Raw Thumbs from Binding

[Nygeel]

Does anybody get this? I use an underworks 997 and it seems like every time I use it my thumbs hurt more and more. It's really only on the knuckle and that knuckle ish joint thinger at the bottom of my thumb. It's gotten so bad that my skin peels off, too!


Probably not the best picture of what I'm talking about.

Anybody else get this and are there any solutions?

[supremecatoverlord]

How would binding affect the condition of any of your digits?

This sort of confuses me.

[Nygeel]

How would binding affect the condition of any of your digits?

This sort of confuses me.

When I put it on the binder rolls up and sometimes when I try to pull it down it stays rolled up so the friction screws with my thumbs.

[Anon]

I was also really confused as to how your binder was rubbing on your thumbs hahahah.

But on a more helpful note, have you considered cutting your binder high enough so it just doesn't roll up? I've done this to all mine (although they look like crap if you don't hem them. If no one's going to see you in it that doesn't matter though) because the roll was really painful and people would ask what I was always pulling down under my shirt.

[Nygeel]

I was also really confused as to how your binder was rubbing on your thumbs hahahah.

But on a more helpful note, have you considered cutting your binder high enough so it just doesn't roll up? I've done this to all mine (although they look like crap if you don't hem them. If no one's going to see you in it that doesn't matter though) because the roll was really painful and people would ask what I was always pulling down under my shirt.

Nah, any binder will roll. It's when I'm putting it on that it rolls up. I've tried it with a tri-top and that rolls when I try to put it on.

[wheat thins are delicious]

Just let it stayed rolled?  Mine rolls a little at the bottom and I just leave it like that, doesn't bother anything.

[Nygeel]

Just let it stayed rolled?  Mine rolls a little at the bottom and I just leave it like that, doesn't bother anything.

My binder wouldn't be on if I did that or it would be on but up around my armpits. I put the binder over my head and put my arms through the holes. When I pull the bottom seam down since I take the dive in approach the bottom seam rolls up to where the collar is. It's in putting the binder on and taking it off where this happens.

[wheat thins are delicious]

Ok, from reading earlier I assumed you meant when it rolled up during regular wear.

[lilacwoman]

can you sew some small loops of tape on at the top to give an easy grip?

[Berserk]

My binder wouldn't be on if I did that or it would be on but up around my armpits. I put the binder over my head and put my arms through the holes. When I pull the bottom seam down since I take the dive in approach the bottom seam rolls up to where the collar is. It's in putting the binder on and taking it off where this happens.

Ah ok, I think I get what you mean...like in the stage of putting it on? Um...honestly, I don't know since that never happened to me when trying to put the binder on (the thumbs, I mean, not the rolling). How exactly are you pulling it down that it hits your knuckles? I'm just trying to picture it....cause I typically pulled down from the outside.

[Jeatyn]

I used to have this problem too, the material is super scratchy when you have to wrestle with it

my solution was to get a different binder  one with velcro

[Nygeel]

Going to knock these out in one reply.

@lilacwoman I would need it at the bottom of the binder I guess but it all gets rolled up so it wouldn't really help.

@Berserk Yes. I think it's that I push it down to unroll instead of pulling...I just went through the trying to put on my binder motions. What happens is it rolls under, not over. I put my finger tips under to unroll and to pull it down I grip it and pull. So my thumbs are against my body/the binder.

@Jeatyn Yea, I have a velcro binder but a sports bra would do more.

[Berserk]

@Berserk Yes. I think it's that I push it down to unroll instead of pulling...I just went through the trying to put on my binder motions. What happens is it rolls under, not over. I put my finger tips under to unroll and to pull it down I grip it and pull. So my thumbs are against my body/the binder.

Hmm... are you able to pull at all instead of push, or does it rolling under make it difficult to? What I did was I'd pull it down a bit, then pull up a bit on the shoulder straps to try to straighten out the material at the bottom a little, pull down again etc. Would that work, maybe? But I always used tritops so could be a bit different if its not a tritop, but you never know.

Otherwise, I dunno. Maybe put something like tape or bandaid on your thumbs before you put on your binder to protect them?

[Nygeel]

Hmm... are you able to pull at all instead of push, or does it rolling under make it difficult to? What I did was I'd pull it down a bit, then pull up a bit on the shoulder straps to try to straighten out the material at the bottom a little, pull down again etc. Would that work, maybe? But I always used tritops so could be a bit different if its not a tritop, but you never know.

Otherwise, I dunno. Maybe put something like tape or bandaid on your thumbs before you put on your binder to protect them?

I can't pull in a way that the back of my thumbs don't rub against it. It rolls under at the very top of my chest so in order to get it to go down at all, I need to unroll. It also gets really weird in the back with the rolling. That I can pull down with my fingertips by putting my hand palm up behind my back and stuffs.

[Adio]

So it rolls under itself?  Just turn it inside out so it'll roll over and you won't have to hook your thumbs.

[Nygeel]

So it rolls under itself?  Just turn it inside out so it'll roll over and you won't have to hook your thumbs.

No, it will roll under still.

[Anon]

Maybe instead of fixing the binder you could put on some sort of thumb-guards when you get dressed. Like cut only the thumbs off some cheap gloves.

[Soren]

Do you have one of the long ones? I found those work really well if you can just put it on before you put your pants on and just leave them under. But I'm really short, which is probably why it's long enough for me to do.

[Nygeel]

Do you have one of the long ones? I found those work really well if you can just put it on before you put your pants on and just leave them under. But I'm really short, which is probably why it's long enough for me to do.

It is the long one but the order of putting on clothes doesn't change anything. The other responses to posts might help clear up the confusion about when it rolls.

[aleon515]

Maybe instead of fixing the binder you could put on some sort of thumb-guards when you get dressed. Like cut only the thumbs off some cheap gloves.

Actually not a bad idea, there is something called finger cots. You buy a box and they fit different fingers. (Hardware or drug store item). They are reusable. I would guess a box would only have a few big enough for a thumb.

--Jay Jay