I completely snapped my A2 and now am trying to strengthen the remaining pulleys, but now know some problems that still may be fairly hard that can be worked...front 2 basically!!!
Sorry for hijacking Barry's thread a little futher but..........
I know that I replied to you at the time about your injury, but you still seem to be on a downer about it. I am now two and half years into exactly the same injury and am climbing as hard if not harder than i ever did. There is absolutely no swelling or inflamation left at all and I can make a tape pulley as tight as I like (which would feel brutal on any of my uninjured fingers), and this is a prerequisite for every session to prevent bowstringing (NOTE: I couldn't tape it until about 3 or 4 months after the rupture, due to pain, so did very easy climbing on it instead)
I appreciate that not all full ruptures will be the same either, but it is rare for all hope to be lost. Six months after the pulley incident, I broke my hook of hamate, tore the fascia in my palm and tore the tendons a little where they meet the muscles in the forearm all at the same time (well, over a period of several seconds). My physio (who is very good) basically told me that was the end for me climbing at any real level of difficulty, which put me on a mega downer for a bit, but my knowledge that the Malc had made a comeback from his similar injury was enough to make me realise that there was hope. For months I could hardly climb, couldn't really lift weights (my wrist could kindof dislocate when deadlifting and C&P meant the bar sitting on the broken bone/torn fascia which reaaaaaly hurt) and certainly could not campus, but over time and most importantly through regular use I started being able to train properly again and now it only bothers me a little. Unfortunately I have to wear those lovely fingerless gloves for weight training, since they have good padding that sits between the bar and the palm/heel of my hand.
Good luck with your recovery
