Anyone ever have a sprained and/or broken wrist?

[Encryptor]

This weekend I fell off of my loft bed, while trying to climb down half-asleep in the dark, and caught my fall with my hand/wrist.  It felt pretty horrible that night but I just slept it off.  The next morning my wrist was swollen and felt horrible so I ran out and bought a splint to put on it.  I could still move it and my fingers, though, so I assumed it wasn't broken.  This morning, I put on the splint before work and tried to function.  Although I can move my fingers on that hand, it wasn't exactly easy with MX clears.  I'm typing on blacks now and its much less horrible..

Anyway, I just took my splint off and my entire wrist is black and blue.  I can still move the wrist around but it feels like ughhhhhh ~creepy internal crunching sounds~ and I also can't really lift anything with that hand without a ton of pain.  Now I'm wondering if its fractured.  Anyone here ever have a sprained and/or fractured wrist?  How long did it take for you to get back to 100% with your typing?

I'll be going to the clinic Wednesday to get x-rays, but I'm kind of freaking out right now, since my job is like 90% typing on a computer.  I guess now would be a good time to try out some red switches??  hah

:puke:

[IvanIvanovich]

Sure. My two biggest physical hobbies used to be skateboarding (mostly half pipes and pools) and bare rock climbing (whats a safety line?). Had lots of sprained wrist and whatevers. Depends on the severity, but I had sprains ranging from a few days to weeks for ample recovery. How quick you are to get over it depends a lot on your personal pain threshold. I personally didn't give a damn it was swelled to the size of a grapefruit and black, I would be 'business as usual' in a few days most of the time. The worst sprain I had was a hip injury from a 20ish foot fall on a failed McTwist straight to the flat bottom of a pool... now that was not fun and I was damn lucky I didn't break it, but hey, densest bone in the body!
If you are wondering if it is fractured, best to actually find out. Go see a doctor right away if it seems serious.

[whiskerBox]

Yea you should goto the doctor. I though I had sprained my wrist when catching my fall (from skateboarding lol) but a couple days later when it really started to hurt I went to the hospital and it was fractured. 2 months later I got the cast off and broke the same wrist a week later lol. Frankly I always thought that sprains hurt worse then actually getting a fracture.

[Encryptor]

Sure. My two biggest physical hobbies used to be skateboarding (mostly half pipes and pools) and bare rock climbing (whats a safety line?). Had lots of sprained wrist and whatevers. Depends on the severity, but I had sprains ranging from a few days to weeks for ample recovery. How quick you are to get over it depends a lot on your personal pain threshold. I personally didn't give a damn it was swelled to the size of a grapefruit and black, I would be 'business as usual' in a few days most of the time. The worst sprain I had was a hip injury from a 20ish foot fall on a failed McTwist straight to the flat bottom of a pool... now that was not fun and I was damn lucky I didn't break it, but hey, densest bone in the body!
If you are wondering if it is fractured, best to actually find out. Go see a doctor right away if it seems serious.

Thanks for the reply.  I longboard but wear dorky wrist guards when I do, just because I have fallen in the past and know that's always what I land on.  I've never broken a bone, though, and this is the first time in my life where I'm genuinely concerned that this injury is going to interfere with my day-to-day life.  I've attempted pools in the past on a regular skateboard but instantly fell to my butt, so I gave up.  Even if there is no bruising I know it hurts like crazy - I can't imagine the hip injury - ugh!  D;

Yea you should goto the doctor. I though I had sprained my wrist when catching my fall (from skateboarding lol) but a couple days later when it really started to hurt I went to the hospital and it was fractured. 2 months later I got the cast off and broke the same wrist a week later lol. Frankly I always thought that sprains hurt worse then actually getting a fracture.

This sounds a lot like what's going on here, where it's starting to hurt really bad a couple days later - I never broke a bone so I have no idea if I'm overreacting.  I'll definitely go to the doctor either tomorrow night or Wednesday.  I can't believe with all of the crazy stuff I've done in life, that I would actually injure myself falling out of bed.  Derp.

