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    Anyone have wrist pain?

    So my wrists recently started hurting.... The underside(?) ...below the pinky, where the arm and hand connect.

    Does anyone else have this? Is there anything I can do?
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    On the flat underside of the wrist? Sharp pain, esp. if you squeeze your thumb and first finger together?
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    • #3
      If it is an achy pain, with some numbness up through the pinkie, and gradually other fingers, you may have the beginnings of carpal tunnel syndrome. Google for more info...

      To keep this horse related, I was a mucker/groom/rider from early teens, into my twenties, then did bartending too. Carpal tunnel can be caused by constant repetitive motion (like tacking up 10 horses a day)....Tightening those girths became quite painful...

      I had surgery on both my hands back when I was in my mid-twenties. Very easy surgery. If those are your symptoms, find a good orthopedist, and get evaluated. It can get quite painful, if you let it go on too long. Good luck!

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      • #4
        There could be all kinds of causes. I can only relay my personal story where I went with occasional bouts of joint pain in all kinds of different places for years that was never properly diagnosed (tendinitis, bursitis, strained muscles were all diagnosed) before finally being correctly diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. And only then after both of my shoulders froze up so bad - at the same time - I was incapable of moving either arm. Sometimes it would be a nagging type of sore, and other times the joint would be completely immovable.

        This is what worked for me: heat always helps. Way more than icing/cold. Hot showers & heating pad are great. Even better...heating pad over damp towel for hours of moist heat at a time. Ibuprofen. Lots of it. Immobilize the joint as best as you can, such as with a brace, until it starts to feels better, then use it with caution until it is completely better and immediately back of if it starts to flare again.

        Other people may say to avoid heat, use ice. So perhaps the best thing to do would be to consult with your doctor. Good luck!

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        • #5
          The doctor's consult always helps - we need more info to make good suggestions.

          Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is very horse related. When mine flared up, I couldn't hold a fork, much less a rein or a pitchfork!
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          • #6
            step away from the computer....

            no, seriously... it could be the infernal machine...

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            • #7
              I have tendonitis in my wrist, doc said it was overuse from horsey things Also had to give up guitar and most of the knitting. There's surgery for it, but I just deal. Poor student, yanno

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              • #8
                I too had pain from overuse. Not sure what the technical diagnosis was anymore but it really hurt when I scooped feed out of the bag. One shot of cortisone and it went away and has not come back in a few years.
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                  #9
                  I have no numbness...

                  Say I hold my arm straight out with my thumb pointing up, if I move my hand down, pointing my pinky more towards the floor, I can feel pain. It also hurts when I tighten my girth.

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                  • #10
                    Obviously a visit to the DR would be the next step. I don't know any DR that will jump straight to surgery without first trying injections and/or PT so you need to get the process started.
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                    • #11
                      Last spring I had a torn ligament in there. I found a paper online about the type of tear and a repair surgery, but now I can't remember what it was called. Family practice doc said it would probably heal on its own eventually, and it did.

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                      • #12
                        I have wrist pain.

                        I wish it was from riding!!!

                        No it is from mouse clicking. Sigh.
                        We couldn't all be cowboys, so some of us are clowns.

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                          I don't think its bad enough for surgery, but I worry that it will continue to get worse over time. I took a break from riding and have been back at it for about 6 months, this has all started since it has gotten cold and wet out.

                          You know, I just had the chiro/masseuse/holistic vet out for the horse and didn't even think to ask her about it... figures, we are SO good at taking care of our horses, but how often do we put our troubles on the back burner. lol.

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                            Lisa - I went thru the exact same thing. Finally had it & told my doctor that I didn't care what kind of "itis" it was - I wanted to know and how could I feel better. In a totally unrelated problem - I had foot surgery. When the did a biopsy on the bump, it was a RA nodule. Not my idea of fun.

                            OP - If it is carpel tunnel or just inflammation - my RA doctor prescribed some anti-inflammatory cream to use. It seems to work, might be worth checking into.

                            I have a new weanling & I have been spending a lot of time just petting, brushing, etc. That made the RA flare & also hurt badly enough I was referred for a nerve test. I have CT which is intensified by the RA. Lucky me

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