Right Wrist Pain Case Study

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Reason for Visit: Right Wrist Pain
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S: TM is here complaining of writ wrist pain. He was working and he felt like wrist was getting tight then some popping like sound, when he took the gloves off, he had noticed the swelling of his right wrist. TM reports the pain is 4/10, and the pain is described as pulsating type. TM denies any tingling, numbness, or loose of movement of his right upper extremities.TM denies acute or previous injury to the wrists. He is not taking any OCT or prescription medications, he has drug allergy to Codeine and BioFreeze
O: Right Wrist: some redness and mild edema present around SL ligament area. Warm to touch, palpation produced pain. Full ROM, audible crepitus, Radial and ulnar pulse +3, Tinel's Sign test – TM

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