Hi there

I have Kienbock's disease and have had pain in my wrist since November last year (rough guess). I had an xray in May/June and at the stage it was then radial shortening has a good chance of being effective. I don't know if I'm at the same stage now (will have it xrayed again on 9th November) but I'm hoping for the best and that I can still have radial shortening.

My question - it seems like quite a drastic op, cutting the bones, shortening it and joining it back together. I'm wondering if the bone will ever get back to the strength of a normal bone or will it always be weaker? If so, how much weaker?

I'm really into my powerlifting (something I'm actually good at!!) and hope I can continue once I've fully recovered (however long that may be, I'm prepared to wait).

So how likely is it that I'll be able to go back to this?

Thanks for any advice

Chris