My wrists have ached for years. I am 56 years old, male, did a lot of manual labour lifting etc. in the past. I had basal thumb on one thumb, surgery a couple years ago which seemed to help with a little. But both wrists ache 24/7 to varying degrees, whether I work them or not particularly on the back sides of my hands from the wrist to the tops of the knuckles on both hands. The hand I did not have the thumb surgery on, my wrist sometimes will not bend until I stretch it with the other hand and then is makes a loud cracking noise. It is fine for several minutes but eventually I have to 'crack' it again. I just want the pain to end.