Why Does My Wrist Hurt?
Wrist anatomy is complex, and finding the cause of your pain can be tricky. Wrist pain may feel sharp, dull, achy, or like pins and needles. Pain can occur when you bend your wrist forward, flex it backward, put pressure on it, or rotate it to turn a doorknob.
Causes of Wrist Cracking and Popping
Popping and cracking in your wrist (also known as crepitus) can be an uncomfortable sensation that arises during many of your daily activities. Unfortunately, the origins of this joint noise are not always clear-cut.
Scaphoid Fracture
The scaphoid bone is one of eight small bones—called carpal bones—in the wrist. These bones allow complex, yet delicate, movements of the hand and wrist.
Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Wrist
The wrist is one of the main joints affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) since this condition often starts in the small joints of the hand and wrist. About one in seven people in the United States has wrist arthritis.
Fairly quick recovery is normal after carpal tunnel surgery
If you are one of the 3-6% of US adults suffering from symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), you might consider carpel tunnel release surgery to alleviate numbness and tingling of hands and fingers, loss of grip, or wrist pain.
