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Wrist sprains are among the most common injuries to the lower arm and hand. They occur very often in almost every sport. Wrist sprains are up to 9% of all athletic injuries. In 2002, over 80% of all professional athletes of a variety of sports said that they had suffered from a wrist sprain at some time in their sports life. A wrist sprain is basically a stretch, partial tear, or complete tear of the ligaments in the wrist, and can occur whenever someone, athlete or not, falls forward. During a wrist sprain, the ligaments in the wrist are stretched so much that they exceed their normal range of motion. Due to this, the ligaments are pulled to such extremes that in many cases, they tear partially or all the way, and repairing it can be hard work. The ligaments that are affected in a sprain are mainly the radiocarpal ligaments. In addition to the 5 radiocarpal ligaments, wrist sprains may damage the radial collateral ligament, any of the triangular fibercartilage complex, the palmer intercarpal ligaments, or the palmer ulnocarpal ligaments. The most common way of spraining the wrist is by falling forwards. When an athlete falls forwards, it is natural instinct to but the hands out in front so that the athlete will not dama