We use our hands and wrists for everything we do. Therefore, wrist pain has a drastic effect on your ability to do even the simplest of daily tasks. If wrist pain goes untreated, it can cause long term injury because your wrist cannot heal on its own.
Other causes may include overuse, injury, or chronic diseases like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms of wrist pain include burning, numbness, stiffness, tingling, and soreness.
How Does A Chiropractor Heal Wrist Pain?
The stress of any injury increases with the loss of function, which can take a toll on you emotionally as well. It becomes harder to make a meal, complete tasks at work and home.
The most common chiropractic treatments for wrist pain are adjustment of the joints and physical therapy. As with all chiropractic treatment, the focus is on your individual needs and goals.
The two therapies below are both going to help your wrist restore its strength and relieve your pain.
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Wrist Realignment
Every aspect of chiropractic techniques are centered on readjustment of the joints. By manipulating the bones of the wrist to put them back into the correct place, sets the healing process into motion.
If a bone is out of place in your wrist, inflammation can build up and create a lot of pressure that can quickly spread to your hands or arms. This swelling heavily restricts the movement of your upper body.
The realigning of bones during chiropractic care acts as a catalyst in your healing– as your bones realign, inflammation in the soft tissue of your wrist is dramatically reduced.
As tension releases in your wrist, you can not only get back to feeling better but back to feeling like your normal self again.
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Wrist Stretching
Besides manipulating the bones, chiropractors may also use stretching techniques to help release tension in your wrist in order to ease pain and reduce the tightness in inflamed ligaments.
Some examples include a wrist rotation, hand clenching, wrist flexion, and finger flexion. These all involve the tightening and releasing of your muscles and tendons.
Many wrist conditions like Trigger Finger result in tissue scarring, making movement extremely difficult. Muscles are elastic and when the tissue is scarred, they become stiff. The gliding that is supposed to happen between your muscles comes to a grinding halt.
However, stretching techniques assist the healing of soft tissue by restoring muscle elasticity because blood circulation is increased. Wrist pain often tightens your wrist and hand to the point where it cannot open.
Chiropractic care heals damaged soft tissue so inflammation decreases and you can begin to feel better. With better circulation in your hand and wrist, swelling in your ligaments is eliminated.