TFCC Injuries

The team at Flex Physiotherapy take you through TFCC Injuries, what it is, how it is injured, diagnosis and treatment

If you think you have a TFCC injury, please contact us at Flex Physiotherapy, or search online for a reputable hand therapy provider near you

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[dontfollowme]

I believe its spot on. I injured myself 2 plus years ago falling. They called it a simple sprain and said 2 weeks to me over the phone again, and again. They said they can't do physical therapy until its completely healed and there is no more pain. I have exercises to do involving resistance bands and weights, but I can't do them because they cause pain and some swelling. II recently found a widget on Amazon which seems to be helping, but I definitely need help picking exercises that won't aggravate it. I really want to go back to working out. I've gained 30 lbs and am eating to cope. I also have IBS so this is very bad for me. 😮‍💨

[Hentzee]

I was sure I had this as all the signs pointed towards it. However I had an MRI and the doctor said it looked fine? I'm getting a second opinion, but I can't believe it. It's been 8 months now and it still hurts

[keshavreddy]

Food to be taken while recovering for a tfcc injury. I have this injury currently been 1month. Need proper nutrition for proper recovery. So please can you suggest me with some food items?

[Apollonkra]

It was almost 3 months ago when i finished a set of bench press with dumbbells and then the pain started on this side of the wrist. Doctor said that i had injured tha ligaments of the wrist and that i need rest. Actually i braced it twice for 2 weeks (my own decision) but evey time i had gotten way better i tried to exercise and i ended up making it worse again . Now i am better than ever but the a trace of pain remains in some spesific movements like radial deviation, lifting up a dumbell or pushing myself putting up my weight mostly on the specific side of the wrist.

[zachbishop]

I JUST GOT DIAGNOSED with this injury after landing flat on my hand. It's good information, infact my orthopedic Dr did that exact diagnosis with the flexibility in my hand. I was Windsing pain. My brace helps, but there's pain in everyday light use. I'm going for an MRI just as my doctor prescribed, just like at the end of this vide recommend 👌.

[WildHorseSpirit]

Thank you for this. My physio suspects I have this but my X-ray and ultrasound was inconclusive (no MRI yet). Though I still have pain which is getting better slowly and my strength testing is improving. I did have the wrist widget but now have a thermo plastics splint

[ilovehotpink]

I have been dealing with this since April 2022 it will get better sometimes it takes a lot though
why my tear was a bit more extreme here was my treatment
1. braced for 12 weeks
2. casted for 6 weeks
3. cortisone injection (helped pain for 3 months but came back)
4. surgery (this is for worst cases and i recently had this done but praying it helps)
it gets better and i hope no one else goes through the amount of pain I have

September 2023 update:
I was doing great but we are a little concerned with some wrist pain. Getting back into weights so it may be overuse.

[farhanadhi]

I want to ask how long it will take for a tfcc injury to heal

[tomcat]

Been dealing my injury for 6 months not healing now they gave me in a cast get it off Friday but I don’t think it has healed may have to get surgery soon

[lisaborsch]

What if you injured it over and over again starting with gymnastics ending with a ceiling fan and I never got diagnosed and have been left untreated for over 30 years?

[linzhu]

Hi, my right wrist MRI shows I have a full-thickness tear of the styloid attachment of the TFCC is seen with retraction. Injured 3 weeks ago. Dr asked me to put on hand splint for 6 weeks of conservative treatment first. If it fails, then will consider surgery. After surgery, Dr says it takes about roughly 3 months to go back to work. I couldn’t work now, and the recovery sounds like will take very long time, why can’t the Dr do surgery now to repair it so to shorten the recovery process since it is a full thickness tear already? Pls help to answer my worries. Thank you so much 🙏

[mukulkhola]

One question plz reply. For how long i should use my brace on wrist ? I already kepr it from last 3 days.?

[Tommy_]

Thanks for a very good video.
I have the pain only in certain hand positions/movements (outer position when rotating my hand and when I lean on the hand). For example, I have no (or only very light) pain when I use a hand gripper in a neutral hand position. Will this exercise help the healing process? (Maybe because of more blood flow.)

[swaraali]

Dr. Diagnosed it a month ago and asked me to wear brace, It's been a month with brace on, i still have pain in some movements so I'm keeping the brace on and pain on ulnar bone while knocking on it with finger. What should i do now?

[djbngjf]

i have had a problem in both my wrist although one is not as bad, for years now keep getting fobbed off with 'its probably arthritis' but its ulna sided and pain raidiates up my arm when its really bad, use a brace when doing any activites golf, gardening etc. How do I get a doctor to take it further (UK).

[muhammednihal]

My tfcc is 9 months old, I can do hammer curls but not regular bicep curl. Should I stop doing it, ??

[josephcroft]

mine is getting there but i have had it for 2 months now i have had to do every thing with my left hand,

[MysticPixel]

Do you have any information for a SLAC or SNAC wrist? (Scapholunate ligament tear with advanced collapse)

[adityasingh-hott]

My tfcc injury is 2 years old . No doctor was able to diagnose it and just kept giving me diclofenac for the pain . Now, i just went to sports injury clinic and they diagnosed it as tfcc injury. I bought a wrist widget but i wanted to know that should i remove the widget while doing physiotherapy or do physiotherapy while wearing it

[jasperbarlow]

Broke wrist 30 years ago and it has healed with a very protruded ulnar, palm up rotation very painful as is gripping with pain on outer edge, physios and gps still not given diagnosis, also have contracture of pinky finger on same hand, wished someone had some ideas.