In late January of this year (yes almost a year ago, now) I fell of the horse I was riding. I guess I didn't tighten the saddle enough, and I slipped off at a run. Not fun, but very grateful to have had the experience with minimal injury because now I know to always triple check my saddle even after warming up!
Let me define "minimal injury", though. The day of the fall I was a sore and my tailbone hurt. The next morning & the next couple of days, EVERYTHING was sore. In addition, I woke up to a hurting right wrist the morning after. I could still use the wrist and just ignore the pain, so I did. (I didn't really have a choice because I was working a weekend camp and still had two days left of being the only counselor for the campers.) Resting my body was not an option so I continued lifting saddles and riding all day because I didn't have an option and physically could. It hurt, but it was bearable.
After a few days of rest (post-camp) I wasn't sore all over, but it still hurt to sit and my wrist still hurt. After several weeks I could sit without pain, and my wrist didn't hurt unless I pushed on it (think of doing a push up & the position your hand/wrist is that is how i pushed on it). Over the next several months I would occassionally push on my wrist to see if it still hurt and the majority of the time it did, sometimes just a little but it definitely still hurt. But again, this wasn't unbearable pain and my wrist/arm/hand/etc had never been swollen even the day of/week of the injury, so I figured it would eventually heal. (note: I really hate going to the doctor and being told they can't do anything for me, so because the pain wasn't as bad as right after fall, i figured it was healing)
My wrist was fine until winter came. I know that old, even healed, injuries can act up when cold weather hits, so when my wrist starting hurting the day my city got cold I didn't really think much of it (just about the pain:neutral But a couple days later, with my wrist hurting, I started wearing my mom's hand brace (that she has for carpal tunnel). It stopped me from moving my wrist and it hurting, but only when I wore it (which is only in the afternoons at home). This was four days ago, Monday, and my wrist has only seemed to get worse.
Today, it hurt to write, but again I could still push through the pain and write. So my mom is going to make an appointment, but I just want to hear some opinions. I can obviously still use it/function, but it hurts more everyday (probably because I'm not doing much to stop myself from using it). Until the appointment, I really am gonna try to not use it as much because it really does hurt, but its my right hand and I am right handed and I start exams tomorrow... But please share your thoughts as to what could possible going on with my wrist! Thanks for anyone who actually read all this!!
Let me define "minimal injury", though. The day of the fall I was a sore and my tailbone hurt. The next morning & the next couple of days, EVERYTHING was sore. In addition, I woke up to a hurting right wrist the morning after. I could still use the wrist and just ignore the pain, so I did. (I didn't really have a choice because I was working a weekend camp and still had two days left of being the only counselor for the campers.) Resting my body was not an option so I continued lifting saddles and riding all day because I didn't have an option and physically could. It hurt, but it was bearable.
After a few days of rest (post-camp) I wasn't sore all over, but it still hurt to sit and my wrist still hurt. After several weeks I could sit without pain, and my wrist didn't hurt unless I pushed on it (think of doing a push up & the position your hand/wrist is that is how i pushed on it). Over the next several months I would occassionally push on my wrist to see if it still hurt and the majority of the time it did, sometimes just a little but it definitely still hurt. But again, this wasn't unbearable pain and my wrist/arm/hand/etc had never been swollen even the day of/week of the injury, so I figured it would eventually heal. (note: I really hate going to the doctor and being told they can't do anything for me, so because the pain wasn't as bad as right after fall, i figured it was healing)
My wrist was fine until winter came. I know that old, even healed, injuries can act up when cold weather hits, so when my wrist starting hurting the day my city got cold I didn't really think much of it (just about the pain:neutral But a couple days later, with my wrist hurting, I started wearing my mom's hand brace (that she has for carpal tunnel). It stopped me from moving my wrist and it hurting, but only when I wore it (which is only in the afternoons at home). This was four days ago, Monday, and my wrist has only seemed to get worse.
Today, it hurt to write, but again I could still push through the pain and write. So my mom is going to make an appointment, but I just want to hear some opinions. I can obviously still use it/function, but it hurts more everyday (probably because I'm not doing much to stop myself from using it). Until the appointment, I really am gonna try to not use it as much because it really does hurt, but its my right hand and I am right handed and I start exams tomorrow... But please share your thoughts as to what could possible going on with my wrist! Thanks for anyone who actually read all this!!