new Blade because of wrist problems

LittleSeki · Mar 10, 2020

Hello,

i have a problem.
I have wrist problems xD

I already visited a doc but yeah nothing found.

So i thought about a light blade, i thought balsa.

I had 2 thinks in mind, first is a thick balsa blade with classic soft rubber or the second is a balsa carbon blade with a rather thin core like the donic balsa carbo fibre with soft rubbers like vega europe or blluefire m3.

what do you think?

lasta · Mar 10, 2020

I think balsa feels like crap and soft rubbers make it even worse. But that's jsut preferences.

How much is your current set up? How much do you need to cut down?

Probably easier to sand your current blade smaller.

LittleSeki · Mar 10, 2020

i have a stiga def pro with long pips. This is okay from the weight but i want to play offensive not defence. I also have a Infinity with m3 on both sides. The blade has 88g but i dont want to sand something down, i want to keep the blade in original shape.

Giangt · Mar 10, 2020

I saw Joola have some very light blades. Maybe you might consider those

https://www.joola.shop/en/blades/allround/4441/joola-air-fibre?c=290

LittleSeki · Mar 10, 2020

The problem is i dont know which blade, there are so many blades.

Tommy16 · Mar 10, 2020

I have had pretty nasty wrist issues myself. I played for years with balsa blades Tibhar Balsa sgs was the best I tried. I happened to try Maze alc 86g and realized that for me the main issue wasn’t the weight of the blade but weight distribution of the blade. So if I were you I would start with the blade wich is not head heavy.

Kuba Hajto · Mar 10, 2020

Tommy16 said:
I have had pretty nasty wrist issues myself. I played for years with balsa blades Tibhar Balsa sgs was the best I tried. I happened to try Maze alc 86g and realized that for me the main issue wasn’t the weight of the blade but weight distribution of the blade. So if I were you I would start with the blade wich is not head heavy.

Maybe trying coin and handle wrap would prove useful too, no?

LittleSeki · Mar 10, 2020

so a small head size so the blade is not head heavy.

this could be an option too

Tommy16 · Mar 10, 2020

I have used griptape over 25 years so I can’t confirm if it helps or not. But what I have noticed is that fl handle is better for my wrist than st which I used before my wrist injury.

LittleSeki · Mar 10, 2020

Well i played all the time with flare. Only for the defence blade i play with flare because of twiddeling but yeah it is anyoing i cant play 2 sides topspin

lasta · Mar 10, 2020

Defensive blades are oversized. But considering you have long pips on one side, you probably won't have much luck getting a lower weight with 2 inverted...no matter what you choose.

I still recommend sanding down. 2mm all around will save you at least 4-5g, and another ~5g from the rubbers.

Or maybe just exercise that wrist more. With proper grip and technique, anything under 200g shouldn't feel excessive.

Cheers.

yogi_bear · Mar 10, 2020

Maybe t11+ from yinhe. That blade is proven good. Also Sanwei feather light carbon or LD carbon

lVegita · Mar 10, 2020

Butterfly SK Carbon is less than 80g and plays great

6Finger · Mar 10, 2020

Here is a radical idea, dont use wrist for a good while, get yourself some sort of wrist wrap and just play. It will be good for your technique and will force you to correct it.

Tinykin · Mar 10, 2020

DrLevi Harrison#Fitness #Health #Gaming #gamers doctor

Agree that fixing the wrist is the solution. This video was recommended here by a fellow poster here on TTD several years ago and it has helped me immensely. You don't have to go the full hog with weights every time. Just do these exercises as part of your pre-TT warm-up.

UpSideDownCarl · Mar 10, 2020

6Finger said:
Here is a radical idea, dont use wrist for a good while, get yourself some sort of wrist wrap and just play. It will be good for your technique and will force you to correct it.

I think this may be the most important issue. Learning to play while keeping wrist neutral and stable.

And then the other thing would be to ADD weight to the handle so the blade is HANDLE HEAVY.

Can someone link to one of the threads about adding weight to the handle: what Der_Echte calls “Beast Mod”. It is surprising how adding weight to the handle takes a lot of stress off your wrist.

But if you hook your wrist while you play, it that is a habit, it may be a habit you need to unlearn.

Airoc · Mar 10, 2020

Tommy16 said:
the main issue wasn’t the weight of the blade but weight distribution of the blade.

Good point, and often overlooked.

Everything else is also true, bigger heads need bigger rubbers, lighter rubbers can save effectively - but I just recently have compared two set ups with 195 grams each. One was a head heavy blade at 88 grams, with thicker glue layers on the rubbers. The other blade weighs 95 and has fresh rubbers on it.

You´d think the one with the 95 gram blade was way lighter, and it is much easier to accelerate and handle.

195 grams is still a bit heavy overall, so this blade is not ideal, and I will go for a lighter blade soon. But I will sure watch the balance, not only the weight.

Opinari · Mar 10, 2020

UpSideDownCarl said:
I think this may be the most important issue. Learning to play while keeping wrist neutral and stable.

And then the other thing would be to ADD weight to the handle so the blade is HANDLE HEAVY.

Can someone link to one of the threads about adding weight to the handle: what Der_Echte calls “Beast Mod”. It is surprising how adding weight to the handle takes a lot of stress off your wrist.

But if you hook your wrist while you play, it that is a habit, it may be a habit you need to unlearn.

Agreed with Carl (and with the prior poster about taking a break too)! I had bad wrist issues and also went down the same path as OP. Tried to find a blade that was lighter. Turns out all of that was a distraction and delayed a long-term solution.

Nothing helped other than giving the wrist a break for months (until pain was gone) and then changing my stroke to be less wrist (and more neutral / stable). If you change your equipment, but don't address the underlying issue, it'll come back!

Dr Evil · Mar 10, 2020

Also had some wrist issues. For me the problem was a too thin handle. Grip tape and eventually a blade with a thicker handle solved the problem.

tsubasa · Mar 11, 2020

Donic black devil with vega europe, elite or victas v15 limber would be a feather light combo.

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