broken wrist?

Icyseanfitz

hi guys, had an off while mountain biking yesterday and the bike landed pretty hard down on my hand/wrist, its badly swollen and grazed but i have full movement of my wrist and fingers with little to no pain, my forearm is a little sore to touch as well, the swelling has me paranoid but i dont think ive broken anything, are there any tell tale sings to look out for? (only broken my nose before so ive no real reference)

chin_grin

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The Guvnor

Get an X-Ray ASAP don't second guess things like this.

Icyseanfitz

nope as i dont have the money, im only looking for some indications of what a broken wrist/arm would look feel like to compare it to my own, i dont have the time at the moment to get an xray, my ae would take 5-6 hours to do it and i dont have that much free time

fuerte1976

Sounds very familiar...
Broke the scaphoid bone in my left wrist play gaa years ago. Thought it was 'only sprained'. After 5 months had an op which involved getting bone removed from my hip and screwed into the hole in me hand.
My advice - go get x-ray asap make time and dont take the first answer they give you if you feel it aint right. I had 12 x-rays before the break was spotted.

If after a week from incident you cant do push ups or lift a kettle full of water (kettle with handle on side as opposed to on top) you in trouble me thinks...

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Icyseanfitz

well i can lift a full kettle and i can do push ups (swelling makes it uncomfortable mind) i figure if a bone in my forearm was fractured id know about it with the pain

Hanley

There's a dude here getting rid of a cast soon, could try get that off him

Brian?

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