In my clinical experience with patient outside of sports, I have noticed that it’s the office workers who suffer the most from wrist pains and numbness. The problem we’re talking about is not solely connected to strength sports. The wrist isthmus syndrome is a pathology with aspects of: strain, pressure, increased tension within the wrist and long-term improper positioning. It is a fact though, that the main reason for pains inside and outside the wrist is compression of the central nerve, right under the lateral ligament of the wrist. Symptoms? Numbness of fingers, impossibility to keep the wrist straight, pain during heavy-weight exercises. The often need to “shake off” the wrists, a feeling of discomfort. These are the typical symptoms, usually of the radiating nature, with feeling of pins and needles, which is the main difference between problems of compression and problems with movement apparatus. STRENGHT SPORTS The problem of the wrist canal is very common here and bodybuilders