[godly_music]

You might have gotten lucky there. Broken bones and joints have less of a tendency to produce funny colours, at least in my experience. Probably something to do with whether the impact is fully caught or not. If you've broken something before, you'll know how it feels. Kind of a stinging pain that goes deep.

When I broke my wrist, I put on a wrist guard from skating to stabilize until I got the cast, and that worked very well. I pretended I couldn't write in class, but in fact I could have. You may be able to type wearing the cast, but definitely once it's off. It's just the muscles that are out of practice after over a month of not using them.

[Encryptor]

Also, the idea of a cast freaks me out.  My husband had one for a while for a broken hand bone, and we made a contraption to attach the vacuum cleaner to it, because it was apparently always itchy and sweaty.  D:  Did you get a waterproof cast?  How have they not made waterproof casts the norm?

[whiskerBox]

Once I took a girl snowboarding and she was standing up not moving and fell back on her butt. The kicker is she tried to catch her fall with her hand and broke her wrist. She didn't even get to go down the bunny hill once. We broke up later prolly cause of the smelly cast and cause she couldn't shred lol.

[godly_music]

Also, the idea of a cast freaks me out.  My husband had one for a while for a broken hand bone, and we made a contraption to attach the vacuum cleaner to it, because it was apparently always itchy and sweaty.  D:  Did you get a waterproof cast?  How have they not made waterproof casts the norm?

The answer to this is knitting needles.

[IvanIvanovich]

LOL WTF whiskers... you can't shred... we're broke up now. HAHAHA.
I've only broken really pain in the ass bones, ones you can't have a cast on like your shoulder. Hit a concrete tube form going around 40mph... well I don't know really, but fast. Just nothing to do but hit it really, flying through the air and all. I still don't like revolving swingsets, though I haven't seen one in decades.

[Encryptor]

You might have gotten lucky there. Broken bones and joints have less of a tendency to produce funny colours, at least in my experience. Probably something to do with whether the impact is fully caught or not. If you've broken something before, you'll know how it feels. Kind of a stinging pain that goes deep.

When I broke my wrist, I put on a wrist guard from skating to stabilize until I got the cast, and that worked very well. I pretended I couldn't write in class, but in fact I could have. You may be able to type wearing the cast, but definitely once it's off. It's just the muscles that are out of practice after over a month of not using them.

Oh thank you for posting this.  I only really freaked out tonight when I saw that my entire wrist area had turned colors.  I've never broken something before but I wouldn't describe this pain as "deep".  More like, grindy and freaky, but moreso because of the bruising.  D: I really don't want a cast, so hopefully its just a sprain.  Casts freak me out, since you can't shower with them, etc.

[Encryptor]

Once I took a girl snowboarding and she was standing up not moving and fell back on her butt. The kicker is she tried to catch her fall with her hand and broke her wrist. She didn't even get to go down the bunny hill once. We broke up later prolly cause of the smelly cast and cause she couldn't shred lol.

hahha poor smelly cast girl.  I think the trick is in the knee-bending.  You would think that having a low center of gravity would make it easier for girls, right?  But I think personally, I didn't bend my knees enough when dropping in.  So I was constantly falling on my butt.  Luckily the butt is not as delicate as the wrist.  I once took a baseball to the face when I was playing 3rd base and it took me an entire season to not be afraid of the balls flying up from the grass area.  I had to take a lot of balls to my face before I was confident.  Wait, I probably shouldn't post that.... but its so true.  You gotta get balls to the face in order to not fear the balls.

[Encryptor]

The answer to this is knitting needles.

For scratching?  D: So gross.  Why don't they have anything better at this point?  I should go into bio-device-engineering-whatever.

Well, anyway, you're gonna be fine.  Doctors only say that on TV shows (insurance and malpractice suits means nowadays they don't promise ****) but since you're a Geekhacker you'll have good Karma.

