If your wrist treatments have not relieved your pain, your problem could be in your upper-body muscles.
Tension in your back, neck and shoulders could be causing you wrist pain.
Muscle tension and restriction.
Overworked muscles can get tense.
If they are repeatedly overworked, and their opposite muscle groups stay underworked, they become tense and shortened.
When this happens, the tension can affect other tissues.
Some of those nearby tissues that get affected by muscle tissue include nerves, blood vessels, organs, and connective tissue.
Pain can be a sign that nerves and blood supply are restricted due to muscle tension.
Upper-body muscles.
The muscles of the upper back, neck and shoulders play an important role in wrist health.
The nerves that command the arm and hand travel from the neck, through these upper-body muscles, to the arm and hand.
If you are feeling pain in your wrist, consider muscle tension in your upper body.
Are your neck, upper back, or shoulder muscles tense? Could that tension be constricting around the nerves that travel into your wrist? Posture and repetitive stress.
Poor posture contributes to tension and restrictions.
It may be causing pain, and leading to a repetitive stress injury (RSI).
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common type of RSI, but there are others.
The repetitive stress of poor posture can give you carpal tunnel symptoms, including wrist pain, without actually giving you carpal tunnel syndrome.
One way of knowing if a pinched nerve is causing your problems is by describing your pain.
Do your hands fall asleep? Do your arms, hands or wrists get numb, or tingly? Do your wrists feel like they are being zapped with electrical impulses? These signs can indicate restricted nerves.
By improving your posture, and reducing muscle tension in your upper-body, you may get great relief from your wrist pain.