My wrist is so painful

[BeingmummyIsTheBestxo]

Started yesterday after being on my hands and knees scrubbing kitchen floor! My left wrist felt really tight and sore quite suddenly but I just thought I'd moved funny. The pain was waking me in the night and, any type of subtle movement was so painful and it felt like my bones were going to snap! Shrugged it off and went back to sleep. Getting DS dressed this morning, the pain just wiggling DS nappy and trousers on was UNREAL. Throughout the day the pain is travelling up and he inside of my forearm, any small movements and it's flaring up. Now, I'm sure it's not broken, no swelling, bruising, redness, no actual activity I can pinpoint which caused it. Some weakness iny wrist and hand for sure. I'm not sure what to do, I don't feel it warrants A & E or OOH. But I jav anxiety and my stupid brain is tellinge.ots a.blood clot or something. Anyone had something similar or know what it could be? Just to stop me from driving my self bonkers and having a meltdown.

Could it be tendonitis? I was surprised by how painful it is and how slight movements can create shocking pain. I'd had a pulling injury from a dog lead and thought it was fractured. Mostly affects women from approx 40yrs.

I thoroughly recommend wrapping with a bandage or splint, and icing it. I had mine diagnosed at Minor Injuries.

I e had a quick Google and it does sound like tendonitis. But I s the spreading up my forearm like a tightness that's worrying me. I'm in my early 30s so unsure if it could be that.

I agree with @hedgehoglurker . I get it from using walking sticks. Also look up neural glides / slides - you'll find plenty of videos on line. These are what my consultant told me to do - gentle exercises to free up and strengthen the tendons.

Mine can go all the way to the shoulder on bad days.

Not a medic. But the pain in mine radiated up and down from the wrist also. Do you have minor injuries in your area? That seems an appropriate place to go tomorrow. If you have anything you can wrap it with, to provide support, you should really try. (Even if it just provides a visual reminder to not use that hand/ wrist in the meantime.)

Thank you. I'll call up my GP in the morning and see what they advise. I literally have nothing I can wrap it with.. I can't believe the pain. It's like a burny trapping pain from my thumb all the way up my forearm. I can move my wrist, in full range of motion but the pain is incredible!

If you can, try icing it regularly in the meantime. Frozen peas or some ice cubes in a tea towel, etc.

Maybe something as simple as a sock on that hand might stop you using it automatically, as I'm assuming it is your dominant hand/wrist.

The weakness in the hand is a give away. The GP can make an educated guess, but neither they nor A&E can definitively check. It requires a specific test that involves a low level electric current being passed up the tendons to measure their conductive ability. Good luck getting that on the NHS any time soon.

Ps - you'll be faster with the pharmacy than the GP. They'll both say the same thing as you've been told here, but the pharmacy will have the supplies you require, so you'll end up there anyway. May as well cut out the middleman

Oh no, I didn't get that on NHS! Nurse practitioner diagnosed tendinitis. I was upset at the time that she didn't x-ray, but her experience guided her to a diagnosis that I agreed with after a few days.

Yes, I can also feel it in my shoulder up towards my collarbone. Very sharp and actually quite alarming.

Neither did I! I have private insurance.