Common wrist pain can be due to:

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A painful disorder of the hand caused by pressure on the median nerve that runs through wrist. The nerve can get compressed from inflammation, arthritis, fluid retention or wrist trauma, or it can be an overuse injury where the tendons are inflamed from repetitive hand movements. Symptoms are generally worse at night and they can include numbness, weakness, pins and needles, and pain.

Osteopathic treatment can assist to stretch the soft tissues, freeing restricted wrist bone movement, assist with draining excess fluid, and improving circulation.

De Quervain Syndrome: Is an inflammation of the tendons surrounding the thumb due to the thumb’s repetitive movements (texting). This syndrome is more common in women. Symptoms include pain, swelling or difficulty in moving the thumb. Osteopathic treatment may assist by improving the thumb joint movement and decreasing the swelling.

Arthritis: Rheumatoid arthritis and Osteoarthritis can involve the wrist and hand joints, causing limited movement within the hand and wrist joints, and swelling around the knuckles. Osteopathic treatment can improve the range of movement in the joints and increase patient comfort.

Osteopathic treatment also evaluates how the neck, shoulder and elbow joints are moving to give an overall holistic treatment.

Elbow pain commonly exists due to overuse and repetitive activity. Eg: gripping a tennis racquet or golf club, repetitive gripping of a screw driver, cash register operation. Trauma coming from a fall or a knock to the elbow, or arthritis can also cause pain.  

Symptoms can include elbow pain which is aggravated with the grasping of an object, or using the wrist against resistance, a weaker grip, a constant ache, especially at night, and sharp pain on moving the elbow. 

Osteopathy takes a whole body approach to evaluate areas that may be contributing to your pain, treating the area of pain as well as surrounding areas such as the wrist, shoulder, clavicle, upper back and neck.