Why Your Thumbs Are in Pain After Rowing 

Hi. I have been rowing for years but in the last few months I am getting serious pains on the outside of my thumbs into my wrists. I only do 3k each session. I'm glad I found your video and am going to start your exercises. Thankyou so much.

Wow Thank you so much! I started rowing at home just 2 months ago. Soz it looks like ive been doing lots of moves incorrectly. Serious pain in my thumb hence finding you. Did your exercises and omg the relief is immediate. Will repeat tomorrow 😁 Will hit subscribe right now❤ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Super helpful. My thumb has been sore and now I know why! I'm grabbing to hard on the handles! Thank you.

I found your video while searching for neutral grip options for a concept2. Very timely 😄. Lifting weights is when I first developed thumb pain in my left hand. I started stretching my fingers (including thumbs) and wrists and started using Angles90 grips and other grip options that allowed a more anatomically comfortable ROM. I also started doing grip strength exercises (e.g., using a towel as a grip on pulling exercises) and using fat gripz on my barbells and dumbbells. Thumb pain solved. However, when I started rowing the thumb pain came back almost immediately. In fact, it is the limiting factor when I row. I use a very light fingertip grip as you suggested. I have been moving my thumbs around, changing grip position, as you suggested. Today, I attached my Angles90 grips to my rower handle, and miracle of miracles, no thumb pain. So I am going to do the exercises you recommended combined with the A90 grips and hopefully resolve the thumb pain eventually and be able to got back to C2 handle only. Is there any reason I should not use the A90 grips attached to the C2 handle?

I have a water rower and wonder if I've done some long term damage.. I'm getting bad shoulder pain at night . More or less ok once I'm up and about. Also having pain in my inner arms . I'm 71 and purchased the machine to improve my breathing and lose some weight. Should I stop until my problems improve ir carry on but more carefully? . The pain at night is really bad. I think I've caused some tendon damage. Please give your expert advice . Many thanks for your help. Chris