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On 2004-09-28, Shawn penned:
Cortisone/lidicaine injections? Its not in your PT's toolbox, so they may be ambivalent or even negative about it. Shots worked well on my elbow (others here have benefited as well). Ask your doc. I've wondered about these. I may indeed ask for them. Dragon Naturally Speaking. eh? Seriously, are you protecting it from overuse? Are you taking your vitamin I or some other anti inflammatory regularly? Decreasing inflammation helps healing. IIRC you're in your 20s. It'll heal if you let it. I didn't get my first damaged-for-life injury till I was 30 (everything else got better before that). Remember ski season's still a few months off. :-) Probably not doing a good job of protecting it; was taking aleve for a few weeks but it didn't seem to help much and I'm not a huge fan of constantly being on meds. The PT's whole thing right now is trying to get the inflammation down; she says there's no point in working on the underlying problem until we get the inflammation down; it will just exacerbate it. I'm in my 20s, but I've had this wrist issue for close to a year now; it's faded in and out but never gone away. I also have knee damage from an injury when I was 18, so I don't quite have faith in the "everything will heal" concept. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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On 2004-09-29, Monique Y. Mudama penned:
On 2004-09-28, Shawn penned: Cortisone/lidicaine injections? Its not in your PT's toolbox, so they may be ambivalent or even negative about it. Shots worked well on my elbow (others here have benefited as well). Ask your doc. I've wondered about these. I may indeed ask for them. Have an appt this afternoon to talk to my doc about this. -- monique "Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live." -- Mark Twain |
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
On 2004-09-28, Shawn penned: Cortisone/lidicaine injections? Its not in your PT's toolbox, so they may be ambivalent or even negative about it. Shots worked well on my elbow (others here have benefited as well). Ask your doc. I've wondered about these. I may indeed ask for them. Dragon Naturally Speaking. eh? Voice recognition software. If your injury is related to keyboard use it could help. My wife does her medical dictation using Dragon. It works well. Seriously, are you protecting it from overuse? Are you taking your vitamin I or some other anti inflammatory regularly? Decreasing inflammation helps healing. IIRC you're in your 20s. It'll heal if you let it. I didn't get my first damaged-for-life injury till I was 30 (everything else got better before that). Remember ski season's still a few months off. :-) Probably not doing a good job of protecting it; was taking aleve for a few weeks but it didn't seem to help much and I'm not a huge fan of constantly being on meds. The PT's whole thing right now is trying to get the inflammation down; she says there's no point in working on the underlying problem until we get the inflammation down; it will just exacerbate it. Vioxx. Once or twice a day, kind to the stomach, expensive as hell. Huge fan or not, meds help. Also cortisone's purpose is to decrease inflammation. I'm in my 20s, but I've had this wrist issue for close to a year now; it's faded in and out but never gone away. I also have knee damage from an injury when I was 18, so I don't quite have faith in the "everything will heal" concept. Not to be gloomy, but you'd be better off doing your best to improve things now (not that you're not) rather than waiting till your forty. Shawn |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in
: Well, I talked to my doc today. I asked her about shots; she said they'd be the next logical step, but that she isn't confident about finding the right spot; apparently they have to be done with a great deal of precision. Anyway, she's referred me to a hand specialist who she says is really good, and I'll be seeing him in a couple of weeks. She also mentioned acupuncture, saying that a lot of people rave about it for tendon-related issues, but of course that's outside of insurance. (Not sure about the flexible spending acct, though ...) If more conventional western means don't do the trick, I'll try the needle route. Specialist hand clinics often help here; I've been to one which had hand surgeons (of all varieties, plastic, general and ortho) and specialist hand physios. Another possible person to consult is a rheumatologist or a pain specialist (who is often a rheumatologist anyhow, or else an anaesthetist). They're usually pretty good at getting the needles in the right spot. -- to email me, run my email address through /usr/bin/caesar (or rotate by -4) |
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qtq wrote:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in : Well, I talked to my doc today. I asked her about shots; she said they'd be the next logical step, but that she isn't confident about finding the right spot; apparently they have to be done with a great deal of precision. Anyway, she's referred me to a hand specialist who she says is really good, and I'll be seeing him in a couple of weeks. She also mentioned acupuncture, saying that a lot of people rave about it for tendon-related issues, but of course that's outside of insurance. (Not sure about the flexible spending acct, though ...) If more conventional western means don't do the trick, I'll try the needle route. You can use your fsa/msa for alternative treatments like Accupunture etc. It's on the list, and since it's a federally mandated program, we should have the same list. I've used massage extensively to treat overuse and pre-carpal tunnel with my hands. penny |
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