QuestionAfter injuring my wrist at the end of September/beginning of October when some PVC pipe fell on it, I told my parents and they told me to wrap it, which I did at night. Later, I switched to a full time wrist brace. At the end of November, the pain had pretty much gone away, so I stopped wearing the wrist brace. Now, about a week ago, I began having more pains, but these were different. Instead of being directly where the old injury occured, the pain now tends to shoot through my wrist randomly, often going up towards the palm of my hand and my thumb. Activities I am involved in are typing, writing (since the injured hand is my dominant hand), playing the electric piano (which I also have to carry around, and carry the amplifier as well), and I own horses. Any suggestions on what the problem might be, and what you would guess the severity is?
Answeryou never told me what the original injury was other than a pipe hit it... whether the bone was broken or it was a soft tissue injury. When you wear a brace, you tend to tell the support muscles that they don't have to do as much and they get a little weaker. I would start a re-strengthening program with the hand/wrist and work through the pain to get it back to normal. However, be careful, some of the things you ask your hand/wrist to do may injure it, esp the heavy things, esp horse work which can jerk it, because of the weakened state.
Hope this helps
