TMS Taking Advantage of Injury Site

I'm not a physiotherapist (this is just from my own experience and to a lesser extent as a qualified personal trainer), but I just want to note something when it comes to the wrist straps. I used them when I used to lift heavy and they only caused issues for me in the long run, forearm issues and golfers elbow.

I assume that you're doing rehabilitation exercises for your wrist? I appreciate that you still want to lift what you can lift, but if you can stomach it I think it would likely be a better strategy to lower the weight to something your wrists can manage. The straps might be contributing to a lack of confidence with your wrists and it might be creating a certain amount of avoidance which can fuel conditioned responses. I'd obviously make this decision in line with the physiotherapist, but from a TMS perspective I'm worried about the straps, as in this case they aren't only acting as support to lift more weight (which might be all they're doing for someone without wrist pain), but it has the added element here of trying to protect your wrists - if and when (they could already be healed) they heal, then there's no need to protect them and that could create TMS symptoms moving forward.
All solid points. The doc didn't assign me any kind of therapy, he just said to rest it until it feels better. Move it as much as I can without pain and listen to my body if it hurts.

Funny enough, I also have had an issue with golfers elbow in my other arm opposite of the wrist injury for about a year or two off and on. But yeah, thats a good idea about experimenting without the wrist strap. I'll try that today at the gym and see how it feels.

I have never used straps to lift weights at all. I just did it because the doc suggested it to get through the injury.
 
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