WristWidget Instagram LIVE - Video topics index

Each week Wendy discusses your questions and concerns about TFCC and ulnar side wrist injuries on Instagram. Here, we index all of the topics where you can easily find them in the videos.

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Episode 16: Orthopedic and sports medicine acupuncture

https://www.instagram.com/tv/COG8q3fFeLD/

https://jackupuncture.com/

2:32 How Jack assess a patient

4:38 Nerve impingement

6:02 How long does treatment for nerve impingement take?

7:40 Should I rest or exercise with nerve impingement injuries?

9:33 Herbal recommendations/supplements

10:50 Moxa

11:50 Electrical simulation with acupuncture

14:11 How to restore function to pulled muscles

16:57 Scarring around bone in hamate and pisiform injuries

18:14 Does needling bone hurt?!

18:49 Length/strength of treatment for different injuries

20:00 Patterns related to each organ

21:24 Heart meridian and different symptoms

24:33 Acupuncturist is best for needling treatment not just someone who is just certified in dry needling

26:52 Meniscus tears

27:53 How do you address chronic inflammation?

30:00 Systemic issues

32:17 Perfusion treatment

Episode 15: Discussion with Jeffrey Tice, LAc TFCC and Acupuncture

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CN0oNZRlZ-U/

https://www.longevityhealthmaui.com/

3:00 Jeff Tice experience

4:00 Repetitive stress and traumatic injury

5:00 Holistic approach to looking at injury

7:13 Yin and Yang

7:42 Acute phase and extensors

9:20 Acute vs chronic approach

11:44 Moxa and estim

13:21 Wafting moxa over the wrist for chronic pain

15:11 Cupping

18:15 Cupping demonstration

23:33 Bubble caused by cupping

25:07 Stagnation, heat, and cold

26:30 Needle acupuncture helps hand swelling from distal radius fractures

27:40 Approach to tendons

29:46 What is dry needling? How does it differ from regular acupuncture needles?

34:54 Why going to the acupuncturist for needling is best

37:15 FCU tendonitis and the heart meridian

38:30 What Jeff would do for FCU tendonitis and pain at insertion

42:33 Tumeric to treat "the heat"/long term stagnation

45:40 Zhen gu shui - topical chinese medicine treatment

47:55 How frequently should I get acupuncture?

50:55 Virtual acupuncture?

Episode 15: Dr. Dean Mg & supplements for wrist, gut, health.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNdcKllCFwh/

https://rnareset.com/

3:50 Introduction

6:00 How do you test for mineral and magnesium deficiency

8:00 Magnesium deficiency in different groups

9:37 Range of magnesium

10:47 Why it's important to be in the top percentile

11:00 When to re test baseline levels

11:42 Symptoms related to Mg deficiency

13:53 ReMag for deficiency

15:52 Non laxative magnesium

16:42 Why your body can't get saturated in Mg

18:15 How long does it take to saturate?

18:32 ReMyte mineral supplement for other mineral deficiencies

19:07 ReMyte for Thyroid issues

19:41 Thyroid displayed in upper extremity, rotator cuff, and tendons of thumb

19:52 Systemic mineral disfunction in flexor tendons

19:57 Tfcc - broad loss of minerals

21:41 Which supplement do you start with?

21:49 Hydrate with sea salt

23:16 Muscle spasms

24:30 IBS and relation to yeast overgrowth

27:00 Candida

Episode 14 Common TFCC Questions

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQgKHMCjR6/

0:17-1:23 WristWidget® is one size fits most

1:23-2:27 Why a brace/splint/cast shouldn't compress the ulna head

2:27-3:41 How to put on your WristWidget®

3:42-4:09 How to care for your WristWidget®

4:10-5:27 How tight should it be? How do I adjust it for activities?

5:27-6:02 Do I wear it at night?

6:02-6:46 Will it help with the ECU or FCU?

6:48-8:06 Can I do bicep curls?

8:06-8:40 Why it's so important to strengthem triceps

8:41-9:34 When can I work out?

9:34-10:07 Is conservative PQ and ECU strengthening ok?

10:09-11:10 Why does the MRI say I have a tfcc tear but then it ends up being misdiagnosed?

