Hand and Wrist Pain

Chopping vegetables, angling for trout, falling during an athletic activity — there's practically no end to the ways you can hurt your wrists. In fact, hand pain and wrist pain are among the most common musculoskeletal complaints that doctors see.

Hand and Wrist Pain in Bicyclists

Mountain bikes are still the rage. But their handlebars can trigger hand and wrist injuries such as "handlebar palsy," a painful inflammation of the ulnar nerve that runs from your arm into your hand. Formally known as ulnar neuropathy, "handlebar palsy" can cause numbness, tingling, and pain in the arm, hand, wrist, and little finger.

Hand/Wrist/Arm Problems

Pain and other problems in the hands, wrists and arms can be caused by injury, certain activities or other health problems. Follow this chart for for more information.

Symptoms of wrist and hand Pain

OA of the wrist joint manifests with swelling, pain, limited motion, and weakness. These symptoms are usually limited to the wrist joint itself.

Numbness or pain in your hand, forearm, or wrist that awakens you at night. (Shaking or moving your fingers may ease this numbness and pain.)

Sometimes a bone can break without you realizing it. That's usually what happens to the scaphoid bone in your wrist, a boat-shaped bone located on the outermost side of the thumb side of the hand.

Causes of Hand and wrist Pain

Traumatic Arthritis

The healing process which results from the traumatic stress of a sudden injury often causes arthritis. An accident occurs, and the bone or the connecting ligaments are broken or torn.

You've had an accident recently, your wrist looks deformed and you're unable to move it.

A third diagnosed the pain as inflamed tendons in the wrists. Injecting cortisone -- an anti-inflammatory -- directly into the tendons was tried.

Treatments of Hand and Wrist Pain

Typical modern medical treatment for wrist pain, especially if it is the result of sports or athletic activities, involves RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation). Application of a splint may also be advised.

The Natural Medicine Approach to Wrist Pain
A better approach is to stimulate ligament repair with Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy treatments to the scapholunate or other wrist ligaments causes a strengthening of the ligaments and the stabilization of the three wrist bones typically involved.

The carpal tunnel is a narrow tunnel formed by the bones and other tissues of the wrist through which the nerves, ligaments and tendons extend to the hand. When a person repeats the same hand and wrist movements day in and day out, the excess strain causes tendons to swell and become inflamed.

Author: peterhutch