I am a massage therapist and i have an extreme pain in my right wrist. The pain has shown up about a month ago, and my doctor diagnosed me with inflammation due to my job, and subscribed me with "arcoxia" pills. I took the pills for almost 2 weeks and the pain went away completely. Now my wrist is in pain again as it was a month ago. I cannot bent it fully forwards or backwards, and when i am trying to i am in a lot of pain. However my grip is ok and i dont feel the pain during a handshake lets say.

Wrist ganglions are known to return no matter how the operation is performed. A recent study comparing open surgery to arthroscopic (minimally invasive) surgery showed no difference in return rates of the ganglion.

Ganglion cysts are very common in the wrist or on the fingers. No one knows for sure what causes them. They may be linked with overuse of a joint. Ganglia seem most common in music performers and athletes who use the wrist repetitively or strenuously.

Restricting wrist motion with a splint can provide helpful information prior to making a decision to have surgery. When properly fitted, a splint can prevent motion and protect the joint. Some splints only partially restrict motion, while others are meant to prevent all motion.

There's no doubt that a wrist fusion limits wrist motion. But a painful wrist is often nonfunctional. So even with a fusion, the patient is able to do more despite the loss of motion.

A recent study from the Harvard Medical School offered some additional insight to this problem. They used splinting to test the idea that wrist motion is directly linked with functional ability.

Kienböck's disease is a fairly rare condition of deterioration in the wrist caused by a loss of blood supply to the area. The lunate bone along the little finger side of the wrist (next to the forearm) is affected.

Removing the lunate and/or the entire row of carpal (wrist) bones is one way to manage the problem. This latter procedure is called a proximal row carpectomy (PRC).

You can depend on your orthopedic surgeon to advise you. Having regular check-ups will help show any changes that have occurred over time and how rapidly they are progressing. Some people rely on their symptoms. If pain and loss of motion, strength, and function are great enough, then surgery may be the best choice.

Gymnastics places a heavy burden on growing wrists. When tumbling, for example, your daughter's weight is forced onto her wrists for very brief intense periods. Vaulting does the same thing. With the uneven bars, there is the strength the wrist needs to support her and help her swing. And, with the other events, such as the balance beam, there is, of course, the risk of a fall.

This is the first study to compare the results of open versus arthroscopic surgery for wrist ganglion. The authors compared the rates of ganglion recurrence between the two groups. They also looked at postoperative pain in both groups.

This study is the only one of its kind. It reports on the long-term results of patients who have all had the same wrist surgery for Kienböck's disease. This condition is a disorder of the wrist named for Dr. Robert Kienbock, a radiologist in Vienna, Austria. He was the first one to describe the problem back in 1910.