wrist joint problem and locking bones

i've had probs like that in the past, too....

i'm 24 and have some minor arthritis (many people

mistakenly assume it's an "old age" problem), but

typically that only affects my lower torso because

of all my years of dance, etc.

recently i fell at a buddhist nunnery in tso pema and

just barelyyyy caught myself, landing in a sort of 'push-up'

position (thank god i did because if i hadn't i would've literally

nearly toppled down a mountain, haha) and after the initial shock

that same area you've described began to hurt when i tried to do

anything, from typing to twisting the keys to my door. and you

wouldn't even have known it hurt because the rest of me was pretty

scraped up and that part looked "normal" and didn't really hurt otherwise. so when i went to the doctor he at first was worried that it was a scaphoid fracture, but then, upon further examination, suggested that it may have a minor sprain due to a combination of the pressure of my body-weight and over-extension in a strange direction on my digits (odd as this sounds, i caught myself with my fingers mostly on one hand) which is prolly what caused it to hurt whenever the tendons/muscles/whatever are being used and unfortunately there's not much you can do other than take a few aleve, let it soak in hot water and epsom salt for a few minutes, maybe apply some "theragesic" brand cream or "biofreeze" roll-on liquid (both usually available at pharmacies at grocery stores like walmart), etc and then let it heal itself.....

as for my otherrrr hand, hahah, which was having a sem-similar prob but more tingly (?), constant, and stretched a lot towards the wrist, the doctor thought it might be the start of carpal tunnel due to constant typing for my entire lifetime (this originally used to mostly afflict secretaries, accountants, and computer scientist types- people that used a keypad a lot be it on a typewriter, calculator, or a computer).... this is becoming quite an epidemic with people of our generation because we're the first cohort to literally have a computer at our disposal from birth until present.

my mother (a secretary-turned-accountant, go figure, hehe) had her carpal tunnel alleviated by a collagen shot (which she said hurt but was worth the pain stopping).

sooo, yah.

i don't mean this to scare you, or anything, as

obviously we are different people and, thus, have different

problems. but i'd say that it's valuable to go get a second opinion

and tell him exactly what you typed above for your question (a bone specialist or other doctor might even be in order).

also, maybe check out some of these sites

and see if they help:

home care:

http://firstaid.webmd.com/sprains_and_strains_trea...

http://firstaid.webmd.com/wrist_injury_treatment_f...

scaphoid fracture:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/scaphoid-fractu...

"skier's thumb":

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/skiers-thumb

carpal tunnel syndrome:

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/carpal-tunnel...

i know what it is to be in pain, so i hope that all turns out well

(heck, maybe/hopefully it's none of the above and you're gonna be good with just a little bit more healing time and hand-tlc).

lemme know how it goes and good luck!

<3

The way I look at it, there are 3 basic ways: over-flexing (two basic directions in this one, arguably 3), a twisting inward (or binding) type of lock (two basic directions), and a stretched twist (I can't figure a better way to say that). That third one is arguably a variation on the second, in that you can take a binding lock and stretch it out into the third type.