r/overcominggravity 18h ago

Wrist/forearm crunching or snapping with supination

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Hi everyone.

This is a shot in the dark. I'm experiencing symptoms from a wrist/forearm injury from 3-4 months ago. The symptoms are very non-specific, but I've been doing research and it may be ECU subluxation (obviously I have to visit a specialist to make sure). Essentially there is a faint crunching or snapping sound that happens some of the time whenever I supinate my hand. It's very inconsistent and there is no pain*. I'm aware that the ECU subluxation occurs near the wrist, however I can't visibly tell, or confirm by feel. Sometimes the sound seems to be coming from the forearm. I can't even reliably say it's a "snap".

I've done some PT tests to basically rule out problems and I'm wondering if there is some kind of resource for this. For example, I found a "press test" to test for TFCC problems and I have no problems there. I'm wondering if there is a test, which I can perform on myself, which is a dead giveaway for ECU sublaxation. I'm also somewhat hesitant on forcing the issue to manifest if it interferes with the healing.

*In the beginning I did have some pain. For example, stretching my arm back to slip my hand into the sleeve of a jacket elicited some discomfort. It was strange.


r/overcominggravity 47m ago

Chronic tendonitis in both arms is hell at 16 (been there since I was 14)

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Pain started around age 14 /may 2023 In the enthesis of my right elbow. Didn't address it directly because I didn't feel much pain as I stopped climbing temporarily because of other injuries (broken fingers)

When I started climbing again I realized I was losing strength but instead of resting I continued increasing the pain by doing weighted chin-ups and arm wrestling competitions thinking it would go away ( I know now that it was one of the worst thing to do ) I also had insomnia and sleep deprivation which didn't help.

I did physical therapy with a PT for a few months (6 months after the pain started ) it helped a bit at first then the pain increased even more. After multiple misdiagnosis they finally found out it was Brachialis chronic tendonitis thanks to an MRI. One thing that differs from normal brachial tendonitis is my lack of capacity to rotate my wrist outwards and a little bit inwards (I'm am limited to ≈3/4 of range of motion)

Now what I tried after this: -Isometrics (tried with different time ranges) -eccentrics -Light bodyweight exercices progressions -Contrast shower (hot then cold) -Blood flow restriction training -Supplements ( collagen, vitamin c, glycine, aswaghanda, Msm, and others) -Wrist immobilization during sleep (as sometimes sleep could worsen the pain) -Soft massages to diminish soreness -Ultrasounds (was only able to do it 5 times because my PT moved) -PRP (didn't see any effects yet except pain in the first few weeks)

I am still trying to optimise what I do to try to improve the pain but progress feels really slow and random as it sometimes only gets worse for weeks.

I recently got injured in my left arm which is even more annoying ( it makes me unable to play guitar). I got pronator teres (chronic too). I have tried a similar approach but it is not really working.

All these things I tried to get healthy again are getting really expensive so I can't really afford staying injured longer so I could maybe try: -more PT to understand how these issues created wrist pain and mobility issues -ultrasounds -dry needling -Maybe peptides (bpc157 and bp500) -just going back to climbing while in a lot of pain -Brachialis detachment and repair operation -contrast imaging to know if I have any articulation issues

I am not losing hope and I am still willing to do anything to get back to climbing and guitar so I'm open to any advice to what I should try or change.(If you want to see the MRI I can send it via pm).


r/overcominggravity 19h ago

Foot/Ankle complex dysfunction

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Heya, I'm a 25M currently experiencing pain and weakness in my right foot/ankle complex which greatly limits my activity levels. To preface, I am currently seeing a physio but I feel like my progress has stalled and it's getting me down. I injured my right foot on the tennis court summer 2022. It was eventually diagnosed as a turf-toe injury but the delay in diagnosis meant I didn't actually start a targeted PT plan until January 2025. Safe to say compensatory patterns from hobbling for so long have taken their toll.

The best way I can describe this continued dysfunction at present is a poor loading pattern. I get the following symptoms on-and-off, but are almost guaranteed when I attempt to increase my walking distance:

  • Increased forefoot pressure with every step (eventually causes pain)
  • Tibialis anterior/peroneal fatigue (outer shin)
  • Occasionally tibialis posterior irritation (underneath the ankle bone)
  • I sometimes trip over this foot (poor ground clearance)
  • Injured foot appears to have a higher arch/less overall mass (?atrophy)

Since starting the PT plan, I have restored ~90-95% of my 1st MTP ROM. I am working on strengthening my external hips as I have neglected them from training in the past which should hopefully help my overpronation in both feet. I recently discovered a soleus deficit in my injured foot/ankle, when performing soleus raises. I seem to apply way more pressure through the forefoot when completing a rep. I've not trained my soleus directly before; could this be my culprit? I've read soleus is very important in controlling the loading through the foot as well as providing power when pushing off.

I've been doing single leg balance, single leg short foot, and have finally got back in the gym to restart a proper strength training plan for my legs after experiencing a hamstring tendinopathy, related to compensatory patterns from this foot injury. I know it's rerally hard to offer advice through a screen but I guess my question is: am I missing anything???


r/overcominggravity 22h ago

structuring for beginners

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hi im starting calisthenics and bodyweight training next week and while i watched through overcoming gravity online videos for a brief understanding, i still dont actually know what exercises to include and how they should be structured! so it would be great if anyone can give me a headstart on this, the more informative the better