You're worried about the pins?  Where are they placed?  Obviously, not across the carpometacarpal joint.  Somewhere around the epiphyseal line or head of the metacarpal, with a plate? 

Bone will strengthen itself, just like muscles, if given growth stimuli.  This is interesting.  I take it that the pain isn't from the pressure of the bar, but from the extension of the joint? 
Might be indicative of a problem with articular ligaments inside the joint, they often are weaker after a dislocation. 
Is there swelling? 

I know I'm way off.  Like I said, I just like the brain exercise. 
Good luck with it. 

Pins are gone. It was done closed by a very skilled surgeon. I haven't had any extension issues aside from a mild degradation in ROM and obviously in the early days there were atrophy issues. The pain is originating almost exactly where the break occurred.

Ouch. 
Worried about a re-break? 

It's possible, especially if this is the first time that you've stressed it since the accident.  You probably know that bone builds up a thicker calcified region across and through the site where breaks occur.  On long bones, rebreaks won't happen at the exact site, but right next to it - beside the thicker ring.  That's if it's had enough time to fully heal.  You probably know that. 
On short or cuboidal bones, I dunno.  That's interesting.  Gives me something to ask about. 

Don't take this as whiney or anything - you're teaching me something. 
If you imagine the bone in a chicken leg: the knobs at the top with the cartilage reduces down to a long cylindrical section, and repeats at the bottom.  Where the knobs reduce down, that's called the epiphyseal line.  Did it break there, or toward the center?  It begs the question in my mind: which section is weaker? 
Bones like to split and splinter more than they like to actually snap, though.  The osteocytes run longitudinally.  So, the pain could indicate hair-line fractures, with a dull, sick-in-the-belly feeling.   
Of course, you could have formed re-growth that's limiting your ROM, forming a fulcrum under stressed extension. 
It's not a sharp and hot pain, so you know it's not cartilage.  And, probably not stretched ligamenture. 


That's a sh!tty site for a break, for a weightlifter. 
Interesting, though.   

It was almost exactly in the center at about a 30 degree angle.  Doc said it was a fairly clean break and that was the only reason he was able to do a closed reduction.

It sucked, it was in a cast for the first week and a half and even then moving it would put pressure on the pin site so I ended up losing almost all of my hand strength.

It wasn't quite as bad today, but still noticeable.

peak rep'd 250 on rows, only went to 135 on CGMP and did some nice slow curls peaking on the 40's

Well, you bastard, you jinxed me. 

I've either just broken mine or hypoextended the hell out of it.  And d@mn near broke my tibia for good measure. 


 

ouch!  At the same time?  What happened? someone throw you down a flight of stairs?

Motorcycle vs. road sign. 

Don't cut the padding off the seat that runs up the tank. 

Generally, you're supposed to abide by the instructions on road signs instead of running into them



New # for today......500

































No weights, bought a nice, clean Mossberg 500 and hope to get out to the range so I can waste some 12ga and .45

Generally. 
Whoever it was in that panel van didn't seem to mind, though. 
I had f**king trip planned for next week, too. 


Good choice, a used Mossy. 
Try these for some fun:
http://www.deltaforce.com/catalog/12gaugeammo.html

I put 20 shells of bird and 5 00 buck down range along with 50 rds of the crappiest of the crappiest .45 money can buy. Gonna pick up a bottle of clp and do some pm tonight. 

Hitting the gym tomorrow after church, hopefully my thumb feels better or I'll be strapping up on damn near everything.

So, I come home from church to change and grab my gym bag.  I unlock the door and hear water running...........and lots of it.  Then I step in and the mat squishes.  f%$king hose on the washing machine burst, apparently shortly after I left and flooded the place......   I spent about an hour with the shop vac getting as much of the water up as I could then grabbed a big dehumidifier to throw in and booked to the local IIEO to get new hoses.

I've done as much as I can and contacted the landlord, but he's got some problems............there's no surface water, but the floor in the kitchen squishes and some of the wood planks are popping up.

not to make light of the situation...lol. But a giant shamwow might fix all of that...ok yeah...that sux.

Landlord has a nice surprise when he gets around to getting it fixed.  The wood flooring in the kitchen is curling up and there was never any surface water in there
Bastard said he'd get someone out today, but didn't.........

