On Sunday, I did a 19 mile walk which involved a fair bit of climbing throughout. Now, although I've been using a walking pole more over the last few months, I've never used one for the length of time I used one on Sunday.
We were on the hill for approx 8 hours (with a few stops en-route) and I used my pole for most of the walk, apart from on the flat easier going sections.
During the night last night, I woke with terrible pain in my right hand. My knuckle joints were very stiff and the bones on the back of my hand were really painful. Even my palm hurt! I could feel discomfort in my wrist too.
I wasn't aware that I'd gripped my pole handle too tightly, so I think it was just because it was something my hand wasn't used to.
Just wondered if anyone else has suffered hand pain in this way after using poles on a longer walk.....
Tracey
P.S I've rubbed three applications of Voltarol pain-eze emugel on it today and it's more or less OK now