Remedies For Kienbock's Disease

Physical Therapy

Moderate cases of Kienbock’s disease may be treated with physical therapy. As with many other progressive joint diseases, maintaining movement of the joint often helps slow down the disease process. This can be difficult to achieve individually, so the help of a good physical therapist can help patients do just enough exercises without doing too much. They will have specially designed exercises, hot and cold treatment, and other in-office treatments available to them to customize in a way that will best help patients. Following their instructions, including those for home exercises, can help patients maintain a greater amount of use of their wrist for a longer time. Patients should always be sure they don’t perform an exercise to the point of pain. It may be difficult, but it should never be painful.