How to recover from a sprained wrist

A sprained wrist can be recovered through rest, braking, medication, and functional exercises. Early wrist sprain should pay attention to rest, try to avoid wrist joint activities, can also wear wrist guards and use plaster cast for immobilization. If the pain is obvious, you can take anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs as prescribed by the doctor, such as diclofenac sodium, meloxicam and so on. If the swelling is obvious, you can take oral anti-swelling drugs such as sodium heptaphyllum saponin. Generally 2~3 weeks after the disappearance of pain and swelling, you can start functional exercise to promote recovery, such as active flexion and extension rotation of the wrist joint, exercise should be gradual and non-violent. If the symptoms of wrist sprain, we recommend that the patient go to the hospital, complete the examination and receive formal treatment.