• CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    5 months ago

    I have a wierd thing with the thumb side of my palm where it swells up and hurts if i put pressure on my palm

    It doesn't limit my mobility or anything but i've had it since i sprained it 2 months ago at the gym

    • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
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      5 months ago

      Might be more than a sprain. I had a FOOP incident (fall onto outstretched palm, a common enough cause of injury to get it's own acronym) and an x-ray turned up nothing, so it was assumed to be a strain until it was still hurting under certain loads a month later and they sent me for a cat scan - tiny fracture of one of the wrist bones that was hidden on the 2d scans.

      I know it's not an option in most of the world but you should always get sprains checked out if you can - there can easily be a small break that causes problems down the road.