What is the reason for sudden wrist pain without injury?

The wrist is a relatively fragile joint in the human body. If the wrist is painful, it will easily affect normal activities and life. If the wrist suddenly hurts and there is no injury, it may be caused by tenosynovitis. Tenosynovitis can easily cause wrist pain, and it can also easily cause local skin redness and swelling, numbness, etc., and it can also easily cause skin tingling, etc.

Sudden wrist pain causes

Most likely wrist tendonitis

The radial styloid tendon sheath is caused by frequent activities of the thumb and wrist, which leads to repeated friction between the tendons and tendon sheaths in the wrist, resulting in aseptic inflammation. After inflammation occurs, the tendon sheath proliferates and becomes narrower, so the tendon cannot slide smoothly in the tendon sheath, making it easy to feel wrist pain.

Symptoms: When bending the affected finger, it suddenly stays in a semi-bent position, and the finger can neither be straightened nor flexed, as if it is suddenly "stuck". Most people cannot clearly point out the location of the pain, but only complain of "awkwardness" in the joints, and a feeling of soreness or lack of strength in the joints during exercise. Sometimes a band-like pain is felt. Determine if the wrist or fingers are numb, swollen, tingling, or have decreased sensitivity, or if there is pain when pressing, stiff joints, difficulty or weakness in bending the fingers to hold things, and the discomfort worsens with finger movement.

Note: This is more common in people who often stir the wok when cooking or in breastfeeding women who are holding their babies.

Triangular fibrocartilage complex injury

Injuries to the triangular fibrocartilage complex are mostly caused by acute injuries, such as compression injuries caused by over-extending the hand when falling from a height; and tearing injuries caused by sudden rotation of the wrist due to changes in the direction of force when grasping objects. Players of basketball, volleyball, tennis, and cheerleading teams are all high-risk groups; in addition, long-term improper application of force on the hands and excessive use can cause cumulative damage due to mutual squeezing and collision between the wrist bones.

Patients with symptoms often experience pain on the ulnar side of the wrist when rotating the wrist, making it difficult to complete actions such as twisting a towel, driving a car, and using a spoon. Many patients also experience pain on the ulnar side of the wrist when they use force to support themselves on the bed or the armrests of a chair to stand up. Diagnosis: Diffuse, deep pain or soreness on the ulnar side of the wrist, sometimes with a burning sensation, generally radiating to the dorsal side and rarely to the palm side. Pain can also be induced when gripping an object with force, resulting in a loss of grip strength. These symptoms are exacerbated by ulnar deviation of the wrist, exertion in hyperextension of the wrist, and forceful forearm rotation. Patients often complain of pain on the ulnar side of the wrist when rotating the wrist, making it difficult to complete actions such as wringing a towel, driving a car, and using a spoon.

How to treat

1. Acupuncture Acupuncture therapy can quickly treat wrist tenosynovitis. Acupuncture can stimulate the tendons and tendon sheaths near the wrist. Repeated withdrawal of the needle can allow the tendon to continue to slide in the tendon sheath, thereby relieving pain and continuing wrist movement.

2. The drug massage method uses some external anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as Voltaren, to massage the wrist, which can promote the dissipation of inflammation. It plays a role in preventing and alleviating symptoms.

3. Hot compress method: Use a hot towel or a hot water bag and apply it directly to the wrist, two to three times a day, each time for fifteen to twenty minutes. Hot compress can improve local blood circulation and relieve local discomfort.

4. Rest and recuperation. Wrist tenosynovitis is mostly caused by excessive strain on the wrist. If you pay more attention to rest in the future and try not to use force with your hands, especially when you often hold children or do physical work, wrist tenosynovitis can heal itself after about 3-6 months of recuperation.