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Carried some heavy bags on left wrist. day later noticed left wrist hurt during push-ups so i stopped. since then wrist hurts a lot about 5 days. ?
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Pulled muscle, tend: This may be a pulled muscle, tendon or the joint. You can use heat to the area. During the first 36 hours you would be able to use ice but after that use heat.. You can also get a wrist splint and use that. If it does not improve you need to see your physician.
Answered 5/1/2016
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