Sore Wrists

[Hillbeans]

I have had sore wrists for a few days and don't know what it is exactly that i'm doing to cause the soreness. This isn't the first time i've had this, and it seems to come for a few days at a time, a few times a year. I am on the computer, but not for long periods of time, and while i'm working out more frequently at the gym i'm not doing wrist specific exercise.

Thoughts? I had thought maybe carpal tunnel, but I have no pain or soreness up my arm or elbow.

 

[kathie859]

My carpel pain is located in my wrists only--no pain up the forearms. I use a splint (they have them at drugstores) to immobilize the wrist when it hurts--I sleep in it, too--and the pain goes away in a few days. I'm not anxious to have surgery and so far my flare ups are infrequent.

Good luck!

 

[Wishing on a star]

I'm definitely NOT saying that this could be the case with you...
But, I have autoimmune issues, and have had things like fibromyalgia w/ joint pain, and even what is called a "triggered" LUPUS flare. Those things that come and go, and no experts seem to know what it is or why.

My wrists have been the first place I feel it, and the worst affected when it hits. (oddly enough, one wrist can be affect far more than the other)

I wonder if sun exposure is a factor as well. It is a known suspected trigger.
The one last flare I had (which required a round of prednisone) hit on the way home from our beach vacation.
It affected one wrist and thumb like the worse case of carpal tunnel syndrome one could imagine.