11:12-11:20 Can a complete tear heal conservatively?

11:23-12:01 central and peripheral tear healing ability

12:01-12:54 How long does it take a TFCC to heal?

12:55-14:36 Should I do the ulnar shortening surgery since nothing else is helping and I want my wrist to get better?

14:37-17:26 My TFCC injury is slowly slowly healing...but one thing that is getting worse is the size of the ulnar head. The idea that the bone shifted sounds pretty serious but is it okay for it to be so prominent?

17:42-19:24 Can an untreated hamate fracture be interfering with tfcc tear?

19:40-20:56 Tfcc tear onset with no fall or injury

21:06-23:07 Flossing/nerve and muscle lengthening/nerve gliding

23:07-23:50 When can I resume normal activity?

25:34-28:06 If I only have ulnar instability can I use the WristWidget®?

Episode 13 Grip Strength

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CM-hQ-xCknK/

0:26- 0:40 What is grip strength?

0:40-4:31 Dynamometer/How grip strength is measured in the clinic

4:40-4:57 How to measure pinch strength

5:15-5:37 Correlate your numbers to grip strength norms

5:37-7:38 Other tools to measure grip at home - The Squegg

7:56-9:02 The Gripable

9:09-9:42 Weight bearing numbers in correlation to grip strength numbers

9:42-14:27 What do I do to improve grip strength/Grip strengthening exercises

14:27-15:19 Wrist stability and type of strengthening based on weight bearing numbers

15:36-16:17 Scaphoid lunate problems/slack wrist

16:57-17:56 How do you know if you're gripping something properly?

19:24-20:00 Flexors and extensors

20:16-21:57 Low weight bearing tolerance/central tfcc tear/complete tfcc tear

21:57- 22:32 What information does grip strength provide?

22:37-23:10 Lateral pinch/distal radius fractures/scar tissue

23:13-23:21 Pinch exercises

23:43-25:36 Grip strength with analog scale

Episode 12 Flexor Pollicis Longus

https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIW7seF5qa/

0:56-1:05 Flexor pollicis longus adhesions

1:05-2:23 Anatomy

2:23-3:35 Flexor tendon scar tissue and nerve gliding

3:35-5:07 Kinesio taping

5:07-5:36 Wrist fracture and scarring

5:36-5:48 Flexors of the fingers

5:55-6:39 Treatment

6:39-7:11 Strengthen

7:27-8:48 Wrist fracture post operation protocol (TFCC maybe involved)

9:44-11:58 How to measure grip strength

Episode 11 ECU

https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2W12ylg77/

0:21-1:14 ECU anatomy

1:14-1:27 types of ECU subluxation

1:31-2:04 Weight bearing test to distinguish ECU subluxation

2:11-2:38 Dynamics of wrist in pronation/supination

2:38-2:56 Wrist extension splint

2:57-4:28 Most common - ECU as a consequence of TFCC tear

4:28-6:00 Function of the ECU and development of TFCC tear

6:01-7:12 Mechanics and Nerve - How to identify nerve involvement

7:22-7:40 Tightness is muscle belly - deep tissue massage

7:44-7:56 What happens when you injure tendon-muscle system

7:56-8:09 ECU management program

8:09-8:16 Acupuncture

8:16-8:39 ECU and gallbladder

8:30-8:52 Electrical stimulation on nerve

8:52-9:33 Splinting is detrimental to ECU

9:33-9:46 No Supination

10:13-11:21 ECU kinesio taping techniques

12:42-13:00 Strengthening program

13:25-16:51 What to do when?

17:53-25:-35 ECU taping tutorial with Alison Taylor

26:23-26:27 Would ECU pain include pain on ulnar side hand between base of pinky and ulnar styloid?

Episode 10 The Gut-TFCC connection

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLkVKX2Fitw/

0:56-2:30 Stool test study

2:30-3:36 What does gut health mean?

3:36-4:00 Parasites and protozoa

4:00-4:20 Bacteria

4:25-4:49 Other stomach problems

5:01-5:33 Tennis player case

5:49-6:10 tfcc and small intestine

6:10-7:42 Symptoms

7:42-8:43 What do I do about gut symptoms?

