Protecting wrists

As a follow on to my recent posting concerning wrist pain it seems I am not alone and this appears to be one of the most common injuries out there....

I was interested to see a few people talking about "learning to look after wrists....protecting wrists during training" etc

Would these people and anyone else be able able to offer advice as to what actions can be taken during training etc to lessen the risk of wrist injury?.....many many thanks in advance

Lee

Hi Lee:
My advice: Practice with reasonable people, pat out when it starts to hurt, extend ki, relax completely. Mark your wrist when it needs a rest. Warm up, then stretch before you start. Approach beginners learning the wrist techniques with caution!
e ya later
Jill N

I think I have good wrists, few people can make me tap out of sankyo or nikyo easily if they put the pressure on gradually (snapping shows a lack of skill and compassion..MUHAHAHAHHA). What I do is to perform the wrist exercises at least once a day a few minutes. I also force myself past my pain treshold gradually, don't rush..you'll hurt yourself. I injured myself like that, but when u know how much you can take, you will see improvements. Oh and don't resist! Follow him/her. But don't fake it either, he/she must work for your tap-out!

Regards,

KH

If it's a serious concern, you can tap out of a pin early.

Personally, when someone gets the technique on me, I know they have it, i don't need to wait untill it becomes painful to see that they've performed it correctly.

I have bought myself a bandage from the chemist (drug store I think you call them over the bigpond) which I have had to wear for a number of weeks after a particularly nasty wrist lock was applied too fast and too hard on me when I was not expecting it...

It seems that some degree of wrist pain is quite common amongst my fellow students...

some of the warm ups we do in JJJ include wrist twists and wrist crushes (applied as a stretch) to try and limber up our wrists.. some consideration for Uke when applying the techniques doesn't go astray but oh well, some people are gung-ho

my simple experience is
first know your own limitations well, how far you can go
and second hope that the nage will do the techniques well. not with brute forces but help you to overcome your limitations and get more flexibility.
later on you can enjoy speedy techniques much more )

We had a class today working mainly with wrists and that was my first experience with real wrist pain. OUCH!!! What I found to be very helpful is to ask your partner to perform slowly. That way you can feel the pain raising and you have enough time to tap at the moment you think it's appropriate. Good luck.

That way you can feel the pain raising and you have enough time to tap at the moment you think it's appropriate.

Hmm, I find nikkyo a difficult one to do that with. The pain is often instant. Especially if it is a beginner doing the technique.

A bit of wisdom I've heard: don't tap when it hurts, tap when you sense it's /about/ to start hurting.