the pain in an overhand grip and not in an underhand grip. I would have thought that the weight hanging in neutral position from either grip would inflict similar stress on the wrist but I could be wrong. I use both grips and never really noted any significant difference in the feel. I will play with this tonight and see what it feels like.
I have to wonder if there is not some other culprit at work here as well. Perhaps a grip that is too wide that is applying a shearing force to the joint but since the shearing force would be in reverse underhand the pain is relieved? Perhaps a bit too much momentum is being used, more likely on the negative side, which is causing a stretch in the ligament at the lower end of the lift? Slow it down a little bit and see... Perhaps a bit of wrist curl has unconsciously made its way into the lift at the top portion in an attempt to insure a touch to the torso? If that is the case I would think that a reduction in the weight for a brief time might be in order while you iron out the mechanics.
I normally start the lift from a fully stretched position and sometimes even use floor rows. I then start the motion by squeezing the shoulder blades together as the weight starts the ascent. The remainder of the lift is mostly arm movement from that point forward. The squeeze in the upper back is maintained as the deltoids and forearms normally finish up the last bit of the lift to my pause at the middle abdominals.
Maybe you can work to rehabilitate that wrist a bit. I used to a bit of boxing and had a serious sprain in my wrist that was causing me grief when lifting big loads. I used a roll up bar (A big stick with rope ran through the middle of it suspending some weight) at the end of every workout for a while to strengthen the wrist. A neat trick an arm wrestling buddy of mine showed me from his training is to load a bar up in the rack at waist height and twist the bar in either direction depending upon which heads you are looking to activate. I have tried these and they are very similar to the roll up bar. Now they sell these roll up bars in the darn department stores. We were making these thing ourselves out of big old dowel rods twenty years ago. Why on earth didnt we try and market them back then?</div>
thanks!
although I never visited a doctor for it, I believe the injury I had a few years ago was my "Triangular Fibrocartilage", a wrist ligament. I actually injured it performing a BB Row with the overhand grip, which I guess why performing the exercise with the reverse grip prevents re-injuring it.
I don't think there's much I can do. The ligament probably didn't heal properly as I can hear a clicking sound when I rotate my wrist.
I'll your ideas a try! I really appreciate it
