Working Through an Injury

Hurting yourself really sucks!  A couple weeks ago I was doing bicep curls with the ez curl bar. I had just added a 2 1/2 pounds of weight for a total of 39 1/2 lbs. This in itself was not too heavy for the three sets of eight reps I did. But, with my wrists at the odd angle that an ez curl bar puts them at, the weight proved too much and I strained my left wrist.

Then I added insult to injury by typing too much. I was working on my book and typing away at the computer when it REALLY started to throb. Note to self: when you hurt yourself, even a little, you need to take it easy. Now that's not easy for me, not at all.

So, I was forced to lay off doing any upper body lifting that used my wrists (I know, they ALL do), and I wrapped it up in an ACE bandage and--probably most importantly--I tried to limit my typing.

Long story short-- by this morning it felt much better. Of course here I am typing and guess what --- I can feel it twinging.  But I still plan on doing biceps tonight (sans ez curl bar) and see what happens. I've worked too hard for these little guys to let them go now!!