Time for an MRI
Dr. Griffith (very nice gentleman) at Arthritis and Sports Orthopaedics in Sterling signed off on the MRI. We did a quick X-Ray to ensure the bones looked alright, and briefly discussed how the injury occurred and where I still had pain. He felt that a sprained finger was out of the question (no pain/swelling at the joints), as well was a complete tendon tear (full range of motion and a decent amount of strength still present). He was able to narrow it down to three possibilities:
- Really, really overworked tendon and muscles
- Partial tear of the tendon
- Partial tear in the sheath that holds the tendon to the bone
Since my insurance requires their office to call and authorize the MRI, I’m waiting on that. Then I can get the MRI and finally determine what is really going on in my finger. Most likely, I’ll be out of climbing for quite a while still. For a partial tendon or sheathing tear, I’ll have to wait for it to heal before I can climb. If I have just drastically overworked the tendon and muscles, all I can do is let pain be my guide and start climbing when the pain subsides to a tolerable level (right now, it isn’t).
Looks like I’ll be putting my Sportrock membership on hold for another month. I’m hoping I don’t have to start discussing canceling my membership all together, as I can only freeze three months out of the year, and this will be number two.
*sigh*
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