How to take care of your Cross Training hands (Part 2)

In the first part we have seen the care you have to do daily To prevent calluses and wounds in your Crossfiter hands. In this second part, let's see what you should do if you have raised calluses in a dominate wod and your hands are in living flesh. Throughout your life of Crossfiter it is normal for you to become wounded in your hands, despite being careful and of filing and moisturizing your calluses. And, let's be honest, teach your war wounds on Instagram after a Murphy has its one. And, for some, it is the true border between being a crossfiter fond of a devotee of functional training. But it is also not a matter of always looking for silence during training since, in the long run, it is not good for your health. Therefore, from PICSIL We will always recommend prevention.

How to take care of the wounds of your Crossfiter hands?

If after a wod you end up with a lifted callus or blood hands, this is what you have to do:

Wash the wound with soap and water to remove magnesium and other impurities (that is squeeze).
Remove the excess skin Using Box kit scissors.
Disinfect The wound.
Cover the wound With bandages or dressings.

The wounds in the hands of Crossfiter take to heal 7 to 10 days. With which, better leave the dominated to recover 100%. You can always train the occasional weakness at that rest time. Even so, if you touch a wod with rep in it Rack, we recommend you:

Apply a bandage in the area to protect the wound.
Wear Grips, tape, tape or gloves to make sure you don't get worse.

During the recovery process, do not forget what to cure daily.

If the wound is very important, disinfect two or three times a day To avoid infections.
Change the bandage After the cure.
USA A healing cream or an antibiotic for topical use until the wound is closed.

Of course, we advise you not to abuse local antibiotic creams such as blastoestimulin since, over time, your body develops bacterial resistance and would no longer have an effect. It is better to use them in very deep open wounds. Yes you have only lifted a superficial callus and not bleeding, with disinfecting and protecting the wound is enough. Finally, when the wound is closed, Remember to use a moisturizer to help skin regeneration.

Why hydrate your Crossfiter hands is essential?

We have already explained it to you in the previous post, but we want to insist on the importance of caring for your hands daily. Good hydration with a high lipid content like karité, they help you avoid:

that the superficial calluses become deep hardness that are encolated in your palms When you take the bar.
They hurt your hands during the WOD.
that your calluses are lifted for being very dry and hard.

As you do with your post-sign protein shakes, it establishes A HAND CARE ROUTINE Simple: Limar and hydrate. On the other hand, we recommend you Remove rings and bracelets of your hands and dolls to prevent wounds and injuries.

What if I make a serious wound in my hand?

Be a very deep wound or because you have many skin lesions, it is better than You go to a health professional. Whether in the pharmacy of your neighborhood, in the emergency department or in the nursing consultation of your health center, a professional can help you better those serious injuries. In addition to cleaning and healing the wound, they will recommend adequate medications for your case (self -medication is not a good idea). Therefore, in doubt, go to your doctor to guide you towards the best treatment. And you, what care do you usually do when you have a wound in your Crossfiter hands?