Wrist pain - doc recommendations please

[lechatnoir]

I've recently developed a nagging pain in my right wrist that appears on waking in the morning and sometimes during riding on my road bike.

 

I've not had a fall on it, and need to get to a specialist. Can anyone recommend a specialist to go to in Cape Town?

 

Been riding my bike in its current setup for a year, and only in the last few weeks has it manifested - I've not had a bike fit on this bike, but I took measurements from the previous on that had been fitted. Could be owing to increased time on the bike over the holidays, but I'm not sure. Perhaps just RSI from riding on the tops and hoods a lot?

 

Would Body and Bike be a good option here? - getting two birds with one stone? 

 

 

[The Ouzo]

my untrained uneducated guess would be RSI.

 

do you also do a lot of computer/mouse work ?

 

Try resting the wrist for a few days (strap it up if you must) and see if that reduces the pain.

[V12man]

Swap to using the other hand for your mouse - takes a bit to get used to it, but you should know after 10 days if you see improvement.

[fanievb]

Swap to using the other hand for your mouse - takes a bit to get used to it, but you should know after 10 days if you see improvement.

 

is that like the medical term for draadtrek?

[DJR]

Funny you should mention it. I recently did an unusual amount of photo editing and ended up with a sore right hand and wrist. Wondered if it was just age coming to haunt the twice broken wrist, but it went away a few days after my overload of mouse-work ended. Interesting. I'll watch out for it next time.

[mrcg]

Do a process of elimination first, before seeing a doc/specialist.

Just did the same after having a chest irritation recently, which worried me.

Finally worked out that it was due to different activities and lots of tight, shortened muscles, exacerbated by previous shoulder injuries (luxation and broken collar bone)....and stress.

Luckily I know a great massage therapist, and after one session, irritation is gone.

Not saying it's the same with your wrist....but maybe you slept wrong on it, stress, overuse etc.

Before throwing cash the specialists way....see what you can change or try different first (as other hubbers have suggested).

[lechatnoir]

Swap to using the other hand for your mouse - takes a bit to get used to it, but you should know after 10 days if you see improvement.

 

my untrained uneducated guess would be RSI.

 

do you also do a lot of computer/mouse work ?

 

Try resting the wrist for a few days (strap it up if you must) and see if that reduces the pain.

 

funnily enough, i recently started using a mouse at home while learning and using Sketchup, so plenty more mouse-work (not a euphemism) recently. kinda does coincide.

 

I have been using a brace, but I've not noticed a difference. Will try the mouse swap and ride indoors while hoping for terribly windy days to minimise FOMO

[The Ouzo]

funnily enough, i recently started using a mouse at home while learning and using Sketchup, so plenty more mouse-work (not a euphemism) recently. kinda does coincide.

 

I have been using a brace, but I've not noticed a difference. Will try the mouse swap and ride indoors while hoping for terribly windy days to minimise FOMO

that'll do it.

 

I find that after a long photo shoot, especially where I've had my camera in my right hand for plenty of time, using the trackpad on the macbook at the end of the evening is not easy.

 

thankfully I taught myself many years ago to use my left hand for mouse work, had terrible rsi back then.

[Ed-Zulu]

I've recently developed a nagging pain in my right wrist that appears on waking in the morning and sometimes during riding on my road bike.

 

I've not had a fall on it, and need to get to a specialist. Can anyone recommend a specialist to go to in Cape Town?

 

Been riding my bike in its current setup for a year, and only in the last few weeks has it manifested - I've not had a bike fit on this bike, but I took measurements from the previous on that had been fitted. Could be owing to increased time on the bike over the holidays, but I'm not sure. Perhaps just RSI from riding on the tops and hoods a lot?

 

Would Body and Bike be a good option here? - getting two birds with one stone? 

I had a similar issue with my right wrist some years back.

 

Doc checked me out x-rays inconclusive etc. It turned out that I slept with my hand at a strange angle under my head in the period before waking up.

 

It was hell some days the pain i was in, turned out that a conscious decision at bed time eventually sorted the issue out.

Edited January 30, 2019 by Ed-Zulu

[Gerhard Gous]

is that like the medical term for draadtrek?

so funny

[lechatnoir]

that'll do it.

 

I find that after a long photo shoot, especially where I've had my camera in my right hand for plenty of time, using the trackpad on the macbook at the end of the evening is not easy.

 

thankfully I taught myself many years ago to use my left hand for mouse work, had terrible rsi back then.

 

the primary reason I now shoot mirrorless. But a different topic for a different day

[lechatnoir]

a progress report - started using one of those mousepads with the soft bump you rest your wrist on. a few weeks in, and the issue seems resolved.