I slept with hand braces for about 3 years until I corrected my sleep posture.
I'd clench my fists and shove the back of my wrists into my eye sockets when I slept.
Led to my wrists being folded over about 90% of the night and a crippling pain in the base of my palm on a regular basis.
You pinched a nerve. They don't repair easily.
Lidocaine patches will ease the pain, but to get feeling back you need to wear a wrist brace for a while.
Don't let them snip-snip anything. My mother found out the hard way that any surgery or injections last maybe 3 months tops and you're back in that revolving door.
Ice is your best bet. Freeze a sponge and wrap it around your wrist.
If you want something topical to put on it, use some DMSO. Go light at first, you might have a bad reaction past the expected itch it causes.
Origin: A colorless, sulfur-containing organic by-product of wood pulp processing.
Claims: Relieves pain and inflammation, improves joint mobility in osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and scleroderma, and manages amyloidosis (excessive build-up of protein in organs as seen in RA). Increases blood flow to skin.
If you want the "industrial" stuff that they use for race horses then go to Tractor Supply Co. and buy some horse-grade DMSO for cheap. Water it down with distilled water, though. That stuff is potent as hell.
If it's good enough for multi-million dollar race horses, it should be good enough for you.
Pain comes on when nerves reattach or come back online, not at the onset when they're pinched.
The healing phase is where the most pain occurs, as your body tries to flood the nerves with blood and fluff them back up into sending signals. As they come online, you feel the stimulation of each cell "gasping for breath."
Ice slows the healing process down so that only a bit of blood can come and fluff up the nerves. This will help steadily bring cells back online and prevent scarring where any inflammation has occurred. Scarring doesn't heal, so that's why ice is the best medicine at the moment. Inflammation is the biggest cause of the scarring, because it's a flood of cells adding too much pressure to the critical point. It's a too many cooks in the kitchen situation, where in the desperation to do their job they just end up getting in the way.
A light vibration is also helpful. Avoid stretches for the moment, as those can actually reverse any healing you've already been through. You need to gently wiggle cells into the right place for them to do their work instead of yank them around and hope they land where they're supposed to. Get one of those woman pleaser vibrators and rest your wrist on the lowest setting.
Bounce between heat and cold, but not too frequently. Heat to let blood come in and cold to slow the healing down so it doesn't scar.
DMSO - miracle stuff. I use it on my chronic pain - only thing that resulted in joint healing and RA reduction to the point of no chronic pain anymore. Just if I overdo it working out, which is pretty normal. Can't say enough good about DMSO. Just rub it on like a liniment since it is a clear liquid. Be generous all around the area in a wide radius.
I slept with hand braces for about 3 years until I corrected my sleep posture.
I'd clench my fists and shove the back of my wrists into my eye sockets when I slept.
Led to my wrists being folded over about 90% of the night and a crippling pain in the base of my palm on a regular basis.
You pinched a nerve. They don't repair easily.
Lidocaine patches will ease the pain, but to get feeling back you need to wear a wrist brace for a while.
Don't let them snip-snip anything. My mother found out the hard way that any surgery or injections last maybe 3 months tops and you're back in that revolving door.
Ice is your best bet. Freeze a sponge and wrap it around your wrist.
If you want something topical to put on it, use some DMSO. Go light at first, you might have a bad reaction past the expected itch it causes.
https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/treatment/complementary-therapies/supplements-and-vitamins/supplement-and-herb-guide-for-arthritis-symptoms
DMSO Dimethyl Sulfoxide; see MSM
Origin: A colorless, sulfur-containing organic by-product of wood pulp processing.
Claims: Relieves pain and inflammation, improves joint mobility in osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and scleroderma, and manages amyloidosis (excessive build-up of protein in organs as seen in RA). Increases blood flow to skin.
If you want the "industrial" stuff that they use for race horses then go to Tractor Supply Co. and buy some horse-grade DMSO for cheap. Water it down with distilled water, though. That stuff is potent as hell.
If it's good enough for multi-million dollar race horses, it should be good enough for you.
Pain comes on when nerves reattach or come back online, not at the onset when they're pinched.
The healing phase is where the most pain occurs, as your body tries to flood the nerves with blood and fluff them back up into sending signals. As they come online, you feel the stimulation of each cell "gasping for breath."
Ice slows the healing process down so that only a bit of blood can come and fluff up the nerves. This will help steadily bring cells back online and prevent scarring where any inflammation has occurred. Scarring doesn't heal, so that's why ice is the best medicine at the moment. Inflammation is the biggest cause of the scarring, because it's a flood of cells adding too much pressure to the critical point. It's a too many cooks in the kitchen situation, where in the desperation to do their job they just end up getting in the way.
A light vibration is also helpful. Avoid stretches for the moment, as those can actually reverse any healing you've already been through. You need to gently wiggle cells into the right place for them to do their work instead of yank them around and hope they land where they're supposed to. Get one of those woman pleaser vibrators and rest your wrist on the lowest setting.
Bounce between heat and cold, but not too frequently. Heat to let blood come in and cold to slow the healing down so it doesn't scar.
DMSO - miracle stuff. I use it on my chronic pain - only thing that resulted in joint healing and RA reduction to the point of no chronic pain anymore. Just if I overdo it working out, which is pretty normal. Can't say enough good about DMSO. Just rub it on like a liniment since it is a clear liquid. Be generous all around the area in a wide radius.