ATG:  Pretty solid lift for calf raises.....peaked 10 reps @ 630
Just did a basic Tricep workout, nothing remarkable
Did my normal routine for shrugs and got a little fidgety so I threw on some plates bringing total weight to 945.  No reps but I got it off the bar and held it for about 3-5sec while I tried to rep.  The best part?  When I jerked the bar off the hooks, the left side bearing crapped,......the race popped out and a few of the rollers followed, it's also rather nicely bent now   I've got burst capillaries all over my wrists from the strap, my nose bled when I  hit my 4th rep at 855 and I almost put the calf raise machine through a wall.


Picked up a new knife and ordered another.  The one I got is just a simple little CRKT based on an AG Russel design 'sting'  single forged piece of 1050 carbon steel~6 inches total.  I ordered what amounts to the non-commemorative replica of the latest Rambo knife.  I didn't want to dirty up a collector piece

f%$k!!!!!!!!

I feel like I've been hit by a goddamn truck. 

THREAD JACK------ i got an injury to complain about. few weeks ago my oldest daughter and i were wrestlin round on the livingroom floor and she tried to jump over my arm as i tried to move my arm......(sounds weird but bear with me)...anyways. she lands on my hand, which at the time only my thumb is in contact with the floor...straight down....i feel an intense pain and hear a loud "pop" or "crack".  i figured it was just jammed. swelling has gone down but it still hurts. (i'm not a pansy) the pain is mainly when i actually put pressure on my thumb, such as when twisting the cap off a soda bottle etc. or any other work that requires my grip. it hurts at all other times as well but the sharpest pain is when i use it. i'm tempted to go to the doctor but i know he'll probably look at it and tell me he doesn't have x-ray vision and send me for an x-ray. wouldn't i be best suited just to go to the ER, complain of thumb pain and get an x-ray? then see the doc? 

Tore your ulnar collateral ligament. 
http://www.orthogate.org/patient-education/hand/ulnar-collateral-ligament-injuries-of-the-thumb.html
Wanna check?  Look at the back of your hand, and squeeze the knuckle by the sides.  The inside (ulnar = towards the ulna) should hurt like a sonofab!tch.

The pop was when the joint dislocated, which tore the ligament.  Happens a lot.
An x-ray is a good idea, though. 


Wrap it with an ace bandage and don't do things that need you to grip.  Ligaments are slow to heal; using it slows it down even more.   Give it about two weeks.




Wish I had checked here yesterday. 

+1 to Wladziu.  You'd know if it were broken.  Still, torn tendons suck.




How'd the thumb and all turn out from your impromptu meeting with the traffic control device?





Went down to pick up the UC Hibben 4 machete (last Rambo knife) and had em send it back.  Chinese hunk of sh!t.  You'd be better off actually making one out of an old leaf spring.

I'm on the hunt now for a Chris Reeve PS.

How'd you think I knew what his problem was?   
Sure wasn't from my half-@ssed undergrad anatomy class.


No breaks, just tissue damage.  I can breathe better, so the pulmonary contusion's healing.  The mirror snapped at the base instead of leaving a peg, which is great.  Interesting design. 
Plus, they put my new sign up yesterday, with a big orange reflector in the middle.  I'm gonna throw it a party or something. 



That's some expensive stuff he's selling.  $185?  Guess you gotta be pretty into it. 

thanks for the reply. i didn't think it was broken. i was just concerned that i still had pain after almost 3 weeks.


glad to see you're on the mend, but next time, stop before trying to read the signs......   



spc-how's the flooding situation?

CRK prices are actually pretty cheap for the quality of knife you get.  There's a knife and gun show dealer that lives on the island that has one in stock and said he could meet up later tonight if I want to take a look at it.


You should buy a cheap piece of metal from HD and paint 'Don't hit this sign with a motor vehicle' on it and bolt it to the post.

The flooding?  f%$king landlord hasn't done anything about it and we're going on day 5 that he's known.  The house is starting to get musty, a shaZam! ton of boards have popped up and I'm probably going to check out some other places to live this afternoon. 

Hitting the gym this evening, probably not going to break any more bars though.  I'm probably going to focus on pecs and arms.