Well I can't remember the last time I had a sprain, it's that long ago. Did it Thursday and had to work the last 2 days suffering as it gets worse.

Got home today and wrapped it with an Ace wrap. Any other suggestion to help?

Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

Did you feel a "pop"?

No pop felt. I snapped a bicep tendon, this is nothing like that.

Rest / do not overextend youself/ do not forget that a sprain can take a lot longer to properly heal than broken bones/joints. Plus the re-injury of said sprain can happen again and take even longer to re-heal if it ever really does heal. 1972 Personally had bad sprained ankle that a young Army Lt. doctor wraped up and sent me home. Exactly 1 month to the day was back in the doctors office but this time the doctor was a Army Full Bird Colonel and walked out in a full boot cast. 24hrs later picture a Drill Sgt. marching Army trainees down the street to the classroom. And still today the ankle still gives me trouble. Best wish for a good recovery. .................. drill sgt.

I've found a wrist brace tended to work better for me versus wrapping it, because it kept me from extended it too much and causing more pain.

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How to Tell the Difference When Your Wrist Is Injured



Range of motion.Gently attempt to rotate your wrist. In a wrist sprain, you may be able to experience the entire range of motion (although it will be painful to move the joint).
Characterize the pain.The severity and intensity of pain depends on the injury. Generally, however, a broken wrist is described as an intense, sharp, stabbing pain. In contrast, a moderate to severe wrist sprain may be more of a throbbing pain. This is due to torn or stretched ligaments.
Assess crookedness.When the bones of the wrist are broken, they cause the joint to look crooked or misaligned. In contrast, a wrist sprain results in swelling but does not typically cause crookedness. In very severe cases, a broken wrist may have bone protruding through the skin.
X-ray.An X-ray remains the best way to differentiate between wrist fractures and sprains.

Use your left hand.

I've jammed (sprained) each of my wrists at one time or another--the right one twice.

ACE bandages are not optimal because the can restrict blood flow to the joint, and blood flow aids recovery.

Each time I jammed a wrist I started out with a brace that extended all the way up into the palm, had in integral splint, and fastened around both the wrist and the palm of the hand. (Ended-up with a thumb hole when secured.) I'd wear that 24x7, except when showering or my hand would otherwise get wet.

As the wrist recovered I'd wear that brace only at night or when I otherwise wouldn't need to use that hand for anything, and would wear a simple wrap-around brace around the wrist the rest of the time.

Neither brace is made especially tight. They don't need to eliminate all motion, but limit it. In fact: Eliminating all motion, like wrapping tightly, is not optimal for healing.

I'd apply something like Prosage Message Oil at night, and take Advil or other NSAID at first, to reduce irritation and swelling, for a while after the injury first occurred.

It takes a long time for sprains to heal.

I have a brace squirreled away at work. Its like what the bowlers wear. It has a molded plastic support with three velcro straps. It can be worn on either wrist by taking out the plastic support and turning it 180 degrees. It helps a lot.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
Each time I jammed a wrist I started out with a brace that extended all the way up into the palm, had in integral splint, and fastened around both the wrist and the palm of the hand. (Ended-up with a thumb hole when secured.) I'd wear that 24x7, except when showering or my hand would otherwise get wet.

I am wearing one of those braces right now, after falling (4ft) off a stepladder to a concrete floor on Thanksgiving Day. Went to the ER to confirm no fracture, just a severe sprain. The outpatient instructions said to expect 3-6 weeks for a bad sprain to heal. Surgery on my other wrist a few years ago (which was fractured) required much less time to heal.

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Originally posted by henryaz:

on Thanksgiving Day. Went to the ER to confirm no fracture, just a severe sprain. The outpatient instructions said to expect 3-6 weeks for a bad sprain to heal.

Bullshit. On December 21 last year I sprained my left ankle doing the strenuious activity of getting out of bed. Used the good one to get back in. Laid there for a while and decided it wasn't that bad. Hobbled to the shower and fell out. My wife found me when she got home, still passed out from the pain. She got me up, dressed and off to the ER. Because I was passed out from the pain, they took xrays. "Just" a bad sprain... We're coming up on a full year now and it still hurts. They decided to torture me with physical therepy. Did no good but the girl that did it was cute. I liked her. Not a whole lot because my wife was watching. I'm wondering if it'll hurt less at the 2 year point.

When I was in high school I got hurt playing basketball. Went up for a ball and came down, another guy came down and landed (and stayed) on my foot. I twisted and fell backwards, unable to stop myself with him standing on my foot. Falling backwards I put my hands out behind me to brace for the fall.

I ended up with a sprained ankle, two sprained wrists and a badly bruised tail bone. I looked like super dork in school limping around with a wrapped ankle and two wrapped wrists. That lasted about two days and I couldn't deal with it anymore, left the better of the two wrist unwrapped and dealt with the pain rather than the social horrors of high school.

Full time, for a while.

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Ice. And if you can a cheap TENS machine off Amazon.