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 <[email protected]> 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.... > >
