No one wants it, yet it's the body's way of getting your attention when something is wrong. You're probably sufficiently in tune with your body to know when the pain is just a bother, perhaps the result of moving furniture a day or two before or eating that third enchilada.
Wrist Blood Pressure Monitors use the radial artery to measure blood pressure instead of the more commonly used brachial artery. The key is to place the monitor on your wrist properly, just above the wrist bone and then to hold your wrist up level with or above your heart.
Figure 2. 1  If the tendons on the thumb side of your wrist are affected, you may need to use a splint that holds the thumb still. 2  If you have severe pain and swelling over your tendons, you may wear a splint to rest the wrist until you see your doctor. 3  Wearing a splint for more than a week or two can cause wrist stiffness and sometimes make your ...he wrist is a complex joint made up of the ends of your forearm bones (radius and ulna) and many small wrist bones (carpal bones).