Pain in my wrist?

I'm not quite sure exactly what I did, but I think the pain just started getting worse, and it all stems from when a door came back at me and I stopped it from hitting me by putting my hand up....
Now my hand is sore on the top near the wrist to the touch, and doesn't hurt when I bend it up and aches when i type or move my fingers... the problem is when i bend my hand down... even a slight bend or if I leave my hand hanging and my wrist has to support it, it causes shooting pain. It didn't swell and it doesn't appear to be bruised... any ideas or wether i might have sprained it... I've never had a wrist injury so I'm not sure. It doesn't seem painfully enough to be broken.

Now I know i should go to the doctor, but if i just tweeked it then i'de rather not waste their time or mine...

Thanks for your thoughts!

Sounds like you have tendonitis in your wrist. The best thing to do is use it as little as possible, put an ice pack on it for 30 minutes every 3 hours, and get one of those support braces for the wrist. Tendonitis is inflammation of the tendons which happens when the tendon gets stretched to its limit, but doesn't get torn. I know because I have it in my right wrist and when it flares up, then I can barely type or anything with it.

If your wrist was broken, then there would probably be some swelling.

These links may help you, although they shouldn't replace a visit to your doctor if your problem doesn't get better.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sprains...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/first-a...
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call a doc if you do not have in cheranse
go to the ER

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