For the last few weeks I've had mild pain slowly coming and going around the a2 pulley on my middle finger - if I squeeze the fleshy bit around the proximal phalange against the bone it's pretty tender (giving it a bit of a massage seems to temporarily ease it off). Theres no visible swelling, no reduction in movement or stiffness, and nothing else causes any pain at all...there's no pain before, during or after climbing, using open handed grips or crimps with or without my thumbs, pulling my fingers in random directions is painless and I've not noticed any day to day stuff causing any pain either (unless it squeezes that fleshy bit) - its only when I squeeze that bit against the bone. Most stuff on web talks about pain when climbing with pulley injuries, which I don't have, but should I still assume its a pulley injury and take a break? FWIW, I've only climbed twice in the last 3 weeks.