Wrist pain
Wrist pain or open wrist is a type of syndrome that prevents the patient using their hand due to a painful wrist. The pain may be sharp, sometimes steadily increasing after trying to apply force. Typically pain is caused after exerting too strong a demand on the wrist, as is the case with weight lifters, athletes in general, or with any weight-bearing activity to the wrist.
An illustration of wrist pain
Remedies and causes
- After applying hot or cold pads in the first moments, if there is no inflammation, the use of a simple leather or neoprene wrist brace (or even a steel-reinforced one), is recommended in order to rest the wrist.[1]
Wrist pain can be caused by one or more of a number of different disorders, such as:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Wrist osteoarthritis
- Kienbock's disease
- Scaphoid fracture
- Scapholunate dissociation
- Carpal boss
- Ganglion cyst
- Ulnar nerve entrapment, sometimes due to wrist or elbow abnormalities such as Guyon's canal syndrome or cubital tunnel syndrome
- Wrist fracture, wrist sprain
- Tendonitis wrist (Extensor) or thumb (DeQuervains)
See also
- Sprained ankle
- Wrist brace
References
- Robert C. Schenck, Jr. M.D. (1999). Athletic training and sports medicine. Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 346–. ISBN 978-0-89203-172-6. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
Bibliography
- "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet". National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
- "Symptoms". Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Mayo Clinic.
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