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How do you know if your hand is broken?

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  • January 17, 2015 at 3:08 pm #23032
    Kadinkski

    Came off on the ice this morning and thought I’d broken my hand, but now i’m not so sure. Its badly swollen but I can move all my fingers and make a weak fist (but it really hurts) – does that mean that its not broken?

    I’m waiting in A&E for an xray but its like a warzone and I don’t fancy sitting around here for 4 hours waiting to be seen if I can help it…would rather just go to the pharmacy and get some ibuprofen and something for the swelling?

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  • January 21, 2015 at 7:43 pm #827743
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    atgni

    Broke my ankle when I was
    Broke my ankle when I was younger. Still managed to cycle to get about as soon as I could stand. Took off one pedal and could manage to still pedal the other with a toe clip to pull it up to keep cranking. Hills were a bit tricky though.
    It’ll get better, good luck.

    January 21, 2015 at 7:23 pm #827741
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    The _Kaner

    Kadinkski wrote:I have two

    Kadinkski wrote:
    I have two broken bones including a spiral fracture on one metacarpal and to be honest I’m quite suprised that they didn’t put a cast on it. She said these days they just splint it. She also bandaged it up and gave me a sling but said that was more for comfort and to warn other people to keep away from my hand!

    But there is tremendous piece of mind in knowing that it is setting correctly and experts have looked at it. I have a follow up with a hand specialist next week to check progress. So head along to A&E – they are lovely people doing an amazing job and they won’t yell at you for leaving it 2 weeks.

    Well I had 4 weeks of ‘Walk like an Egyptian’

    But I guess it could have been worse…like the wife’s horse riding accident….

    January 21, 2015 at 6:15 pm #827739
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    Kadinkski

    I have two broken bones
    I have two broken bones including a spiral fracture on one metacarpal and to be honest I’m quite suprised that they didn’t put a cast on it. She said these days they just splint it. She also bandaged it up and gave me a sling but said that was more for comfort and to warn other people to keep away from my hand!

    But there is tremendous piece of mind in knowing that it is setting correctly and experts have looked at it. I have a follow up with a hand specialist next week to check progress. So head along to A&E – they are lovely people doing an amazing job and they won’t yell at you for leaving it 2 weeks.

    January 21, 2015 at 5:49 pm #827737
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    Beefy

    God get it looked at in AED
    God get it looked at in AED or minor injury unit, it’s not too late. Ouch

    January 21, 2015 at 5:30 pm #827735
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    putmebackonmybike

    A crack of note or fracture
    A crack of note or fracture would show on an x-ray 2 weeks on. Worth popping into A&E. Not too late: you might prevent it making a small crack bigger through stress and overuse if there’s one there.

    January 21, 2015 at 4:17 pm #827733
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    farrell

    I wonder if any experts on
    I wonder if any experts on here could help;

    A couple of weeks ago I managed to smash my little finger into a door frame when reaching for a light switch. It did smart at the time but I just presumed it was your usual bit of a knock, perhaps a bit of hyperextension and carried on, albeit in a minor bit of pain.

    Now, I’m having some real mither with my hand, the knuckle on my little finger is very tender and sore and the pain is extending down the outside of my hand in to my wrist when I use my hand for anything.

    I know it’s too late to go to hospital or for an x-ray, but does anyone have any suggestions for any exercises or strapping that could help it heal a bit quicker?

    January 21, 2015 at 12:46 pm #827731
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    Unidexter

    6 weeks off bike??? Mate, I
    6 weeks off bike??? Mate, I ride with one arm. Get on with it!! 😉

    January 20, 2015 at 11:18 pm #827729
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    giff77

    CXR94Di2 wrote:I am sitting

    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    I am sitting with my foot elevated, in pot with no weight bearing for minimum of 4 -6 weeks. Then a long rehabilitation period to hopefully walking normally and cycling. All my plans this spring through to summer have gone. This will be a recovery year. I will be seeing a specialist this week to assess how much damage I have done to my foot:(

    I managed to shatter my ankle last March. Have a brace of metalwork for my trouble. Like you was non weight bearing for 6 weeks. Then once I lost the pot it was another 6 before I was on bike. By the time Autumn hit I was up to 30 mile loops with a few climbs thrown in for good measure. It was actually surprising how well my core fitness had remained intact. Am probably back to where I was before my injury.

