WITHIN 24 HOURS OF FEELING WRIST/HAND PAIN,FOR NO APPARENT REASON I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN, WITH SWELLING TO THE DORSAL AREA AND WHERE MY FINGERS WERE BENT OVER AT THE SECOND JOINT, THAT I ATTENDED THE A & E DEPT OF MY HOSPITAL. THERE WAS A MINOR CUT TO MY PALM WHICH WAS APPROX 2 DAYS OLD, SO THEY ASPIRATED THE AREA IN CASE OF INFECTION, WHICH RETURNED AS NEGATIVE, PRESCRIBED DICLOPHENIC AND CODEINE AND GIVEN A WRIST SPLINT.

My friend injured his wrist and had surgery to fuse it. He complains about having trouble driving and doing household tasks. I want to know if he can get a wrist replacement so he can bend it again.

In a few weeks I'll go through the PRC for SLAC wrist.

I'm interested in the practical outcome of the operation, especially for sports.

I've read about “30% mobility up and down, 0% to 10% lateral mobility…etc”…but practically what can you really do after the PRC.

Will I be able to play squash, volley ball, badminton, weight lifting, karate, bicycle (now I can’t even lean on my handle bar)…do push ups..or even shake hands painlessly?

Thanks for taking time in sharing your experience and knowledge.

I'm a 57 yr. old woman. I broke my wrist sept 7. i broke both bones in a colles fracture.
I was in a cast for 4 weeks.
I'm having pins and needles and numbness and I have an appt with a neurologist to test for cts.
I have a small deformity in my wrist from the break.
my wrist feels like it's sprained.
my wrist is still weak and swollen but much improved.
I've been getting pt and taking vitamin b and bromelain.
i'm not diagnosed with ostopenia but there has been a signifact reduction of bone mass since surgical menopause in 2001.
I work out.

When a wrist begins to flex, or bend inwards towards the body, this is often caused by a tightness in the tendons that are pulling the hand downward. If this isn't stopped early enough, the bend in the wrist can become quite extreme, causing pain and limiting the function of the wrist.

It sounds like your father has wrist stiffness, which is making it impossible for him to use his hand and wrist properly. Usually, this is first treated with physiotherapy, so if he has not yet tried that, you may want to mention this to his doctor. If physiotherapy doesn't work for stiff wrists, patients do sometimes have surgery, but others use a special splint that stretches the wrist, called static progressive stretching.

An occasional stiff wrist may not be too bothersome, but if it results in a loss of motion and decreased function, treatment is usually needed. There are several causes of wrist stiffness, including scarring in the soft tissues of the wrist or inflammation in the joint that could be caused by injury, trauma, paralysis, or even surgery.

We don't have any particulars about your wife's fracture. But we can say that, in general, it's better to have a nondisplaced fracture (versus displaced). Nondisplaced means the bone broke but the two ends of the bone did not separate.

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I am having the PRC surgery in November and I am trying to research it as much as possible and what I'm seeing scares the crap out of me. I broke my wrist in Feb. and had 1 surgery in June and have been in physical therapy since march but nothing has helped. I'm in pain all the time and pretty much have very little movement. Worst of all this is my dominant hand. Has anyone gone through this and what can I expect??
Thank you for any response.