There is no real problem in rigid or unstable cases, but wrists are unusual joints because rigidity or even fusion is relatively difficult. The wrist provides a platform on which fine motivation of fingers works. It is essential that this platform is stable. The bones of the eight wrists form a strong and stable coarse joint, although movement is very limited, for example compared to the shoulder. Normal human activities are rare as well as not only when the wrist is completely bent or completely extended but also the fingers do not move.
The wrist platform is most effective when you bend the wrist slightly up. When the wrist is in the proper position, you can pull and push it most efficiently. To illustrate this posture, shake hands and place your thumb in the center of your wrist. Looking over your arms, the thumb should be on the imaginary horizon straight down the middle of your forearm.
The wrist is very frequently involved in rheumatoid arthritis and the side of the wrist by the thumb is very commonly involved in osteoarthritis.
"Carpal tunnel syndrome" can cause pain in the wrist. In this syndrome, the median nerve is caught and compressed as it passes through the fibrous carpal tunnel at the front of the wrist. Normally, compression comes from too much inflamed tissue. Causes can be tennis play, blow to the front of the wrist, canoe paddling, rheumatoid arthritis, or many other activities that bend and extend the wrist repeatedly. In addition to pain in the wrist, this syndrome can breathe pain into the fingers, or in the forearm. As if they are sleeping, there is usually a feeling of numbness in the fingers.
You can diagnose this syndrome yourself. Numbness in the fingers does not involve the little finger, often with half of the ring finger near the little finger. When you tap with your fingers in front of your wrist, there is a sudden finger tingling that resembles a feeling of hitting your funny bones. Tingling and pain in carpal tunnel syndrome may get worse with the right hand or when the wrist bends.
The key to the management of wrist pain is a side effect. Stability is essential and treatment strategy is slightly different as exercise loss is not serious on the wrist as with other joints. Practice for extending the joint is not very important. The strategy is to put the joints in the position of the best feature. Wrist splits are available at hospital supply stores and pharmacies. Probably it is all right for you. The splint is made of plastic or aluminum, bend the wrist just behind with the palm of your hand. To make you more comfortable with your skin, wear a sleeve of cloth around the sprint, gently wrap the bride on the arm with a resilient bandage and keep it in place I can. It's all there. Always wear it for several days, then wear it in the night a couple weeks. This simple treatment is all that is necessary for flare up most of the wrists. Even Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is first treated by splicing. However, as nerve damage is potentially serious, if you seem to have carpal tunnel syndrome, call your doctor.
No major analgesics are needed. Medicines of similar strength as aspirin are okay but probably will not help much. If you are taking prescribed anti-inflammatory medications, please make sure you are taking as directed. Flare up is simply because you need enough medicine. If you know the cause of the pain, please consider how to avoid that activity. Common sense means listening to a message of pain.
