What happens when a 55 year old with small petite bones has both traumatic and degenerative injuries spanning 15 years from the original tennis injury? And as a pro massage therapist doing mostly deep tissue massage 5_6 days a week seeing 4-6 clients daily and constantly reinjurying it until a complete tear of the DRUJ occurs...what hope is there for meaningful healing to be able to hold a 6 oz cell phone again?
I have knowledge that anti inflammatory supplements and an anti inflammatory diet aids healing. www.healthyjointsforlife.com I think it helped my knee. I have this fantasy that there is a way to manipulate damaged connective tissue to re-establish organized strong tensile strength. Best wishes
I got the best surgeon. He prescribed an MRI. On the follow-up, he said there was dead tissue and no surgical solution. So he walked out, followed by the nurse. Medical science has no treatment for torn TFCC. Swing a hammer around, curl that one pound weight, give you something to do. Maybe you won't have chronic pain and dysfunction forever. Good luck
The TFCC is fibro cartilage, not articular cartilage. That disc is "poorly vascularized", which means the central portion has scant blood flow. These pros hold out hope that surgery and debridement can remove the rough edges.
