[Simon S]

I've had a couple of A2 pulley injuries over the summer that thankfully have cleared up.   Thing is I'm not sure how long to continue taping them up for. What are everyone elses thoughts? The last thing I fancy is stopping taping, only to tweak them again and have another 3 months of not being able to train. Nearly drove me mad!

[webbo]

i'd been taping my middle finger on my r/h all summer.did'nt seem to be getting any better or worse.a couple of weeks or so ago i forgot to tape it due to gluing and taping up the holes in my tip's.at the end of the day i suddenley noticed when i was removing the tape from my tip's my finger had felt o.k.my point is that once you get to a certain point in recovery tape does'nt help.
there's an article in climber nov 2003 by dave macleod which explains this in more detail.

[a dense loner]

personally think that too many people tape n those that do leave it on far too long so it becomes engrained in them. try to find other types of probs n your fingers seem to heal better, in my humble opinion

[Pantontino]

Just make sure you warm up slowly, and keep checking for twinges or anything that feels weird. I hardly ever tape up these days (unless something cuts me), but as soon as I feel something going, I slap the strappal on. Next session I always start without tape again.

Remember: skin always sticks better than tape on a sloper. Dense is right: just go and hang some friendly holds for a bit, you can still be doing powerful moves. Come back to the crimps when you've healed a bit.

[Simon S]

Right, thats decided it, next trip to the wall on monday i'll leave the tape off. I think, as dense said its become an ingrained habit.
Cheers for the advice guys!