8:43-11:04 Rupahealth.com - comprehensive gut analysis

11:12-13:40 What can I do at home?

13:40-14:09 Ulnar sided wrist pain related to gut

14:09-14:25 12 hour break from digestion

14:25-14:49 Celery juice

14:54-15:18 Indigestion/heat in gut

15:18-15:45 Lack of enzymes/lack of heat

15:45-16:27 Different gut issues effect different parts of the wrist

16:46-17:17 Long term gut issues and nerve problems

17:17-17:55 Supplements based on issue

17:59-18:49 Nerve problems

19:45-20:20 How comprehensive gut test works

20:20-21:31 Naturopathic doctor

21:45-22:20 Long term indigestion case

23:02-23:35 Chronic heartburn

24:08-24:19 Psyllium

Episode 9 FCU tendonitis

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLSUhqkF8S2

0:42-1:20 FCU anatomy

1:33-2:37 FCU symptoms

2:37-3:35Will the WristWidget® help?

2:51 and 5:41-5:44 Kinesio tape is better for FCU

3:38-5:44 FCU treatment

5:10-5:58 How splinting can make it worse

5:52-6:39 FCU related to heart in eastern medicine

6:44-7:02 and 20:31-21:25 Cortisone

7:06-9:02 and 9:58-12:02 Can you have a tfcc tear and fcu?

9:18-9:58 What can I do to help healing process?

12:04-13:06 Pain with range of motion

13:06-13:41 Nerves

13:41-15:18 How to kinesio tape

14:24 Alison Taylor is a wonderful source for kinesiotaping

15:55-15:58 What symptoms do I address first?

15:58-16:45 FCU case

16:45-20:31-22:22 and 21:25 Steps before going back to gym

20:31-21:25 What can I do if my job doesn't give me the luxury of resting wrist?

Episode 8 Hamate fracture and ulnar sided wrist pain

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLAUPugFNjJ/

0:55-2:20 Signs of undiagnosed hamate fracture

2:20-2:34 Pull test

2:44-4:21 What do I do if I have a significant loss of weight bearing but no change with WristWidget™ ?

4:21-4:29 Tendons and nerves irritated due to hamate fracture

4:29-7:00 Protocol if you suspect a hamate fracture

7:00-7:29 Displaced and non displaced hamate fracture

7:50-8:40 Why do you spling the fingers?

8:45-9:51 Nerve irritation/nerve gliding

11:21-12:56 Is stretching ok while hamate is healing?

13:05-13:58 How to analyze wrist pain

14:07-15:10 Main healing tips: #1 DO NOT LOAD

15:35-16:22 Swelling

17:30-18:11 Proper gripping

18:11-18:34 Time frame for catching hamate fracture

19:02-19:55 Removing hook of hamate

19:59-22:47 Hamate fracture with tfcc tear - do I wear a WristWidget® for hamate fracture?

23:10-25:56 hamate fractures misdiagnosed as tfcc tears

26:02-26:39 Potential nonunion

28:00-29:31 live questions about wrist surgery

29:31-35:26 Strength program for tfcc tears/ pinching after recovery

35:26-36:58 Yoga and wrist biomechanics

36:58-37:00 Correlation between tfcc and gut

37:40-38:48 Hormonal component to weight bearing

39:00-42:31 Are tfcc tears underdiagnosed and why?

42:31-43:04 Ganglion cyst

Episode 7 Wrist Sprain

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKuRBV4FDEA/

0:18-4:03 What to do when you sprain your wrist?

4:03-5:51 Bracing complications

5:51-6:34 Sprained wrist case

6:34-7:43 Pisiform and hamate fractures

7:43-9:47 Wrist tendons

9:55-10:21 Acute TFCC tear

10:28-12:01 Exercises for a failed TFCC repair

12:10-12:33 How do I know if it’s a TFCC tear?

12:37-13:20 Stretch and Strength exercises on Youtube

13:29-14:36 How to do the weight bearing test

15:08-16:18 What can/can’t I do at the gym?

16:20-17:30 I sprained my wrist, what now?

Live 6 Jan 24 2021

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKmJyD_l2KE

0:22-3:48 How do you recover from ECU tendonitis and FCU tendonitis? How long does it take to start lifting weights in the gym for bodybuilders?

