13 Mar
2012
13 Mar
'12
11:38 p.m.
I'm fortunate to not (yet) be injured but also attempt to "straighten" our
grip to a neutral position when this happens. If that fails (folks
sometimes actually twist it back!) then I simply open up my fingers - it is
much harder for them to crank over in that situation.
I think this is very much an unconscious happening - I've noted it usually
with folks that are very physically strong in other aspects as well (both
male and female). Making it conscious for them is usually all it takes, I
usually don't have a problem with them following this.
From an earlier post - I also abhor the "wrist
hook" allemande. When I
encounter that I always attempt to shift to a hand
grip. Failing success on
that I simply let go. It can do a real job on your tendons, not to mention
the sweat factor... :(
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Bree Kalb <bree(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
This is a problem for my wrists, too. It can cause
enough pain to bring
tears to my eyes so I've taken a direct approach. With a friendly (I hope)
smile, I put my opposite hand on the back of the other person's hand &
gently push to straighten out the bend. This is often baffling to my
co-allemander; the ones who care ask me then or later why I did that. I'm
grateful that so many are truly curious and willing to alter the angle. A
couple of friends have told me they still have no idea they are bending my
wrist until I tell them. I can see that it might be a little trickier for a
man to do this with another man....