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Injured The Wrist. Painful When Rotated, Holding Heavy Things. X-ray Normal. Is There A Need Of A Surgery?

Hi, I have actually injured my wrist (while playing cricket.. my whole body weight came on my hand and from that onwards, pain started in wrist).. There is no pain from external (If I press anywhere, there is no pain) but when I rotate my wrist (either while driving or holding any heavy things), pain occurs.. X-ray was done and it was normal.. when I again visited orthopedic this time, he has given me Tendocare tablet and asked me to use wrist band for 2 weeks.. and he told me that if pain doesn't go by that time then we need to to CT scan (or MRI) and on the basis of the that, we may need to go for surgery (if it is damaged excessively otherwise it will go automatically).. what do you suggest?
posted on Fri, 31 May 2013
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hi iam Dr Usman
it seems that there is no fracture at your wrist otherwise it would have appeared. however ligaments and muscular injuries donot appear on x rays so your doctor advised for an MRI. remeber ligaments and muscular injuries take long time may be weeks or months to settle completely. actually the problem is immobilization of the effected joint and wrist seldoms get rest. so dont worry , take good analgesics and give your wrist rest. hopefully you will recover in weeks time.
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Injured The Wrist. Painful When Rotated, Holding Heavy Things. X-ray Normal. Is There A Need Of A Surgery?

hi iam Dr Usman it seems that there is no fracture at your wrist otherwise it would have appeared. however ligaments and muscular injuries donot appear on x rays so your doctor advised for an MRI. remeber ligaments and muscular injuries take long time may be weeks or months to settle completely. actually the problem is immobilization of the effected joint and wrist seldoms get rest. so dont worry , take good analgesics and give your wrist rest. hopefully you will recover in weeks time. thanks