wrist update

not like you care, but the wrist is slowly getting better.

i did end up going back to the orthopedic clinic when i was down in lost angels over the holiday. this time instead of seeing the head of the clinic and having him ignore me aside from violently wrenching my wrist back and forth to test the extent of the pain (measured in screaming decibels, apparently) while discussing how famous my dad was in the taiwanese community, this time i had a different doctor who actually took the time to talk to me.

what a concept.

everything he said was very reasonable. he looked at my injury, asked and examined where it hurt and said that i had a extensor corpi ulnaris tendon sheath injury. he confirmed that i didn’t need surgery and that it was normal that it still hurt. he said that these things take a long time to heal, on the order of 4-6 months. which instead of being worrying, was actually a relief as that fit in with the fact that my wrist still hurt a lot, but had been feeling better.

basically he said to keep wearing the brace, try to use it as little as possible, and it will slowly heal. also, he said that i could go snowboarding, but i should definitely use the brace while doing so. great!

as for the whole heat vs. cold debate? he said that heat was good if it helped it feel more loose, but if it got reinjured and felt inflammed, i should ice it until the swelling went down.

see? very reasonable.

Posted at January 7, 2006 10:26 AM