I have had this several times when I used to work at Fruit of the Loom. We used to treat it with Ibuprofen because your tendons are swolen and Ibuprofen usually helps the swelling go down faster. At the mill we would also had a treatment program that seemed to work pretty well. The first day we would ice the area down for about 5 minutes then massage the bottom side of your wrist in a crossways pattern for about 5 minutes. We would do this about 4 times during the day. The next day instead of using ice we would use a heating pad for the same time. It is a little bit of a tedious task but after 3 - 5 days everything would be fine and no surgery or steroids would usually be needed. It would usually feel pretty good for the next 3 - 6 months. But if you kept doing the same repetitive motions, eventually it would begin to hurt again. I am not a doctor but this was something we spent a lot of time trying to get something to work because almost all our work over there was repetitive motions. Hope it gets well soon.
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