There are many possible causes of wrist or hand pain. Below are a few of those. Click on the condition you would like to learn more about.
Arthritis is a common degenerative disc/joint disease, but adding physical therapy to your routine can relieve your symptoms, build strength, and vastly improve your quality of life. People who don’t exercise regularly experience pain more often than those meeting physical activity recommendations. You read that right, less mobile joints lead to more pain. Physical activity increases joint lubrication, joint nourishment, and circulation. It may be uncomfortable at first, but a physical therapist can help you find the next best step to ease you into exercise.
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How do you know if you have Carpal tunnel syndrome? Repetitive tasks like texting or working at a computer can cause you to experience weakness, numbness or tingling in your hand. A physical therapist can assess you for this repetitive stress injury, recommend postural changes to improve your symptoms, help you regain your strength, or help you prepare for surgery.
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Tendinitis is inflammation of a tendon and typically causes pain at the site of the tendon.
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Tenosynovitis is the swelling of the sheath that covers your tendons and typically occurs from overuse. Common types of tenosynovitis are DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis and stenosing tenosynovitis. Stenosing tenosynovitis is also known as trigger finger or trigger thumb. Both types of tenosynovitis are quite painful and cause the fingers, thumb or wrist to be stuck in uncomfortable positions and be difficult to straighten to relieve the discomfort. A physical therapist can help with positions to decrease your symptoms or prepare you for surgery.
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Discs are shock-absorbing structures (often likened to jelly donuts or water balloons) that serve as spaces between the vertebra (bones) of the spine. When we bend, lift, and/ or twist with poor mechanics we can herniate a disc or cause it to essentially pop and squish out the side.
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