How much does a magnet restrict you?
Hi guys,
New member here and looking to start something with biohacks, and what a better place to start than with magnets in the fingers?!
But I'm looking to find out more about how much it restricts peoples everyday lives, particularly when climbing.
@Unqualified, I've read that you climb, but if you wouldn't mind giving more info on how much you do, which finger you used, at what level and how much it effects you, etc?
Has anyone else tried climbing, done weight training or lifting heavy loads?
I would prefer a disk magnet as that is the strongest, and position it as close to the pad of the pad as possible as I understand that it the most sensitive to sensation. But I'm concerned a lump of metal in my hand, given enough force, could just get ripped out.
Has anyone got any experiences they can share?
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Putting pressure on the surrounding area like I imagine you would with climbing (pushing my finger into my desk as hard as I could just now) there is no pain or weirdness. Certainly that isn't the best test as it only checks one direction of applied force, but it is something.
If you do get a magnet in your finger, I'd advise you to not get discouraged or disheartened when you can't do something you enjoy even after a couple of weeks. It takes time for this to heal and that's just the way it goes, but it will heal eventually (unless infection or other scary things happen, so take care of your finger!).
Mr. Sticky
I also play guitar a little, and if I'm not careful to press down on the string at the right angle, that can be uncomfortable, too. It's not that big of a deal, but, in retrospect, I wish I had implanted the magnet in my right hand instead. Strumming with a magnet would be much nicer.
The weirdest thing that's happened to me so far has been while I was driving. I softly hit my finger against the steering wheel at an oblique angle, and the magnet got knocked onto its side under my skin. My finger started going to sleep every time I flexed it. Eventually I was able to massage it back into place, but it was an unnerving couple of hours.That's only happened to me once in two years, though.