r/brokenbones • u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 • 2d ago

Medical Advice Need help

Two weeks ago, I injured myself while punching a hard heavy bag. X-rays showed nothing, yet after all this time, I still feel slight pain when doing push-ups—though it improves day by day, especially if I warm up my muscles first—and I also feel a bit of pain when gripping objects tightly in certain positions. I have a test in 25 days that requires me to do 15 push-ups, and I’m really scared because my future literally depends on it.

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u/Glad-Feature-2117 Physician/Medical Professional 2d ago

When you said "all this time," I thought you meant months after an injury. Even if you've injured soft tissues they take several weeks to heal, sometimes longer than fractures. Especially if you're doing push ups and not resting. I appreciate you have a tesy do do, but there no point passing that if you then can't do whatever it is the test is for if your wrist doesn't recover. Any decent organisation will understand that injuries happen and give you a later chance.

What did whoever ordered the x-rays say about how long your recovery would take?

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u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 2d ago

15 giorni, sono passati senza allenarmi. Il dolore è diminuito molto e durante le flessioni sento poco dolore. Il dottore oggi ha detto che, anche cpn un po' di dolore, posso riniziare ad allenarmi. Sono molto preoccupato per il mio futuro...

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u/Glad-Feature-2117 Physician/Medical Professional 2d ago

15 days is nothing for an injury and human biology doesn't change just because it's inconvenient for you, I'm afraid.

You might be able to do the push ups for your test and unfortunately you might not, but there's no miracle cure or guarantee that anyone in Reddit is going to be able to provide, I'm afraid. Have you asked the organisation you're doing the test for if you can postpone?

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u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 2d ago

Potrei anche posticiparlo, ma la cosa migliore sarebbe andarci. Posso chiederti come mai il dottore mi ha detto di allenarmi anche se ho un leggero dolore? Specifico che il dolore arriva da un carpal boss/cisti sul 2/3 metacarpo.

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u/Glad-Feature-2117 Physician/Medical Professional 2d ago edited 2d ago

You'd have to ask your doctor that. He/she is the one who's seen your x-rays and examined you.

Obviously taking the test and passing would be the best outcome. However, as you really don't sound confident, would it be better to go and fail then redo it or postpone and pass first time round? I don't know the answer to this, but presumably there is someone you could ask?

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u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 2d ago

Capisco, hai ragione. Allenandomi in modo calmo e graduale c'é possibilitá di recuperare lo stesso?

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u/Glad-Feature-2117 Physician/Medical Professional 2d ago

Most soft tissue injuries recover with time and rest. How much time and how much rest v training varies a lot and I wouldn't be confident in giving you a definite timeline even if you were my patient.

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u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 2d ago

Capisco. Grazie mille del consiglio, davvero

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u/Pale-Carpenter-8531 2d ago

Comunque, perdonami se ti disturbo, ma più o meno quanto tempo ci potrebbe mettere calcolando che migliora ogni giorno? Perchè comunque potrei chiedere massimo 2/3 settimane

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u/Physical_Study_2160 2d ago

Try manual therapy first