How to treat tfcc injury

The following treatments are available for TFCC injuries: i. For new and very mild injuries, conservative treatment may be preferred. In this case, the doctor will use a wrist cast, or a brace to completely immobilize the wrist joint. This is supplemented by anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling, and pain-relieving medications. Sometimes the doctor will also ask the patient to apply some black plasters, such as Zhenjiang plaster, dog skin plaster and so on, to the painful or injured area. These plasters can play a role in activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, in addition to aiding in fixation. After this kind of patients reach the relevant symptoms relief, also need to do the corresponding functional exercise under the guidance of the doctor. Second, for some late detection, or the degree of the lesion is more serious at the beginning of such injury, need to carry out surgical treatment. The principle of surgery is to expose the local incision, find the damaged area, and then repair the damaged area accordingly, such as doing some local debridement and suturing some fractured damaged areas. After the surgery, the patient still needs to do similar treatment as mentioned above under the guidance of the doctor.