WRIST PAIN

WRIST PAIN- refers to pain around the wrist joint . Pain is often caused by frequent stress to the wrist, sports injury, fracture ( e.g- Colles fracture) or from Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Acute Wrist pain can be managed by applying ice pack for 7minutes, gentle soft tissue massage with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel/cream, rest in wrist brace and of course prescribed analgesics.
Physiotherapy has a huge role to play in the management of chronic/long standing wrist pain for pain relief, improved range of motion, improved strength of muscles and improved function of the wrist and hands.
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