Medical Question?

[Ceckert]

My left wrist on the outside has been kinda bugging me lately, and i have seen the doctor once and they put me on anti inflammatory mecication. I got a x-ray done and the doctor told me that every bone in my wrist look fine and nothing was out of place. She said it might be a slight case of tendanitis, or a bruised bone. I set another appointment for thursday so that i could possible get an mri done. and by the way i am still able to do pull ups, and Pushups, and stuff along that line.

Do you MARINES think i should just take it easy for a week or so and try and let it heal and just do running, swimming, and abb work?

[0231Marine]

My left wrist on the outside has been kinda bugging me lately, and i have seen the doctor once and they put me on anti inflammatory mecication. I got a x-ray done and the doctor told me that every bone in my wrist look fine and nothing was out of place. She said it might be a slight case of tendanitis, or a bruised bone. I set another appointment for thursday so that i could possible get an mri done. and by the way i am still able to do pull ups, and Pushups, and stuff along that line.

Do you MARINES think i should just take it easy for a week or so and try and let it heal and just do running, swimming, and abb work?

What did your doctor recommend as far as taking it easy? If it hurts, then I would limit the activity involving your wrist such as pull ups and push ups and give it some time and see where you're at.

[Ceckert]

Well my appointment is thursday, so i will find out what the problem is. It does not feel like there are any tendons that are sore. i think it may be a bruised bone, because i have heard they take months to heal.

[slimmy07]

Buckeye? Who is your RSS NCOIC?

[Ceckert]

Gunnery Sgt Current

[0331 2 0369]

You asked a question?

A Marine responded and you pretty much brushed him off with your own idea.

Why did you even post this if you aren't going to at least acknowledge his reponse to you?:devious:

[Ceckert]

Our Rss Ncoic Is Gunnery Sgt Current.

[Ceckert]

What did your doctor recommend as far as taking it easy? If it hurts, then I would limit the activity involving your wrist such as pull ups and push ups and give it some time and see where you're at.

THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE MARINE

[Zulu 36]

Well my appointment is thursday, so i will find out what the problem is. It does not feel like there are any tendons that are sore. i think it may be a bruised bone, because i have heard they take months to heal.


Bones get bruised via impacts. Tendons can get inflamed from impacts, improper movement, or overuse. If you didn't slam your wrist into something, it probably isn't a bone bruise.

Get your MRI done and follow your doctor's advice from there. Meanwhile, I wouldn't use it to do physical exercise.

Also, proper nouns are capitalized in the English language. I, Thursday, etc, are capitalized. This is not Twitter or a chat room.

[Ceckert]

Thank You for your response Marine

[Ceckert]

Well I saw the doctor and he said it seems like all i have is tendonitis, and that i should ice it and take the anti inflammatory medication and not left so much and it should start to slowly go away. So I figure I will do pt and weights on Monday, wednesday, and saturday. The other days i will just do all running. Please give me your ideas on this MARINES, and thank you for the responses.

[commdog7]

I love it when poolees ask us medical questions thinking we must all be doctors or something and we can diagnose them over the internet.

You want my diagnosis? You have AIDS, congratulations.

[Ceckert]

I love it when poolees ask us medical questions thinking we must all be doctors or something and we can diagnose them over the internet.

You want my diagnosis? You have AIDS, congratulations.


LOL you are a funny MARINE

[WMarine]

Take your meds, ice it and give those tendons in your wrist plenty of rest.

R.I.C.E:
Rest (Avoid using your injured wrist and hand),
Ice (Apply ice or a cold pack to the wrist for 15-20 minutes, 4 times a day for several days,
Compression (Wrap your wrist in an elastic support. This will limit swelling and support your wrist), and
Elevation ( Keep the injured wrist raised above the level of your heart for 48 hours such as up on a pillow. This will help drain fluid and reduce swelling).

In my opinion, by you still lifting weights 3 days a week, isn't giving your wrist the rest it needs and you could be making it worse. Do your other PT, but lay off of the weights.
When your ready to go back to lifting weights, get yourself a good wrist support, and do some wrist strengthening exercises.

[Ceckert]

Take your meds, ice it and give those tendons in your wrist plenty of rest.

R.I.C.E:
Rest (Avoid using your injured wrist and hand),
Ice (Apply ice or a cold pack to the wrist for 15-20 minutes, 4 times a day for several days,
Compression (Wrap your wrist in an elastic support. This will limit swelling and support your wrist), and
Elevation ( Keep the injured wrist raised above the level of your heart for 48 hours such as up on a pillow. This will help drain fluid and reduce swelling).

In my opinion, by you still lifting weights 3 days a week, isn't giving your wrist the rest it needs and you could be making it worse. Do your other PT, but lay off of the weights.
When your ready to go back to lifting weights, get yourself a good wrist support, and do some wrist strengthening exercises.

So do you think that doing pull ups, push ups, crunches, 8 count body builders, and things like that are ok? Because I do not want my pull ups to go down. Thank you for you response MARINE it was very good.

[WMarine]

I'm not no Dr, but rest means rest! In my opinion...no pushups, no pullups, no weight lifting. Anything that involves putting a strain on your wrist right now, is a no-no.
Tendonitis is nothing to fool around with. I have achilles tendonitis and it's very painful at times. The only thing that helps is getting therapy and resting it. I just had surgery for the tendonitis and also spurs, one that was growing on the tendon. Not that this has anything to do with your wrist....but listen to your Dr and give it rest!!! You don't want a small injury to turn into something big.

[Zulu 36]

I will second LASWMarine. Having suffered tendinitis several times in knees and wrists, the only thing is to do what your doctor told you to do, and REST the wrist.

No weights, no pullups, no pushups, no playing with yourself, period. The less you stress the wrist the faster it will heal. Get a wrist brace and wear it during the day. I will add that after about three days of icing, or after obvious swelling has gone down, you can switch to moist heat a few times per day.

There are lots of other parts of your body that you can keep in shape in the meantime. You will just have to deal with the lack of upper body exercise until the wrist is healed (about two or three-weeks IF you rest it).

Or, you can just ignore your doctor and those of us who have BTDT and do what you want, and cry when MEPS dumps you at the last second. But cry someplace else other than here.

[Ceckert]

I understand what you are saying Marines, but what if my strength goes down for my pull ups on the IST. Thanks for your response MARINES. I will just run, run, and run more, and do sprints, and abs, abs, and more abs. Once again thanks for your responses Marines

[WMarine]

You're not going to lose a whole lot of strength just by giving your wrist pleanty of rest.
Like Zulu 36 said..."the less you stress the wrist, the faster is will heal."
Now...rest that wrist, and that's an order! :evilgrin:

[Ceckert]

You're not going to lose a whole lot of strength just by giving your wrist pleanty of rest.
Like Zulu 36 said..."the less you stress the wrist, the faster is will heal."
Now...rest that wrist, and that's an order! :evilgrin:


YES MAM.

I have another question.

What type of workouts should i do for lower body, and things along that line?:idea:

THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE MARINE

[WMarine]

You're Welcome...and I'll leave the lower body workout for someone else to answer, as I'm not no fitness expert on that.
You are resting that wrist, aren't you.....:)

[Ceckert]

You're Welcome...and I'll leave the lower body workout for someone else to answer, as I'm not no fitness expert on that.
You are resting that wrist, aren't you.....:)

YES MAM I am ging to rest my wrist for a couple of weeks. I will focus more on my running, crunches, and losing about 10 more lbs. THANKS AGAIN MARINE

[WMarine]

You're Welcome! :thumbup: