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Hard time recovering from a wrist injury?


I fell and broke the scaphoid bone my wrist this past august. After having the cast removed I was still in alot of pain so my orthopedist suggested I try PT for 6 weeks since the xrays showed that nothing was wrong. Well I am into my 3rd week of PT and I am still in pain, my range of motion is terrible and now there is cracking and popping going on(all of this even with the physical therapist making my wrist bend when it doesn't want to). First is this a normal part of the healing and if not someone please help me, I can't take the pain, the lack of sleep and the inability to fully use this hand again because it is so weak.
Thank you in advance.

Well I am in a similar situation, my cast was removed 4-5 weeks ago now, at first it was very painfull and I was told this was normal.

Now it only hurts when I overuse it or sleep on it, are you in constant unbareable pain? If so get a second opinion if not then you should know it can take anything from 3 months to a year for full recovery. My PT is doing the same thing bending it where it doesn't want to go this is to assist you in getting a full range of movement back you should be doing this yourself, push it into mild pain but not unbareable pain. Use heat e.g. hot water bottle, or hot bath the bath is good to help loosen up the joint and doing your exercises under water means less pain and more gain.

The cracking is neither a good or bad thing it just happens, infact I find when mine cracks it loosens it up a little more.

All sounds normal to me based on my experience but I am no doctor. Do your exercises as often as possible, get some putty or play doh to play with to help regain strength in your hand and fingers.

good luck

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