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As a physio and a regular gym goer, I am not immune to wrist injuries when pulling weights in the gym.<\/strong><\/p>\n I remember that sharp pain that shot through my wrist every time I put weight on it. Is my career at stake?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n What did I do to make my wrist hurt? After COVID restrictions had eased, I realised that it was from\u00a0suddenly returning to sports<\/u>\u00a0that increased my risk of injury.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not only that, but\u00a0suddenly increasing the weight<\/u>\u00a0that I was not used to. That forces my wrist to be in\u00a0awkward positions<\/em>\u00a0and then injury happens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Changing wrist positioning<\/b>\u00a0to stop my wrist from bending too much took most of the pain away. I could do push-ups on bars or dumbbells keeping the wrist straight. But I could still feel that wrist pain slowly creeping in.<\/p>\n I also found that using wrist wraps helped to secure my wrist which also helped me with getting back to heavier weights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Away from the gym, I made sure to keep the wrist safe from sudden twists or bends.\u00a0Rest\u00a0<\/b>was a major factor to allow my wrist to recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s not just exercise that you can get wrist pain from, but it could be from other work related tasks, repetitive movements or trauma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhat did I do then?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n