I feel like we’re injury prone in the Hartman house. First my fall, then Bob’s glute, and now I’ve got an injured wrist. I’ve been naively hoping it’ll just stop hurting but it turns out hoping for things doesn’t fix them.
It started a week ago when we did overhead squats and double unders in the WOD. I’m not sure what I did to it, because I didn’t lift any heavier than normal, but my wrist started bothering me later Monday afternoon and through Tuesday.
I ignored it and still went on Wednesday. My wrist still hurt, but not too bad. Just a minor annoyance. Thursday it was feeling a little stiff, and it was starting to be difficult to lift things.
And then I rowed 6k on Friday over lunch & did push-ups during the interval breaks because I’m doing this rowing challenge for our box and it turns out we have a Concept 2 rower in our cardio room at work which made me SO FREAKING EXCITED.
And then I realized that lifting anything at all started really hurting. And trying to wash the cast-iron dutch oven I use to cook everything in was impossible because my right wrist was screaming in pain.
The combination of not resting it, continuing to use it, and putting a lot of strain on it through rowing & push-ups was deadly. Now it hurts every time I move it. And it hurts to type. Which is super pathetic.
So I caved today and bought a wrist brace which is SUPER SEXY. I’m not sure why I didn’t do this a week ago. I’m now trying to decide if it’s worth going to the doctor for or if I should just give it some time to heal. What are they going to do for me, anyways? Probably tell me to put it in an ACE bandage, ice it, and take motrin.
I put my CF membership on hold for a week to give it time, which means it looks like I’ll be doing some running this week since I can’t lift anything. I’m wondering if I can row while wearing this support. I might give it a try….
What’s your m/o when it comes to deciding if you should see a doctor or just wait it out?
Oh my gosh, I totally feel your pain….hurt my back today doing deadlifts! Boo! A little rest never hurt anyone but it still sucks! I hope you get better soon!
Oh no!!! I hope it heals quickly!
My two cents… if you didn’t do anything specific where you realized you actually hurt it (ie, fell on it, felt something pop when lifting), I would rest it for a week and see how it feels. Be sure to use ice or heat, whichever feels better, keep the brace on, and take some type of anti inflammatory. After a week, re-evaulate.
Mind you, I’m not a doctor. But I am someone who gets injured a LOT. 🙂
Either way, feel better.
Yeah, that’s sort of what I was thinking, too. 🙂 Looks like a week of running since I can’t lift anything! So frustrating! Thanks!
You can still do air squats… and lunges and box jumps and sit ups and hollow rocks and… Well, you get the point. 🙂
I’ll put my pom poms away now.
Haha truth. 🙂