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SkinnySadMan
05-02-2006, 12:15 AM
Okay, I finish my flat benching then moved onto Dumbell incline benches. So far I was glad because I successfully added +5 lbs. to my flat benching this week. On the last set of inclines, I did a negative Hammer curl to slowly lower the weight down on the floor. I hear both my wrists *SNAP*, or more like a " *PLACK* when my forearm was parallel to the floor. It hurt, and couldn't finish off with Dips..... didn't even bother with the rotators.

Should I waste my time to see a doctor so he/she can tell me to go home and rest for 2 weeks? Or just either way.... stop lifting for 2-3 weeks and use wrist straps along with R.I.C.E. ? Should I get an X-ray ?

I think it's http://http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/wrist_forearm/wristbursitis.htm (Bursitis) since everytime I put weight on it, it feels like my wrists will snap off.
getfit
05-02-2006, 02:18 AM
be serious now, GO see a doctor!
sCaRz*Of*PaiN
05-02-2006, 02:21 AM
Um...yeah...you won't be "wasting your time" by going to a doctor. Go see a doctor ASAP.
SkinnySadMan
05-03-2006, 01:05 PM
well i went, doc said to ice it for 15 mins three times a day for 3-4 days. He said it's nothing too much to worry about because he checked my mobility and it was all good with no pain. Also to lower weights next time I get back into it.

.... also got my blood pressure checked, 130/70.
getfit
05-03-2006, 01:15 PM
it's always best to see a doc, good that you went
Optimum08
05-03-2006, 05:28 PM
it's always best to see a doc, good that you went

usually it is getfit, depending on the competency of your doctor.
ncsuLuke
05-03-2006, 09:47 PM
i have to get some pretty crucial wrist supports everytime i do bench because i screwed up my wrists in high school and they never healed properly....be sure to let em heal up right or you will definatly regret it later
SkinnySadMan
05-03-2006, 10:29 PM
what were the indications that ur wrists never healed properly ?
ncsuLuke
05-03-2006, 10:44 PM
they still hurt...what happened was i broke my wrist but when i went to the emergency room they said it wasnt broken...it took me 3 weeks to find out it was broken and then i got a cast

i think during those three weeks i messed up something else in there and it never healed right so now doing bench press or other things that put a lot of stress on my wrists is very painful
SkinnySadMan
05-03-2006, 11:52 PM
Damn doctors.... so basically they thought it wasn't broken and they ****ed you over. Not even an X-ray offered ?
razorcut
05-04-2006, 10:17 AM
Damn doctors.... so basically they thought it wasn't broken and they ****ed you over.Easy there. I'm sure the treating physician didn't deliberately set out to "**** him over". Medicine is not an exact science.

Glad your situation is improved, however & best of luck.
SkinnySadMan
05-04-2006, 12:10 PM
Yeah thxs. The ice is working for me, so far so good. Forgot to ask doc about R.I.C.E, other than simply putting ice on it.
ncsuLuke
05-04-2006, 02:07 PM
Damn doctors.... so basically they thought it wasn't broken and they ****ed you over. Not even an X-ray offered ?

they x-rayed it but i guess the doctor wasnt the smartest in the world (it was at the emergency room) because when i went to an orthopedic he saw it was broke in about two seconds.