Ben has had trouble with his wrist for several weeks. He was still doing gymnastics for a while, but then Sam took him to the sports medicine doctor who X-rayed his wrist and thought it could be a bruised bone. He didn't do any gymnastics that involved his wrist for another 3 weeks, but it did not get any better. I took him back to the same doctor last week and they sent him to get an MRI. In the meantime, I found that they had a sports medicine department at SLU and had tentatively set up an appointment for Friday. When the results of the MRI came back, they wanted Ben to see a wrist specialist and so it was perfect that I could take him to SLU the next day. The MRI indicated that maybe he had a tear in his triangular fibrocartilage complex (the ligament up the little finger side of his hand). We saw a great wrist doctor at SLU and he did a lot of manipulation. He thinks the original diagnosis of a bruise on the bone is correct and he gave Ben a wrist brace. He is supposed to wear it for 4 weeks and take some ibuprofen regularly. After that, we'll just have to hope that it has healed and he can do his regular gymnastics again. The doctor said that this injury doesn't mean that it will be weaker in the future or more likely to be injured in the future. I talked to Ben's coach on Friday and he thinks Ben is doing fine. He is a little behind but has improved his twists with being on the trampoline. Ben is still happy to go to all the practices so he is still holding on and keeping his enthusiasm up.
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