The first thing to be aware of is that it's the "feeling better" stage where most people re-injure themselves. You should expect to be taking things lightly for 3-6 months, which sucks, but it's an exploration process.
An easy thing you can start right now, is keeping your wrist in a neutral position, placing your hand against it and resisting gentle, gentle pressure (think of scooting a kitten) from different directions using your other hand.. The point is NOT about increasing strength with force here, but rather getting your nervous system to retrain the muscles to fire as needed- it's about control and activation - especially if you have scar tissue and rebuilt muscle. (This will also help move synovial fluid for the joints, which also helps).
As your wrist gets stronger, you can play with more force. Instead of going high force, think of stabilizer exercises. Example- get a shoe, untie the laces and hold the ends of the laces, and let the shoe swing or spin gently as you try to hold your wrist position.
Like the initial resistance exercise, this will also train the muscles to fire, but now against a moving, somewhat randomized movement, which retrains the stabilizers. (When you can do this for 10 minutes, maybe put something in the shoe for a little extra weight).
When that's solid, and your doctor gives you the ok? Try just holding the pushup position - your bodyweight against your wrists will help you assess what strength they're at. Try "walking" your upper body left and right in that position to try some different angles.
And whatever exercises a physical therapist gives you? Keep doing them, even after you think you're at 100%.
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An easy thing you can start right now, is keeping your wrist in a neutral position, placing your hand against it and resisting gentle, gentle pressure (think of scooting a kitten) from different directions using your other hand.. The point is NOT about increasing strength with force here, but rather getting your nervous system to retrain the muscles to fire as needed- it's about control and activation - especially if you have scar tissue and rebuilt muscle. (This will also help move synovial fluid for the joints, which also helps).
As your wrist gets stronger, you can play with more force. Instead of going high force, think of stabilizer exercises. Example- get a shoe, untie the laces and hold the ends of the laces, and let the shoe swing or spin gently as you try to hold your wrist position.
Like the initial resistance exercise, this will also train the muscles to fire, but now against a moving, somewhat randomized movement, which retrains the stabilizers. (When you can do this for 10 minutes, maybe put something in the shoe for a little extra weight).
When that's solid, and your doctor gives you the ok? Try just holding the pushup position - your bodyweight against your wrists will help you assess what strength they're at. Try "walking" your upper body left and right in that position to try some different angles.
And whatever exercises a physical therapist gives you? Keep doing them, even after you think you're at 100%.