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Born without an A2 pulley, anyone else with this experience?

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Wednesday B · · CT · Joined Jan 2023 · Points: 0

Let me be clear before I start this post that I'm not asking for any medical advice, I trust my hand therapist and doctors. I'm just curious to hear other people's experiences!

Hi everyone! Last summer I sustained an A3 pulley rupture (in the most anticlimactic way possible – it just snapped while holding a large crimp on a V2 in the gym…sad). I finally got pulley reconstruction surgery on Monday. This morning I had a follow up appointment to remove the dressing and set up a splint and I learned some interesting information. The surgeon told me that to his surprise, when they were operating they found that I had no A2 pulley to begin with – that's probably why the A3 rupture was such a problem, because I didn't have the A2 to compensate at all. I'll never know whether I'm missing an A2 pulley in any of my other fingers because it's not very visible on an MRI. (I mean they didn't even know that I didn't have an A2 from the MRI I got for this injury, they only knew when they physically cut me open). The surgeon and the hand therapist I was talking to have said that they've never seen this before, and googling around I can't seem to find any information. Have any of you heard of somebody genetically missing an A2 or have experience with it yourself? I don't really know how this will affect my climbing going forward, like if my other fingers are more vulnerable as well...

Apologies for any typos here, I'm using speech to text because typing is rough!

Adam bloc · · San Golderino, Calirado · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 3,451

Wild! Don't let that stop you! Hell, I've made it pretty far in life without a backbone...

Nkane 1 · · East Bay, CA · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 475

RA Dickey was born without a UCL and pitched to a Cy Young award. DeJuan Blair played seven seasons in the NBA after losing both ACLs to surgery as a teenager. Caroline Gleich climbed Everest with a torn ACL.

The body can adapt, sometimes!

Wednesday B · · CT · Joined Jan 2023 · Points: 0

Wow, those are some crazy stories! Pitcher with no UCL? That definitely makes me feel less alone :D here's hoping I can find a way to crimp safely in the future!!

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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