How long did it take you to heal from a mild wrist sprain?

[Anonymous]

SHORT VERSION: For those who have had minor wrist sprains (no surgery involved) how long was your recovery time?

DETAILED VERSION:

- I had a wrist sprain exactly 2 weeks ago. The day after the injury, I went to a doctor and he took x rays to see if there were any alignment issues (Sprained tendons / ligaments won't show on x rays, but bone alignment is a dead giveaway in some cases of sever injuries)

There were no obvious issues on the x rays, and I've been in a wrist brace for the past 2 weeks. The wrist feels fine doing just about everything else, but I can't lift most objects heavier than a few pounds (without pain or muscle timidness), and I'm afraid to try to resume my normal level of activity (exercise), since it was my NORMAL LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT CAUSED THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

[TheoryOfAvarice]

This actually recently happened to me.

I hurt my wrist playing racquetball... at first I didn't even know it happened. A couple days later it was starting to hurt, but it just felt like my knuckles or other joints do when they feel like they need cracked... a few days after that it was some really bad pain, I could not put any pressure whatsoever on my wrist.

I bought an ace bandage and kept it wrapped tight for most of the day and sometimes when I slept, and I kept my wrist elevated on a pillow when I went to sleep.

It took about two weeks for the pain to go away. I probably should have gone to our health center or the trainer to get a better opinion on what was wrong, but luckily the ace bandage seemed to do the trick just fine.

Either way, you have to let your wrist rest as much as possible for it to heal. Luckily it was my left wrist that got hurt, so that was kind of easy, although it was still hard to do some simple things like put my clothes on, or type papers for school.

Wrapping it up also made it feel great, for whatever reason.

Just keep being patient! I hope you get better soon! A sprained wrist is no fun at all...

[raptor]

We're you taking any medication for the sprain? Such as an anti-inflammatory?

[Asker]

No, the pain is only severe when I put downward pressure on my hand (like when getting up off the floor)