Sprained Wrist, 3 Weeks Later
I suffered a mild sprain in my right wrist three weeks ago today after taking a fall while skating. I was worried about how this would impact on my workouts, since I’d been making so much progress and didn’t want it to stop.
I would estimate I’m now back to 95% of full wrist health! I focused my workouts on muscle groups and exercises that minimized the need to use my hand, and I did more cardio. I’ve been using my wrist more during the last week, and have had no pain, merely a little stiffness and a tired feeling. I also had some stiffness and soreness in my right arm which I attribute to the same incident, and that is also much better.
I am hoping that after another week I will be close to 100% and can resume my training using heavier weights on compound exercises such as deadlift and bench press. I was making solid gains on these exercises before my injury and am anxious to get back at it and see how far I can take it!
Given the pain, swelling, soreness and limited range of motion I experienced the first 3 days after the injury, I am very grateful that the healing process has gone so well. The hardest part was being smart at the gym not to do anything to make the situation worse, and also having patience!
