TFCC(wrist) tear?

[sidewinder22]

Anybody have any experience with a TFCC tear(wrist)? I don't think I have complete tear, but it still hurts 3.5 weeks after injury. My drill got caught and torqued my left wrist around pretty bad. Im just glad its not my throwing hand.

 

[medicinalfunk]

rub some dirt on it, soldier

 

[agent_peebody]

chewing tobacco and duct tape

 

[medicinalfunk]

if you had a complete tear of anything in your wrist, you would know. partial tears can nag you until they heal, so if you don't plan on seeing a doctor, you should at least keep it wrapped straight and use it as little as possible until whenever it heals

 

[jrawk]

I broke my wrist (my off hand) way back in high school. I was told it healed completely, but i can't hold any weight over 10 pounds with it when i keep my wrist out parallel to the ground. It feels like my tendons are slipping around my bones and gets painful after 5 seconds.. Doc said i was feeling a calcium deposit that never went away. Might have something to do with your condition. Maybe not.

 

[1Roy]

Wrists are tricky. There are many small bones in there with all the connective tissue that goes along with that. I thought I sprained my wrist and it turned out that I broke a small bone and there was issues with blood getting to the bone. I narrowly avoided surgery. If it bothers you for an extended period I'd get it X ray'd.

 

[climbingbubba]

I have a tear in my TFCC as we speak. it sucks. I injured it last november biking and it still bugs me. I have had X-rays and MRI's but decided to wait to get it repaired until there is snow on the ground. Mine is more of a dull pain that comes on very gradually and takes a while to go away. Take lots of ibuprofen.

The Orthopedic Surgeon said that Most adults over 50 years old have tears in their wrist and don't know it.

luckily its not in my throwing wrist but it sucks when im biking on really rocky trails still

 

[sidewinder22]

Well...just got back from the ortho and confirmed my diagnosis of tfcc. My good wrist is now hurting from overcompensating. More bad news, he wants to put me a full arm cast for two months! WTF...how do you function with a full arm cast?

 

[itsRudy]

Anybody have any experience with a TFCC tear(wrist)? I don't think I have complete tear, but it still hurts 3.5 weeks after injury. My drill got caught and torqued my left wrist around pretty bad. Im just glad its not my throwing hand.

Hey Sidewinder, sorry to necropost, but this is literally one of the few things I found about TFCC tears and DG. Did yours ever heal 100%?

Back in mid-March, my wrist was hurting one day, and like a fool, I ignored it and tried something extra stupid - grip the disc as hard as I can! It did add 40 feet backhand on one shot that day. Well, I paid for it. I woke up with the most god-awful pain and a swollen hand, had to either run cold water on it or hold it towards the sky - just to get to sleep. Thought I had some type of tendonitis at first, but narrowed it down thanks to youtube.

I'm doing much better all around since then... but still have limited flex and throw 1/3 my previous distance and my strength goes at certain angles. I'm giving it time. I've done literally 5 holes DG combined, mostly last week, since then when I used to play 1-2 rounds daily.

 

[txmxer]

Wrists are tricky. There are many small bones in there with all the connective tissue that goes along with that. I thought I sprained my wrist and it turned out that I broke a small bone and there was issues with blood getting to the bone. I narrowly avoided surgery. If it bothers you for an extended period I'd get it X ray'd.

Common sports injury. Has lead to early retirement for some athletes.

You are lucky that you didn’t need the surgery for it to heal.

(For others)

Lack of blood flow and the bone dies rather than healing. There is a procedure they do if they catch it where a blood vessel is routed to the area to save the bone (hopefully).

Sorry—just noticed this is a necro bump.

 

[sidewinder22]

Hey Sidewinder, sorry to necropost, but this is literally one of the few things I found about TFCC tears and DG. Did yours ever heal 100%?

Back in mid-March, my wrist was hurting one day, and like a fool, I ignored it and tried something extra stupid - grip the disc as hard as I can! It did add 40 feet backhand on one shot that day. Well, I paid for it. I woke up with the most god-awful pain and a swollen hand, had to either run cold water on it or hold it towards the sky - just to get to sleep. Thought I had some type of tendonitis at first, but narrowed it down thanks to youtube.

I'm doing much better all around since then... but still have limited flex and throw 1/3 my previous distance and my strength goes at certain angles. I'm giving it time. I've done literally 5 holes DG combined, mostly last week, since then when I used to play 1-2 rounds daily.

Turned out I fractured my ulnar styloid. Had to immobilize wrist for 6 weeks, man my wrist was weak after that, took about a year to be able to do a push up.

 

[timothy42b]

I'm cautious with a drill, if it binds the torque comes back on your hand. Working in the factory I saw a maintenance guy drilling concrete hit some rebar. Drill bit stops, drill instantly counterrotates, crushing his hand against nearby equipment. He was out for months. A grinder comes with a strap for your hand, but I'd rather it just jumped away.

 

[semisensei]

Well...just got back from the ortho and confirmed my diagnosis of tfcc. My good wrist is now hurting from overcompensating. More bad news, he wants to put me a full arm cast for two months! WTF...how do you function with a full arm cast?

I would get a second opinion. I broke both my wrists at the same time about 9 months ago (scaphoid in left wrist, triquetrum in right) and had one doc tell me I needed a cast above the elbow on the left post surgery for 12 weeks, the other told me a wrist cast would be fine post surgery for 6-8 weeks, and a third told me I didn’t need surgery and could just do a brace for 6 weeks. I went with the middle option and it worked out, but I had to advocate for myself and my personal needs with work and family affected (my second kid was 2 months out from her due date at the time of the accident. Yikes!). Some docs just go straight for the most conservative recommendation possible in order to cover their own liability… especially surgeons. I think it’s definitely worth it to explore options and opinions.

I would recommend talking with a physical therapist that specializes in hand therapy- in many cases, they have a lot of perspective and experience on recovery from these types of injuries that the surgeons do not. It was helpful for me to hear from a physical therapist that had seen people with the same injury go through all the above options I mentioned, her perspective was very helpful in the decision making process.

Sorry to hear about your wrist. I truly feel your pain- best of luck in a speedy recovery.

 

[Siriusbomb]

Sorry to hear about your wrist. I truly feel your pain- best of luck in a speedy recovery.

Just FYI the post you're commenting about was 13 years ago.

 

[itsRudy]

Turned out I fractured my ulnar styloid. Had to immobilize wrist for 6 weeks, man my wrist was weak after that, took about a year to be able to do a push up.

Wow, ouch. How long it take you to get back to normal on the course?

I feel small improvements over time but its definitely going to be a journey. Two weeks ago, I could throw darts maybe 3 feets (something about the last bit of the swing hurts), this week 8-10 feet. Stuff like that.

 

[sidewinder22]

Wow, ouch. How long it take you to get back to normal on the course?

I feel small improvements over time but its definitely going to be a journey. Two weeks ago, I could throw darts maybe 3 feets (something about the last bit of the swing hurts), this week 8-10 feet. Stuff like that.

Was my off hand, so it didn't really affect throwing. It did affect using a bag though.