Hurting wrist?

Question

My left wrist has been hurting and i know its becuase of my workouts. Is there any way to treat my wrist?

Answer 1

watch for carpal tunnel which will cause wrist pain as will a ganglion cyst..... consult dr soon .. dona

Answer 2

Go see a doctor. I had the same type of injury once and waited 3 days to get it checked out. Turned out I broke my wrist in 2 places.

Answer 3

Repetitive stress on the wrist can lead to a number of different injuries, like tendonitis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc. They all have similar symptoms, mainly the wrist, hand and arm hurting. And although some conditions can have other primary causes, they are all aggravated by wrist overuse. With that in mind here are the top 10 tips to prevent repetitive stress injuries of the wrist.
1) Stay Healthy
Maintain a healthy body weight and a good cardiovascular system. An unhealthy body causes stress everywhere. Add that to any environmental stressors and you may have a problem.
2) Stay Strong
Keep your wrist, arm, hand and fingers strong. It is harder to overuse something if it is normally worked harder. Strengthen the muscles involved and increase flexibility through stretching.

3) Don't Break the Wrist
Lay the outer part of your forearm on a hard surface. Let it rotate inward naturally. Keep your wrist straight. That is the natural wrist position (see image above).
Notice that the palm is at a 30-45 degree angle and that the fingers are curled. Keep that position whenever possible. Flexing and twisting of the wrist causes all the tendons and nerves to rub over leverage points at the joints which can cause a lot of problems.

4) Use Your Muscles
Control the movement of your hand and fingers through muscle use not tendon/ligament use.
One big problem with typing on modern keyboards is the lack of strength needed to press a key. This causes you to simply start a motion of the finger and let momentum carry it through. This can cause minor hyper extensions and wear and tear on the tendons and nerves.

5) Take Breaks
Take regular breaks to relieve stress. Take this opportunity to stretch and increase blood flow. You should break for at least 10 minutes for every hour of continuous work with 30 second micro breaks every 10 minutes. Performing a warm up and cool down stretch will help as well.
6) Change Positions
Change your position and posture regularly. Change of position will call in different muscles, kind of like a relief pitcher, letting the first group rest.
7) Get a Good Grip
Use a proper sized grip for your hand.
Look at your natural wrist position again. Now bring your thumb and fingers together until they are separated by the width of two quarters. That is your grip size for holding things. That is your ideal grip for things like handrails or screw guns.

Now continue to close your hand until the thumb overlays the first joint of your index finger. That is your grip size for manipulating things with your wrists, things like hammers, shovels or golf clubs.

8) Maintain Your Distance
When working with your hands keep them in the middle ground, not too far, but not too close to your body. This allows muscles in your arms, shoulders and trunk to help share the load.
It also keeps your joints in the middle of their range of motion, which increases blood flow and reduces the flex of tendons/ligaments/nerves over those leverage points at the joints.

9) Don't Go to Extremes
Just because your joints can pivot that far does not mean yours should. Do not flex your joints to the edges of your range of motion while working.
Most muscles can not maintain control of your body at these extremes which can lead to hyper extension and muscle pulls. It also flexes the tendons and nerves over those leverage points of the joints. For more on range of motion see this discussion on body links.

10) The Low Down
Do not flex upward. The hand is designed to grip, so most muscle control and joint range is aimed at a downward flex. There's less leverage on an upward flex so the body has to work harder to move that way. The tendons and nerves also have harder leverage points to stretch over.
Keep palms and fingers somewhere between flat and the grip position.

Keep your typing and mouse click upstrokes as short as possible. Do not use the scroll wheel as that motion is almost entirely upward flexing.

Answer 4

Sometimes overexerting your wrist can cause a gangleon sist. My wife has had this and surgery was the only relief she got. In the meanwhile, quit using that wrist so much, or use a wrist brace when exercising.

Answer 5

first off you have to rest the wrist. Do not do any work outs for at least three days. Apply ice packs for ten minutes at a time several times a day. Use Advil tablets four times daily for the pain. If it does not improve after three days see your medical doctor.

Answer 6

1. Stop doing the exercises that hurt your wrist
2. Use ice and anti-inflammatories for a few days
3. Seek a Physical therapist who can show you correct exercises
4. Do not work through pain.

Answer 7

Rest, put a heating pad on it for 15 min, then a cold pad for 15mins. This promotes healing, keep alternating until it feels better.

Answer 8

I use green clay mixed with green tea, make a paste and put it on the place that hurts... It is very effective. Check these sites:
http://biorganic.ifrance.com/biorganic/clay.htm
http://vitaminhouses.com/Guia/ingles/nutraceutics/clay.htm

Answer 9

You might hav aurthritis...I would go to a doctor.