Wrist sprain / recovery

[BuffforCU]

Saturday while benching, I sprained my wrist slightly. Not sure how, might even been putting it back on the rack somehow. Did not have a lot of pain, but I did cut my workout short to lessen the severity. Sunday when I woke up, it was real stiff, and was much more sore. After an ice pack and inactivity, today it is close to normal, although with some severe movements to it I can feel some slight pain.

Question is this - when should I resume my workouts? My next schedule workout is arms / back, and wrist will be heavily involved. I did a search or prior posts and could not find this subject per se, but did find the following site form Old Fart's previous post on recovery: http://www.medformation.com/ac/crssm...a_wrist.sprain

I don't want to push it, rather wait a day or two than sprain it further and have to take a week off (I am seeing great, noticeable to others gains now and am chomping at the bit to get back)>

[painless2]

Sounds like you answered your own question. Keep icing it regulalry and ranging it, and you might want to wrap it the next time you lift, but you are doing the smart thing in letting pai/discomfort be the mediator.

[Old_Fart2]

The last time I hurt my wrist was a few months ago when I fell off my bike. I iced it for a couple of days, wrapped it real tight and continued working out as much as I could, staying with exercises that didn't cause too much pain. Here's the link:http://www.extremefitness.com/blog/s...p?comments=213


I always try to work around injuries by just doing exercises that don't bother the injured part. There have been times, of course, where I've had to lay off completely. The main thing is to listen to your body.

This, of course, is in no way medical advice.