4:08-4:58 Role of hormones in tendon issues

5:00-7:25 Wrist clicking - not all clicks are the same

7:55-8:22 Does long term clicking mean your TFCC hasn’t healed?

8:23-9:15 Can clicking lead to more significant problems?

9:15-10:06 How long does it take for TFCC to fully heal with conservative treatment?

10:23-10:50 TFCC surgery is not a quick solution

11:20-11:54 Tools to evaluate when looking at your own wrist

12:08-13:06 Recommendations for surgery- when is a good time to take this step?

13:11-13:29 Post op protocol for TFCC

13:34-13:59 When will my hand be normal again after TFCC sprain?

13:59-15:10 Defining wrist stability - at what point is it ok to return to normal load?

15:42-17:32 WristWidget® function, TFCC proprioceptive qualities, and cognitive influences

17:5-20:44 65lbs/45kg with WristWidget® on you can return to load

20:58-21:51 Recommended supplements

21:51-22:54 TFCC and gut correlation

23:04-25:55 PRP

26:06-28:18 Ulnar reduction

29:07-32:04 Splinting and how to function with severe tear

Live 5 Jan 17 2021

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKKb5XplflF/

0:42-1:49 Is my wrist fractured?

1:49-2:32 Hamate fracture

2:32-2:48 Nerve irritation vs undiagnosed fracture

2:56-3:15 Measuring grip strength

3:17-4:04 E-stim unit

4:06-4:11 KT tape

4:16-4:18 Non digital scale and water bottle for strengthening

4:24-5:23 Case - Hamate fracture misdiagnosed as TFCC tear

4:54-5:12 Pull test for hamate fracture

5:27-5:36 Case - Systemic inflammation of flexors/extensors

5:38-5:50 Case - Misdiagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome

6:13-7:03 Case - Pain resurfaces 2 years later after TFCC tear arthroscopically fixed

7:04-7:34 Suture surgery

7:35-8:05 Rehab time for post op TFCC repair

8:05-8:31 Definition of full recovery

8:33-11:50 Post op do’s and don’ts for strengthening wrist

12:17-16:00 Ulnar shortening

16:58-17:49 Ulnar impaction syndrome

18:03-20:20 Loss of supination/risk factor for surgery

20:34-21:07 2 month time frame to recover range of motion after surgery

21:52-24:39 PRP for ulnar impaction syndrome

25:33-29:08 Do you suggest wearing WristWidget® after 6 weeks stabilization and then cortisone injection?

29:32-30:00 ECU tendonitis and cortisone injection

Live 4

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwHl22lQoo/

0:19-1:57 Intro to weight bearing test and research publication

1:57-3:16 Study data

3:16-3:46 Baseline for normal functional wrist load

4:28-4:59 TFCC is the only injury that responds to tape or WristWidget®

4:59-5:28 Weight bearing test provides objective numbers to define injured and non injured wrist

5:28-5:36 Misdiagnosed TFCC tears

5:36-6:34 Why is the TFCC considered the black box of the wrist?

6:34-7:32 MRI’s are unreliable tool for TFCC tears

7:32-8:08 Weight bearing test is better tool for defining TFCC tears because it’s objective

8:08-8:15 Weight bearing numbers for central tear

8:15-8:24 Weight bearing numbers for peripheral tear

8:24-8:52 Am I a good candidate for surgery?

8:53-9:38 Weight bearing numbers in severe central tear

9:38-10:24 Central tear signs

10:24-10:45 Strengthening program for central tears

10:45-11:25 Peripheral tear signs

11:25-15:04 Strengthening program for peripheral tears

15:21-15:48 Future study goals

16:41-16:59 Defining “normal” and what vexes that “normal”

16:59-18:55 Bilateral low weight bearing numbers

18:55-20:24 Why digital scale does not work

20:29-22:33 Grip strength

22:43-24:08 How long should I wear the WristWidget®?

24:22-25:18 Is it ok to do handstands?

25:40-26:18 Communicate with your Dr.

