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Why does my good arm hurt?

Asked by sliceswiththings (11723points) November 24th, 2009

So over the summer I broke my left wrist and had surgery (old news I know, sorry). It is still recovering, and obviously banging it in any way hurts a lot (especially on the ulnar styloid process—the bump on the pinky side, which I also broke).

The weird thing is my RIGHT wrist hurts when bumped as well.

My first thought is that it’s a psychological thing, that my body is so used to associating wrist-bumping with pain, that it creates it regardless of which wrist.

My second thought was that I used my right wrist as well much less during the ordeal because there was so much I couldn’t do because of my broken one (lift heavy things, ride my bike, play musical instruments, etc.) so it’s still weak.

Any thoughts?

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nope's avatar

One possibility is, you actually overused it while your other arm was out of commission. It’s common to have joints & muscles on the good side hurt from over use, or from some sort of movement that isn’t natural for your body that you’re doing to compensate for things you can’t do with an injured limb. If it’s really bad, check with your doctor!

avvooooooo's avatar

You probably overused it. :P

CMaz's avatar

Do you have a good arm?

MacBean's avatar

@ChazMaz: Apparently not anymore. Poor @sliceswiththings. :(

avvooooooo's avatar

Hey, I don’t have a good foot. At least you can walk! :)

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