Will tendinitis get better with resting the wrist?
Yes, I think resting it over time is the only thing that truly works. You don’t say if you discovered the cause of the tendinitis. The main thing that helped mine was time and perseverance. I wore a gel pad brace, iced it down for 10 minutes (with an ice cube) every couple of hours or so. Phys Therapy didn’t seem to make much of a difference at the time. I stopped doing the repetitive grasping (writing) that was the irritant. After 3 or 4 months, I had most my strength back in my hand. I still couldn’t go back to writing by hand all the time. Also, I don’t know that celebrex is any better than just ibuprofen. The side effects of celebrex are many, so if it isn’t working, it might not be worth the risk. I used Anica topical ointment and I also tried traumeel. Ibuprofen gel caps worked as well as the prescriptions. Be patient, because I think it can take awhile depending on how far it progressed…
