Treatment of wrist sprain with essential oils has more benefits

Having a sprained wrist is not only painful but can also become a real inconvenience. We depend so much on the use of our hands for our normal lives, that an injury turns simple everyday tasks into a real chore.

With all the side effects of pharmaceuticals, alternative remedies that relieve pain along with increased immune function are a plus.

It is natural, when falling, to reach out to catch ourselves, and in doing so, the wrist may be forced beyond the natural stretch limit of a tendon or ligament. Twisting or forcing of the ligament can cause a wrist injury resulting in mild to severe pain, swelling, bruising, and possible loss of function. You may experience a tear in your wrist or perhaps a clicking noise while trying to move it. These sprained wrist symptoms can start with a simple slip on the stairs, on an icy sidewalk, or while playing a sports game.

Although falls are the number one cause of a wrist sprain, a sprain can be caused by applying intense pressure or twisting the wrist in an abnormal position. There are three degrees of severity when diagnosing the symptoms of a wrist sprain.

• Grade #1: Mild to moderate pain along with minor ligament damage.
• Grade #2: Moderate to severe pain with a loose feeling in the joint, some loss of function, and more severe ligament damage. The sprain should be seen by a doctor to make sure it will heal without long-term problems, such as wrist tendinitis.
• Grade #3: Acute pain, total ligament tear with severe loss of function. This type of sprain should be seen by a doctor and will require surgical repair.

Finding a wrist sprain treatment that is convenient and learning the healing time really helps get your life back on track. The use of essential oils is a natural remedy for beneficial relief. They are easy to use, don’t take up a lot of space to carry, and provide many more benefits to the recipient than just relieving an injured wrist.

Many of the pharmaceutical medications you might use to treat a wrist injury will suppress or compromise your immune system, adding to your health risk. But with true essential oils, they add to your health by sending the healing properties of the herbal plant they come from directly into your body. Any single essential oil has various healing qualities. For example, essential oils of geranium (rose geranium or bourbon geranium) have analgesic and healing properties and increase the function of your liver.

Essential oils follow the nerves, sending healing qualities to the area that needs repair. This makes them ideal for use in the relief of:

• sprains
• Muscle tension
• volume boost disk
• Ganglion cyst on the wrist
• wrist tendinitis
• golfer’s elbow
• Ankle sprain
• back spasms

And… many pain-related illnesses. In fact, there is most likely no injury or disease that would not benefit from the use of essential oils as a complement to established treatment.

Because essential oils are transported throughout the body via the nervous system, they are highly beneficial in relieving other nerve disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, which often feels like a sprained wrist.

Well, this is the plan of action when you have symptoms of a sprained wrist:

1. Immobilize the wrist. Wear a cast or splint to keep the joint from moving.
2. Rest your wrist. If you can, rest your wrist for at least 2 days (48 hours)
3. Put ice packs on the wrist for twenty minutes every 4 hours for the 2-day period or until the pain has subsided a little. This helps minimize swelling and bruising.
4. Carefully massage in analgesic and anti-inflammatory essential oils such as Helichrysum Italicum, Elemi, Helichrysum Gemnosephalum, and Geranium. Many other essential oils have pain-relieving anti-inflammatory properties, but these oils seem to provide more instant relief when mixed together.
5. Keep your wrist elevated above your heart. Place it on a pillow or on the back of the sofa/chair as often as possible. This will help keep it from swelling as much.
6. You may want to take anti-inflammatory pain relievers such as ibuprofen. However, taking this can thin the blood and cause more bruising on the sprained wrist.
7. After the pain has subsided a bit, do strengthening exercises, gently stretching your wrist to begin with, as recommended by your doctor. Don’t rush this healing time. Using the wrist too soon after an injury could cause permanent damage to the joint.

Some sprains take up to 10 weeks to recover. And some people experience wrist tendonitis after a wrist injury. Everyone is different. Continue to use the essential oil wrist sprain treatment that will help relieve any swelling that might still be in the joint.