Wrist Injury

[gcoe]

Hi captain127

4 months is a long time and I gather it is causing you significant pain and restriction in what you can do. It doesn't sound to me like it is healing up so it is time to really have it checked out. So what i am suggesting is not seek more treatment till you know what is going on. I would get it reviewed by an orthopaefic surgeon.

I take it you had a plain xray last time? Do you know which bone showed a crack? Plain xrays often fail to pick up scaphoid fractures. You often need to have a special image: MRI, scintograph or ultrasound. I don't think another physical examination is going to shed light on what is going on

Ifbyou really have had it checked out and no bone probs found then obviously you can choose the treatment of your choice. But neglecting a potential problem and really letting it get chronic is a bad idea.

[Captain127]

i believe so it was my first time having an x-ray it was just a hospital just an accident area i popped by got an x-ray seemed rather normal just laid my hand on the machine and a red light shined on my wrist and scanned it in angles, they showed me i believe it was the radius bone that there was a wee chip in it and i think it was towards the end of the radius (close to the wrist anyways) and it was below the thumb so i think thats the radius bone. I said that was just a wee chip no problem it'll just heal but they were adamant in having me in a splint and not to use my wrist too much saying that even if its just a small chip its still classified as a fracture. until i saw a bone specialist clinic in another hospital which they just went alright its nothing no fracture just a small problem just do what you can according to the pain and i went right ok bye because i was keen in playing rugby and continued my training. i only sought out a physio at that time for only 3 sessions was because my dad mentioned it to his physio and she told me to stretch it and i decided to actually see the physio myself.

but yeah i had an ordinary x-ray after like a month and this morning when i begun stretching a lot of pain sparked in the middle of my wrist that felt like it was spreading and intenisfying and gave a funny painful feeling that you cant contiunue although its worn off throughout the day but it could just be cause i hurt it a bit from training the day before but it does seems the other side of my wrist is getting worse.

It seems weird to see a surgeon and ask them to check it out since i thought you get some other specialist to diagnose you and if you need an operation to fix whatever you get refered over to a surgeon. I am a modest guy and do not like bothering/taking up professionals time which often leads me to forget to mention half the things i wanted to beforehand