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Had bad wrists for a while from work, but recently they've been really bad. I think I might have aggravated them in my accident a couple of months ago, or they are just getting worse.
The pain can be cramp in my hands, pain in the wrist, or quite often forearm. GP reckons it could be an RSI injury (amazing they're  ). Does anyone have anything similar, if so what (tendonitis etc.) and what helps?
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| Posted: 22:08 - 18 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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Not really random, more when I do something, like hold a plate of food or play a game on my phone they start to ache. And I hope not, only in my mid-twenties 
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Had one wrist put back together after a ligament was snapped a few years ago. Lots of problems since (generally work or weather related), shooting pains (anywhere in my arm), tingles, cramps, sensations of pressure, clunky movement and occasional (and very brief) loss of strength and mobility.
A carpal tunnel support can help a lot, though they can make things worse if you're out in the cold (due to having a metal strip that will suck the heat out of your hand). In the cold, a standard support tube is better.
Resting the hand can help too, though that depends on what you do for work.
Best thing to do though is speak to your doc and start trying to find out what's wrong. You might need to push a bit if you know somethings wrong (GP referred me to consultant who kept turning me away saying my problems were all in my head, 18 months of pestering, an MRI scan, and keyhole to stick a camera in it later another consultant found the snapped ligament...) |
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If work related, what work?
Iirc the health and safety management should organise a review and risk assessment.
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| Posted: 11:50 - 19 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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| Mark_F wrote: |
Best thing to do though is speak to your doc and start trying to find out what's wrong. You might need to push a bit if you know somethings wrong (GP referred me to consultant who kept turning me away saying my problems were all in my head, 18 months of pestering, an MRI scan, and keyhole to stick a camera in it later another consultant found the snapped ligament...) |
Yeah, I have noticed doctors seem to think pain's imaginary.
| stinkwheel wrote: | If you're getting an RSI from work then both the cause and the effect needs to be dealt with. |
It was a particular task that caused the problems, told work loads of times, they didn't care. Started wearing a wrist support and trying to do things differently, which helped, then I ended up doing the job (that was causing problems) less and since my accident not at all.
For some reason they just seem to be really bad now, and pretty much everything causes me discomfort (holding a tablet to write this for example). I've been referred to physio for my knees, which are still causing me problems since my accident, hopefully they'll be more helpful.
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Fix it so it can't move, apply ice. That should help, helped me alot. 
By the way, don't leave the ice on the hand too long, you do not want any frostbites.
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| Llama-Farmer wrote: | | MC wrote: |
Yeah, I have noticed doctors seem to think pain's imaginary.
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Because a lot of people just go to the GP for sympathy. The vast majority of people either need 10 minutes of someone (doctor) listening to their 'woe is me', or just need buy-at-the-supermarket painkillers. Only a small minority of people with pain need further investigation, and even most of those don't have anything particular wrong with them. |
I know, but they also miss stuff, my dads nearly been killed twice by them in recent years.
Firstly he went being unable to urinate, was told it was a kidney infection, mentioned the problem when his partner was in hospital for something. They said it didn't sound like an infection, removed a dangerous amount of urine from his bladder, and diagnosed a problem with his prostate.
Different GP, went with symptoms of angina. Later on went in for a a hernia op, had trouble coming round, turns out he had clogged arteries and needed a double triple (so 6) bypass.
tl;dr I don't trust them
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| Posted: 01:32 - 20 Jul 2014 Post subject: Re: Bad wrists |
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| MC wrote: | The pain can be cramp in my hands, pain in the wrist, or quite often forearm. GP reckons it could be an RSI injury (amazing they're ). Does anyone have anything similar, if so what (tendonitis etc.) and what helps? |
well i had a bout of RSI or tendonitis as the doc called it
(repeated task causing the problem)
the warning sign of the onset, was it felt like a really tight elastic band was wrapped around my wrist.
at first i simply rubbed at the arm to get the flow going again,
but that failed to relieve the problem and eventually i sought medical help.
a course of meds helped but it was the wrist support that really saved the day.
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at work i simply moderated what i did, the pain lasted for a good while so it was on for a week at least, but riding the bike was difficult.
I used the metal plate type wrist support at first, but now when i feel the early first signs, a simple wrap around reliefs the pain and a few days later i'm all good.
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I know, but they also miss stuff, my dads nearly been killed twice by them in recent years.
Firstly he went being unable to urinate, was told it was a kidney infection, mentioned the problem when his partner was in hospital for something. They said it didn't sound like an infection, removed a dangerous amount of urine from his bladder, and diagnosed a problem with his prostate.
Different GP, went with symptoms of angina. Later on went in for a a hernia op, had trouble coming round, turns out he had clogged arteries and needed a double triple (so 6) bypass.
tl;dr I don't trust them
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Wow thats pretty bad stuff, anything more than a quadruple cabbage (CABG) is very rare. So rare it would be unlikely to get picked up except by a cardiologist or cardiothoracic surgeon.
Trouble is there are so many potential problems, even specialists struggle to get the right diagnosis first time round. And they specialise in just one very specific area of the body. GPs have to deal with the whole body (and mind) and so the very nature of general practice is to become a jack of all trades, and as a result, a master of none.
That is just the way it is, and it's the same in pretty much every country. The only real alternative is to go to the GP specifically just for a referral to go straight to a private specialist... which they'll do... but demands like that require you to spend your own money (or insurance) not NHS money.
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