27:18-29:44 Variations to weight bearing test

29:44-31:05 Nerve injuries

INSTAGRAM LIVE 3 - TOPICS - FCU

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMC_IdFCaU/

:06-:29 Differentiate FCU from TFCC tear

:29-:49 FCU signs

:52-1:01 Where it’s painful to touch with FCU

1:01-1:23 Wrist flexion/extension with FCU

1:23-1:28 Why does it take so long to heal the FCU?

1:28-1:30 Steps to heal FCU

1:30-2:34 Acupuncture, heat in heart, dehydration

2:38-3:53 Can someone have ECU, FCU, and TFCC?

3:54- 4:22 Massage, ice, e-stim, topical cortisone help heal FCU

4:25-5:12 Can FCU tendonitis cause numbness to the little finger?

5:13-6:16 Can I do the weight bearing test without full functional wrist extension?

6:16- 6:48 What’s functional weight bearing?

6:49-8:47 Differential diagnosis pathway

8:54-10:26 Causes of clicking in the wrist

10:47-14:34 Symptoms of ulnar sided wrist pain

14:34-16:00 Important things to manage in difficult cases

16:13-17:25 FCU - overloading and high repetition

17:25-18:24 When can I start overloading after FCU injury?

18:24-18:57 Alternatives to cortisone

18:57-20:22 What Wendy would do if she had signs of FCU

20:23-21:29 Can nerve conduction help find the main problem?

21:30-24:10 Investigation and treatment for ulnar nerve problems

24:11-29:10 TFCC wrist stability

Episode 2

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6DJ1_F_4v/
:17- 1:14 Peripheral tears in both wrists
1:15-2:52 Peripheral or Central tear – how to tell
2:52-4:20 Are there tears that can’t be treated with the WW
4:25-6:05 Central tear statistics
6:06-8:25 MRI shows TFCC tear – do I need surgery
8:25-10:38 What are “normal” Weight Bearing Test results
10:42-12:49 The location of pain matters
13:20-15:02 Help! 3 doctors tell me 3 different things
15:27-16:12 How can something so simple work? (WristWidget)
16:14-18:53 I have a “mild” injury - and still have pain.
18:53-20:21 FCU or ECU how to tell the difference and what to do
20:21-21:27 Extensor strengthening
21:33-25:58 The WristWidget is uncomfortable (ECU + TFCC)
24:20-25:47 E-stim, TENS, for ECU tendonitis
26:00-28:51 Cubital Tunnel – Ulnar nerve issues
28:55-29:47 Ultrasound and Laser therapy
29:53-33:00 Undiagnosed fractures – how to diagnose
33:06-35:14 WristWidget – how tight is too tight? What if it leaves a mark?
35:16-45:50 Ganglion cysts and TFCC tear treatment (live case walkthrough)

Episode 1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHn7l7FFulg/

:17- 1:43	TFCC or Hamate
1:50-3:15	Weight bearing test
3.:33 – 5:16	MRIs
5:17-6:51	Cortisone injections
7:06 – 9:51	Ulnar abutment – ulnar impaction
9:52-11:12	Strengthening
11:39-13:18	TFCC treatment protocols
13:19-14:53	Scapholunate
14:53-16:22	Central Tears – ECU Tendonitis
16:33-18:08	SL tears – Surgery or Exercises
18:09-19:21	What is the Brachioradialis
19:29-21:11	ECU Tendonitis
21:16-22:43	Grip strength
22:47-24:11	Ulnar variance
24:13-26:07	Bone shortening surgery
26:13-27:15	Pain in morning
27:55-28:52	TFFC tears without a known cause
25:05-31:42	WristWidget vs Bullseye TFCC vs ECU
31:50-32:32	Pushups and Bicep Curls
32:42-33:00	Central Tear Surgery
33:15-37:39	TFCC recovery – what it looks like
37:41-38:43	WristWidget + Brace?
38:44-40:00	Ulna head compression
40:04-40:49	WristWidget to prevent re-injury?
40:50-43:09	Testing with Tape
40:50-45:11	7# without to 40# with WW – what next?
45:12-46:46	Can TFCC cause ulnar impaction syndrome?
46:47-47:28	How often to do the Weight Bearing Test?
47:53-49:58	Radius Fracture and TFCC
50:00-52:49	How to get an objective opinion