How to heal a torn tendon in wrist?

Ahhh, the feeling of a ripped wrist tendon. A familiar sensation for many gym enthusiasts and sports fanatics, who push their bodies to the limit regularly. But don’t worry; we won’t judge you if it happened while you were lifting that bag of groceries or sipping tea!

In any case, a torn wrist tendon can cause intense pain and discomfort and limit your everyday activities. Here’s what you need to know about how to heal it:

What is a Torn Wrist Tendon?

Okay smarty pants, before diving into healing strategies, let’s first debunk what exactly is happening when you sustain an injury like this. In layman terms, tendons are tissues connecting muscles to bones facilitating movement across joints by pulling on one end each time activated by muscle contractions.

When overly stressed due to sudden impact or chronic overuse eventually will lead them giving up resulting in tears more commonly involving deep flexor tendons from carpal tunnel colliding with bony structures around surrounding central muscular mass; upper extremity not spared just as lower extremities also share similar anatomical arrangement where all these little soft tissue anchors hold us together something we often take for granted!

Symptoms

If you have been suspicious about encountering this issue then here’s some subtle cues worth paying attention:

  • Pain that worsens when you move your hand or wrist.
  • Swelling around the wrist joint.
  • Weakness in grip strength.
  • Difficulty using your fingers.

Yep…forget doing impressionist artworks made out of clay dough! Adios friend. Hang tight though- there are ways (albeit less capable) means available under such circumstances too whose earlier discovery can save complete discarding towards creativity altogether 😉

Healing Strategies

Rest

As hard as it may be sometimes especially during severe pull strains whereby constant discomfort pose immense hardships making rest a not-so-easy-without-close-attention-to-your-hand alternative, we cannot stress enough on the importance of this aspect.

Try and avoid overusing your wrist for several weeks. Aim at taking frequent breaks by interspersing tasks requiring manual labour with intervals allowing muscle relaxation so that tendons can recover from microtrauma they might have experienced without us even realising!

Ice

Just like our body suffers during summer heat waves, so does it equally benefit when exposed to freezing temperature infused pain relief frenzy!

Injured muscles have certain reactions towards such situations where inflammation due to an elevations in temperature (on average around 100 degree celsius) is part and parcel but ice will cut that down to size eventually halting swelling whilst also providing comfort unlike anything else post-injury.

Application protocol:

  • Wrap an ice pack or bag of frozen vegetables in a towel.
  • Apply it to your wrist for 15–20 minutes at a time, up to four times per day.
  • Try not sticking icy articles directly onto impacted area since there may be occasions where frost burns could occur as icing duration extends!

Medication

You guessed right – you cannot overlook this one. Again simple physics – if injured means discomfort/ unease; hence medication becomes mandatory for ensuing alleviation until returned back to routine.

Here’s what you should take into consideration though before making pharmacy visits:

Commonly recommended drugs include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which target both pain and inflammation.

As always don’t forget consulting healthcare providers or pharmacist regarding dosage because popping those bad boys early morning isn’t equivalent to gobbling snacks out of boredom- moderation plays its role 😉

Physical Therapy

Ahem because working those guns isn’t the only type of activity which offers immense gratification!

Physiotherapy after tendon surgery promotes optimal tissue healing response fostering maximal clinical outcome aiming restoration pre-injury arrangement.

Some of the key features towards a curative rehabilitation program:

  • Strengthening & balancing muscles (which help facilitate wrist movements for complete range of motions)
  • Coordination (aids patient in fine tuning movement sequences therefore preventing it from degeneration)
  • Range of motion (keeping fluidity integral without compromising usual physiologic phenomena)

It may be annoying- yes, time-consuming but as Kacey Musgraves lyrics suggest” It’ll all work out eventually:)”

Surgery

Drumrolls…the big kahuna! ‘if nothing goes according to plan.” says every parent at least once whilst always hoping much unlike that!

For those with more severe tears or persistent pain despite these other measures; surgical intervention becomes necessary. Excision and primary repair are usually recommended by orthopedic surgeons.

Although trivial mortality rates along with minimal scarring however cannot fully guarantee functional recovery resulting purely due to individual differences particularly their hand’s healing capacity.

Rehabilitation after Surgery

You didn’t think we were going to leave you empty-handed after suggesting this remedy now did ya?

Post-surgery steps:

  1. Immobilization: Brace or cast maybe suggested until soft tissue heals up.
  2. Occupational Therapy: Specific exercises recommended by your physiotherapist enable speedy recovery while getting back lost strength/ mobility.
  3. Long-term rehab schedules ensuring remaining muscle/tendons get optimal care post-surgical interventions made encompassing activities involving varying degrees of resistance leading gradually towards full use/functionality

Am I Fully Recovered?!

Almost there tiger! But let us walk through one aspect again – sometimes our mind tends to play tricks on us making us believe that since medication has finally ended, we’re clear moved onto next step where exertion is the new mantra since—well—”My body feels just fine!” cue drum roll and confetti shower

Do NOT fall into this trap again: It is important to not overexert your wrist or hand during the final stages of recovery even if you start feeling free from ailments. Let physio be your guiding light until complete restoration gains momentum (formally declared by a healthcare provider).

So there we have it! Armored with this playbook, go ahead and beat that injury booty 🙂 Good luck folks!

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