The issue might be how you hold on to the hoods or where you put your hands. My palms are on the sides of my hoods. Just the web between thumb and forefinger and the pad of my thumb on the top of the hood.

Also I've been finding out lately that a good bend in the elbows moves a lot of forces from the hands to be absorbed and shared elsewhere. However it takes a while to get use to keeping that bend. Many probably won't like it at first especially if in that mindset that one must have to have a relaxed position.