Haha thanks, I just don't want to end up with arthritis-claw-wrist or something.

LOL WTF whiskers... you can't shred... we're broke up now. HAHAHA.
I've only broken really pain in the ass bones, ones you can't have a cast on like your shoulder. Hit a concrete tube form going around 40mph... well I don't know really, but fast. Just nothing to do but hit it really, flying through the air and all. I still don't like revolving swingsets, though I haven't seen one in decades.

Oh god the ass bone pain is the worst, mostly because there's no proof it exists, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Revolving swingsets???  Are you not in America?  Is this a British thing?  haha.  I just googled "revolving swingsets" and didn't come up with anything I recognize.  I do remember "teeter-totters" and going to the local Catholic school playground to show my friends the "vintage" teeter-totters.  And the real slide!  Made out of metal!  This is sad.

[TheProfosist]

Broke my left wrist. Have broke. Other stuff as well.

[Encryptor]

Broke my left wrist. Have broke. Other stuff as well.

D:

I've never even had stitches!

[RiGS]

I recommend you to try the RICE method, but it is probably too late.

D:

I've never even had stitches!

I can tell you they are ugly.

[keyboardnoob]

I broke my right wrist after a bad landing while snowboarding. The worst is I'm right handed so I had to write with my left hand -_-.

[godly_music]

I've had a folded ping pong table fall on my leg.

They make fiberglass casts now? Damn.

[keyboardlover]

Geekhack also had a Summer of Ping where KL and Redpill threatened to break my legs.

Lol...my good buddy ripster with the one liners

I broke my wrist before. It depends how you break it in regards to how long it takes to heal.

In my case it took a while (I think at least a month) because I only broke my radius. As a result I had to undergo surgery where they cleanly broke my ulna too, so that the entire wrist would heal correctly, cleanly and at the same time.

More info here.

[IvanIvanovich]

One of these is what I was talking about.
[video=youtube_share;JtWi9jJam2s]http://youtu.be/JtWi9jJam2s[/video]

Those people suck at it though, you need to sync so one is going back while the other forward and you could get them going damn fast.

[Encryptor]

One of these is what I was talking about.
[video=youtube_share;JtWi9jJam2s]http://youtu.be/JtWi9jJam2s[/video]

Those people suck at it though, you need to sync so one is going back while the other forward and you could get them going damn fast.

Wow, I have never seen one of those before.  I wonder if I can find a park that has one near me.

Lol...my good buddy ripster with the one liners

I broke my wrist before. It depends how you break it in regards to how long it takes to heal.

In my case it took a while (I think at least a month) because I only broke my radius. As a result I had to undergo surgery where they cleanly broke my ulna too, so that the entire wrist would heal correctly, cleanly and at the same time.

More info here.

D:  The hand/wrist has a lot of tiny bones.  I can't even imagine having a bone re-broken.  Hopefully you weren't awake for that.

I recommend you to try the RICE method, but it is probably too late.

I can tell you they are ugly.

:puke:  Your bone actually poked through your skin?  Did you choose to be awake during surgery or is that common?  I'm surprised you didn't take pain meds.  I had a minor procedure a couple of years ago and they told me to take 400mg ibuprofin every 6 hours.  After a week of this I woke up and looked in the mirror and I was YELLOW.  I went back to the clinic and apparently I developed jaundice, a side effect of ibuprofin.  So now I ask for stronger stuff up front if necessary.

I broke my right wrist after a bad landing while snowboarding. The worst is I'm right handed so I had to write with my left hand -_-.

Yikes.  I got an x-ray and luckily I didn't actually fracture my wrist.  I have a partially torn ligament and just need to wear a splint for a couple of weeks.  This was so painful initially, I can't even imagine what a broken wrist feels like.

[LegitAsBalls]

Yes, I broke my wrist in a soccer game. It was not fun

[andyhoang]

I have broken my elbow if that counts!

[godly_music]

A very short guy kicked me in the balls in a soccer game.