My right wrist is really fucked up from an old injury. We recently discovered what was wrong with it and I’m gonna need reconstructive surgery on it. The earliest I can get the surgery is probably late fall, which means it could be 4-5 months before I can even get the surgery, which will be followed by about 12 months of recovery, 3 of which are likely to be in a cast or a splint. I’m pretty limited in what I can do atm and have been given certain lifting restrictions with that arm. I wear a splint when I work out, when I sleep, or do anything active. Is there any way to still train arms with using my hands or wrists?
>>77310088What happened?
>>77310088Probably isometrics or something like that. I injured a nerve in my wrist recently and all I can do with it is just hold a rock in a posistion until I can feel the fibers burning but not the nerve pain. It takes like 10 to 12 minutes but it's something I can do whenever. Did it the other night with 2 rocks holding a posistion similar to top posistion of incline bench and got chest doms. Don't think it's building muscle but don't think I'm losing it either.
>>77310192Damn, that’s all? I feel like I’m going to lose so much as I’m recovering
>>77310207Some of research now is saying it can actually build significant amounts of muscle still less than conventional training but the previous research into the matter was flawed and poorly done so time under tension might be relevant again. Still this at best establishing some kind of pecking order that's still beneath conventional training but has its own set of benefits. Foremost being that its strength output recovers much faster after a workout meaning it can be done at a much higher frequency or potentially between conventional training.
>>77310214That’s good to hear. I’m limited to like 5 lbs at this point for things I hold in my hand. I probably could lift things if I use only my forearm, but the wrist has to stay still
>>77310088Surgery is gonna fuck you up and at best rehabilitate you, aka a permanent disability. What kind of symptoms do you have to be able to see over the next few weeks and months if it's fixable?
>>77310088You have to build from no articulation to moving shit around before you start weights. Always listen to sharp pain and back off entirely. Only after a week or two then rechecking can you start to build back up.
>>77310227Basically, I’ll be getting a diagnostic arthroscopy sometime this fall and they’ll see if I have any cartilage damage. Luckily the MRI with dye didn’t show any which is a good sign. But yeah, I have ligament and cartilage tears, as well as a bone that’s out of place and tilted the wrong way. Nothing is really fixable, but they can and will do a reconstruction. It’s gonna be a long recovery.
>>77310218I should probably also mention that eccentric failure is probably the most productive component of this. Just the muscle failing to even to hold the weight to the same posistion.
>>77310238>ligament and cartilage tears>will do a reconstructionOnly time I had a ligament tear, it was just partial and healed up fine with some research pepe injections, despite boomer doctors offering cortisone shots or surgery. Never had similar tendon/ligament/cartilage issues since getting on boron plus collagen.
>>77310244Yeah, it’s not gonna be a fun recovery. I haven’t gotten to ask the surgeon everything about the recovery process, but Claude, Gemini, Chat, and OpenEvidence all seem to think that I’ll be spending about 6 weeks in a cast that goes from my the last joint of my thumb to my armpit. Followed by another 2-6 weeks in a short arm cast. And only once I get the cast off can I start real rehab
>>77310261Damn bro, that’s a ton of time in a cast. Wtf happened?
>>77310280I wish it was something cool. It was literally just falling down.
>>77310088hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from above in a front double biceps pose - u want scapula sooped to the front and out hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from the floor level lying on side with a pad under upper arm hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from the side standing with bent elbow slightly up - gets upper pec as well but oh well hook powerband on forearm and push rubber down in arm as if it was on a sling position with shoulder dropped down - that's same thing you do with side biceps posse, chest proud, keep humerus vertical
>>77310088>Is there any way to still train arms with using my hands or wrists?no u hook rubber above wrist :D >>77310486>hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from above in a front double biceps pose - u want scapula sooped to the front and out>hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from the floor level lying on side with a pad under upper arm>hook powerband on forearm pull rubber from the side standing with bent elbow slightly up - gets upper pec as well but oh well>hook powerband on forearm and push rubber down in arm as if it was on a sling position with shoulder dropped down - that's same thing you do with side biceps posse, chest proud, keep humerus verticalpictured is delt
