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jsinjin - Posted - 10/26/2024: 13:14:33
I practice a lot. Average about 1.5 hours a day sometimes up to two hours. I’m right handed and play clawhammer with right hand percussive strumming and left hand fretting.
I have been playing since about April this year is suppose.
Over the last two weeks this very hard bump has swollen on the underside of my wrist to almost golf ball size. It doesn’t specifically hurt but definitely is starting to get in the way.
I also row daily as in single crew style rowing typically 30min most early mornings but up to an hour on Saturday mornings.
I’ve been injured before in lots of dumb sports ways but never in something like this with a hard solid bump. Like most things it started small but is now sort of sitting between the underside of my wrist and the arm rest on my banjo.
I checked carpal tunnel but that’s definitely not describing it.
Has anyone ever had something like what I’m describing?
sunburst - Posted - 10/26/2024: 13:24:21
I've had several ganglion cysts in my wrists. I wouldn't describe them as being "very hard"; they are little sacks filled with synovial fluid from the joint.
Texasbanjo - Posted - 10/26/2024: 14:08:20
Instead of asking us banjo pickers what it might be, you need to go to a doctor and get it checked out. It could be a ganglion cyst and it could be something as serious as cancer. Better safe than sorry. Go to your doctor!!!
jdeluke137 - Posted - 10/26/2024: 14:14:51
I agree with Sherry - see a doctor. But it probably is a ganglion cyst. Also known as a Bible cyst because people would hit them with a Bible to get rid of them. I had one from painting one time. I accidentally hit it on a chair edge and it was gone.
I don’t recommend hitting it with a Bible. Again - see a doctor.
gentrixuk - Posted - 10/26/2024: 14:44:21
I agree that you should see a doctor to get it checked out. It does sound like a ganglion though. I have one on my left hand, but it's quite small and doesn't really cause any problems. Yours sounds very large and in an awkward place though so might be good to get it treated. My doctor told me they can be drained if necessary, they are basically fluid leaking from a joint.
jsinjin - Posted - 10/29/2024: 08:51:07
It was a wrist ganglion. Doc did a fairly simple procedure with a big syringe and removed clear fluid. He said it would likely be back and could require a simple surgery. It’s likely caused by the daily rowing and not the banjo. It’s a new one to add to my aging injury collection.
Texasbanjo - Posted - 10/29/2024: 11:10:08
Glad you took our advice and saw your doctor. Also glad it wasn't anything serious.
Maybe you could slow down a little on your rowing? At least for a while to give your hand a rest?
jsinjin - Posted - 11/06/2024: 12:39:06
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Originally posted by Texasbanjo
Glad you took our advice and saw your doctor. Also glad it wasn't anything serious.
Maybe you could slow down a little on your rowing? At least for a while to give your hand a rest?
Love rowing and love practicing too much. There is nothing better for me in life than daily practice routine! It's gone and the doc said it wasn't serious. Sure was weird though! I had never heard of that. He said it's probably more related to age than anything specific. It never hurt. He said it definitely wasn't banjo-related though. That's good.
raybob - Posted - 11/06/2024: 22:27:10
I had one on the upper side of my wrist when I was about 7-8yrs old. Doctor aspirated the fluid, and it never came back. It was about the size of a grape or so, not painful. The fluid was yellowish and gelatinous. He told me that if it came back he would inject something that would take care of it. If that failed he would operate.
I looked it up, and people get these most commonly between the ages of 20 and 50. So both of us were probably outside the age group for this.
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