Potential Tendinitis?

[corpsrower]

When I'm rowing long pieces the ring finger between the hand and 1st knuckle on my right hand starts hurting a lot and locks up to the point I almost have to unfold it w/ my other hand. It only happens on longer rows, 500 and 2ks it's usually no problem or I'm so pumped i don't notice it. I thought it might have been that I was holding the handle too tightly but after a past 14k i ruled this out b/c I was intentionally keeping it loose to counteract this.

Anyone know what it could potentially be?

[George Dunning]

When I'm rowing long pieces the ring finger between the hand and 1st knuckle on my right hand starts hurting a lot and locks up to the point I almost have to unfold it w/ my other hand. It only happens on longer rows, 500 and 2ks it's usually no problem or I'm so pumped i don't notice it. I thought it might have been that I was holding the handle too tightly but after a past 14k i ruled this out b/c I was intentionally keeping it loose to counteract this.

Anyone know what it could potentially be?

I would agree that you may be inadvertently gripping the handle to hard, maybe try rowing with the thumbs running along or on top of the handle if you are not already. Also make sure your little fingers are not slipping off the end and hence transferring more load to the ring finger.

As an aid to keeping things loose think of the fingers/hands as hooks over the handle rather than gripping the handle

george