Re: Possible to sprain wrist from sleeping funny on it?

From: Griffin (nospam_at_here.net)
Date: 08/30/04 

Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:47:40 GMT

On 2004-08-29 22:12:49 -0400, pokee@shaw.ca (Paula) said:

> I had a nap on the couch today with my sick son for a couple of hours
> and my son was resting on my arm and my wrist was slightly bent back.
> When I moved it, it was stiff and sore. In the past few hours it's
> become a little immoble (but not too bad, just bad enough to hurt
> while typing and moving wrist up and down) and there is a bump
> developing near the hand to arm joint (on the side of my pinky finger
> - where there is a small round bone). There is no redness.

In the absence of significant trauma, you've likely only sustained a
mild ligament strain, which will be self-limited. Put some ice on it,
take some Motrin (assuming you've no medical contraindications), and
give it a few days.

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