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I wonder if a couple of months of strength training wouldn't have been much more effective.

And I mean nothing special here. Just grabbing heavy pieces of iron, lifting them up, putting them down.

I did that, 4 times a week, lots of curls, deadlifts, etc. Regular exercise, it's a bandaid, you feel really good after a session but wake up the next day and it's back. The underlying issue is the pressure you put on your wrist and the time spent doing so.

You're right, it could have been. I didn't really consider it back then, but maybe part of the reason my pain came back was because I stopped going to the gym (due to lockdown)

Yeah, I brought it up because my wrist pain completely disappeared after I started getting serious about calisthenics. My theory is that having strong wrists and grip makes keyboard and mouse strain a joke.

I also believe squats and deadlifts heal back pain faster than the fancy chairs that get shilled on this site too. :)

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