Have you ever broken/fractured your radius which is a forearm bone/wrist bone

[kettlejim]

If you've broken your arm how long did it take before you could return to full use of the arm? I've broken my arm when I slipped in the shower and it's still hurting 4/5 weeks later and am still not able to use it at all. Apparently it was a light break/fracture

 

[johnny2007]

6 months and years later occasionally still hurts but only for a few minutes, just to remind me.

 

[kettlejim]

6 months and years later occasionally still hurts but only for a few minutes, just to remind me.

Was it a fairly bad break?

 

[transam]

Depends to a certain extent as to age may be

broke my arm and leg at the same time many many years ago

arm healed up 3 months ish bone between wrist and elbow ??

Leg a lot longer as it was a compound fracture and required plating

 

[kettlejim]

Depends to a certain extent as to age may be broke my arm and leg at the same time many many years ago arm healed up 3 months ish bone between wrist and elbow ?? Leg a lot longer as it was a compound fracture and required plating

That sounds bad as well as painful - 3 months might be what I'm looking at - the nurses and consultant said it was a break but didn't need a cast - but still hurts considerably

 

[transam]

That sounds bad as well as painful - 3 months might be what I'm looking at - the nurses and consultant said it was a break but didn't need a cast - but still hurts considerably

a break can also result in nerve damage

my arm is fine but I never regained full feeling in the right side of my foot on the leg break

does not make any odds to me but if it occurred in an arm ?????

 

[ReganAndCarter]

If you've broken your arm how long did it take before you could return to full use of the arm? I've broken my arm when I slipped in the shower and it's still hurting 4/5 weeks later and am still not able to use it at all. Apparently it was a light break/fracture

Had a few w***ing injuries over the years. Mostly just sprains. Never broken anything so far. Touch wood!

 

[johnny2007]

Was it a fairly bad break?

No, just an hairline crack.
That's why I still can't understand why it was so painful for so long.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If you've broken your arm how long did it take before you could return to full use of the arm? I've broken my arm when I slipped in the shower and it's still hurting 4/5 weeks later and am still not able to use it at all. Apparently it was a light break/fracture

I fractured my arm at work, at around 18 - that was splinted and I was back at work the next day, with the splint of in a few weeks. I fell in the bath and fractured my right index finger at 40 - I splinted that myself with one of SWMBO's plastic hair rollers, I removed that after a couple of weeks and just treated it gently for a month or two - that remains slightly bent.

Breaks take longer, 3 to 6 months to fully repair.

 

[conny]

Broke a small bone, called the scaphoid, at the base of my right wrist about 30 years ago. Very painful and difficult to diagnose under x-ray. Took around 12 weeks to get functional again but much longer to regain full strength. Then about 6-7 years ago I did the same to my left. They said at first they thought I had just badly sprained it after a fall in work but I was insistent I'd 'damaged' the scaphoid so they re-x-rayed it and found it broken. That also took around 12 weeks off work.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Teaboy Jim..................................give it a rest!

Andy

 

[transam]

Do they still put people in traction for leg breaks ?

I was in traction for 2 weeks I think ??? With the leg

I recall one bloke on the ward who
Had 2 broken arms 2 legs

it seemed his entire body was in plaster

transpired he hit some harbour wall water ski ing

 

[Bodd]

Hello Jim

 

[Brigade77]

No two broken bones are the same.

If you're worried your break still hurts after 4/5wks then me telling you some of mine still hurt after 20+yrs isn't going to make you very happy.

My wrist is classed as 20% down in manual dexterity. Like most disabilities (I hate that word) you learn to live with it. All I can say is listen to your physio, most folk don't & who knows how much better their life would be if they had.

 

[kettlejim]

No, just an hairline crack. That's why I still can't understand why it was so painful for so long.

That doesn't make sense to me either. I thought the more complex the fracture/break the more time it needs to heal - they almost seemed to think my wrist fracture was nothing more than a scratch which it probably is compared to other peoples

Hello Jim

Hello Bodd, fancy a pint, my old mucker?

All I can say is listen to your physio, most folk don't & who knows how much better their life would be if they had.

I didn't even get a cup of tea nor paracetamol let alone a physio

Do they still put people in traction for leg breaks ?

I remember that was quite common to see it - I'm guessing they still do as the science behind it is sound I think

transpired he hit some harbour wall water ski ing

Could of easily been fatal