Sore Wrist

[stormdog]

I had a follow up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon a week or so ago. The MRI showed that, though my chronically injured left wrist sometimes makes a popping sound when I bend it, it is structurally sound with no obvious problems. That's nice to know, but it doesn't change the fact that my wrist aches. Sometimes a lot. The achiness extends up into my forearm and past the elbow into my upper arm. I can reduce the achiness by pressing the tips of the fingers of my other hand against certain muscles.

It's a frustrating situation. I've arranged my input devices at work so that I can do almost all of the work of discarding books with one hand, and that helps. Oddly, my arm and wrist still get sore even when doing nothing, so I end up pressing the muscles of my arm into the back of my chair's armrest to get a little relief. Maybe it's the way I hold my arm while I'm sitting. Or maybe I'm tensing my left arm and wrist and hand unconsciously even though I'm not using them.

I do have some discomfort when biking too, though it's been notably better since the bike shop raised my handlebars a couple inches for me. (I might go a litle higher yet.) But it seems to be worst when I'm at work doing nothing with that arm but letting it sit and rest, or maneuvering it to reduce achiness.

I should probably talk to my GP again.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Do you use a wrist support?

[stormdog]

I have, with somewhat mixed results. It seems to help sometimes to have my wrist immobilized, but sometimes being set in the same position will cause discomfort after a while too. Typically, when I remove a brace and bend my wrist after it's been on for a while, it makes that popping noise, so I think a tendon or something must be getting out of place?