Five days ago I was walking my two dogs, with a lead in each hand. One of the dogs is very impulsive and strong for his relatively small size (think springer spaniel size) and can suddenly pull hard without any warning if he sees something exciting, e.g. a squirrel, cat or in this case a brown paper bag blowing down the road 🙄 I had the lead wrapped around my wrist and he yanked it so hard and at such an awkward angle that the pain in my wrist brought tears to my eyes and I was in a lot of discomfort immediately. For the rest of the week it's been giving me a lot of trouble - I do a desk job and things like typing, using the mouse etc have been really uncomfortable. Also driving has been challenging as any movement where I have to twist my wrist is painful. The pain also travels up my thumb. Not sure if I just need to give it more time or get it seen to? As it is painful when I am not even moving it, it's quite distracting and affecting my work and concentration.
I am reluctant to go and get it seen to as I had an injury to my other wrist a few years ago (which was actually severe tissue damage - diagnosed after a couple of x-rays and an MRI to rule out scaphoid fracture) - and just needed to wear a splint for ages, so am wary of wasting anyone's time! But if it should be improving after five days maybe I should see someone? Has anyone ever had anything similar?