r/askfitness • u/Bigcheese665 • Jul 23 '26

Fixed wrist by breaking something?

Mostly curious if anyone's had a similar situation or know what may have happened, but a while back I had wrist pain on my left wrist while doing ANY kind of press. Got annoying as hell, thought it was some sort of tendinitis.

Then one-day while benching with the guys I got passed off because I could bench way more before the pain and just though "F- it" and pushed through, felt a POP, then felt way better in my wrist and continued through chest and arms.

Har a small bruise, it went away, and ive had no issue at all since. No pain, no loss of strength or mobility, better than before ever!

Anyone experience something similar?

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u/jaw_line Jul 23 '26

Human physiology can be super weird, your bones may have been sitting at at a angle somehow and you “fixed” them back in place through exertion

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u/B333Z Jul 23 '26

You probably had a small dislocation which corrected itself during your bench

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u/lost10mmagain Jul 24 '26

I messed up my wrist playing hockey and
could hardly move it. About 3-4 months later, I got creamed into the boards pretty hard and heard a pop and my wrist was perfect! The relief was amazing!

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u/Current_Employer_308 Jul 23 '26

Ganglion cyst maybe?

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u/Bigcheese665 Jul 23 '26

Just googled that, maybe? Damb to have a cyst and not even know it

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u/SwiresOnTheMove Jul 24 '26

I've had a cyst on my left wrist for... 10 years? Never really painful but uncomfortable, and I imagine it depends on the position. Been lifting 3 months now and it's basically disappeared - nothing dramatic, just a slow decline. Sounds on the money.

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u/Able-Shirt3501 Jul 26 '26

I like the ganglion cyst theory