    It was hilarious when they rolled me into casualty. Showing no pain regards ankle which was at right angles to what it normally should be yet when they stuck a needle in my hand I squealed like a stuck pig.

    January 20, 2015 at 10:28 pm #827727
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    Beefy

    I remember as a student I was
    I remember as a student I was placed with a fab old school GP in Wigan he was ace, he always but always made the point Pain in its self is not a diagnostic. Self rating is used in the management of pain because perception is important. One persons agony can be another persons ache, that’s why you might use pain or guarding as an indication of where there is a problem or if you like a pointer but not a diagnostic. People really wouldn’t get x rayed given the dangers posed from X-ray exposure over a life time and of course the cost, ah yes the cost…. Money and health care such a wonderful match! Sorry, it is not really possible to identify a fracture simply by pain and limited movement they are just clues which help you know where to look.

    If you are not calcium deficient I’m not aware of good quality research which finds calcium supliments of benefit. And if I’m wrong I would like to be directed to the research as very interested.

    Good luck with your recovery, I had an accident in November and I’m only recently back on the bike so I known where you are coming from being sad,at missing important training. I am using it as a motivator to train really well and come back stronger and lighter than before

    January 20, 2015 at 6:13 pm #827725
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    FatBoyW

    ha ha ha – did that a year
    ha ha ha – did that a year ago just before Xmas – upstairs windows – still I mostly missed my back and hit my head instead.
    I broke ‘various’ ribs, two vertebrae and of course had a bit of a headache. Free trip in chopper for my trouble.

    Still got well enough to do the Etape in the summer – So don’t get depressed enjoy the enforced rest – at least you can chuckle right now when you don’t have 6-8 ribs busted down one side!!! and no I don’t know how many cos the hospital lost my records.

    January 20, 2015 at 5:59 pm #827723
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    CXR94Di2

    Fell off a ladder, have
    Fell off a ladder, have nightmares thinking I could of landed on my back!!

    January 20, 2015 at 5:05 pm #827721
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    Kadinkski

    CXR94Di2 wrote:I am sitting

    CXR94Di2 wrote:
    I am sitting with my foot elevated, in pot with no weight bearing for minimum of 4 -6 weeks. Then a long rehabilitation period to hopefully walking normally and cycling. All my plans this spring through to summer have gone. This will be a recovery year. I will be seeing a specialist this week to assess how much damage I have done to my foot:(

    Crikey, thats not good. How did you do it?

    January 20, 2015 at 4:28 pm #827719
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    CXR94Di2

    I am sitting with my foot
    I am sitting with my foot elevated, in pot with no weight bearing for minimum of 4 -6 weeks. Then a long rehabilitation period to hopefully walking normally and cycling. All my plans this spring through to summer have gone. This will be a recovery year. I will be seeing a specialist this week to assess how much damage I have done to my foot:(

    January 20, 2015 at 1:58 pm #827717
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    Kadinkski

    Whats worse than a broken
    Whats worse than a broken metacarpal?

    Have just finished at trauma & orthopaedics….turns out its two fractured metacarpals – little finger & ring finger. 6 weeks off bike. Starting to feel depressed. Stupid ice…i’m not even having you in a drink anymore. 🙁

    January 20, 2015 at 1:17 pm #827715
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    Kadinkski

    Poptart242 wrote:Scaphoid and

    Poptart242 wrote:
    Scaphoid and snapped ulna (ulnar?) late 2013… nightmare. Surgery to re-set the bone, lots of painkillers, months of physio.

    On the plus side, I bought a bike to stay fit as I wasn’t allowed to play football for months, so I’d never have found my favourite hobby and by extension, you lot! :H

    Hah! I was thinking about taking up football to retain fitness.

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