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So...?

Anyone broke it?

Yup.  6 to 8 weeks and it was spot on again.  Back on the bike as soon as the cast came off, and no major repurcusions.

I've done both, there's a click in my left wrist now but no pain.

Rootes

Was yours obviously broken in the X-Ray? Where was the pain?

Yeah I broke mine a few years ago...........

Your in plaster for longer than a normal break (6-8 weeks if I remember) as the Scaphoid bone tends to splinter rather break cleanly and there is a risk of it splintering into your artery as they are right next each other.

As for use afterwards I just had the usual weakness and stiffness in the wrist due to lack of movement/use, but was back on the xc bike within a week of the cast being removed.


Mine took 2 specialists to confirm it was broken and it felt like I had a really badly sprained wrist.

Hatch

Mine didnt show up in the initial x-ray apparently they often don't, they cast me up because they were pretty certain it was broken.  3 weeks later I went back had it checked and the x-ray showed a break that had opened up but had started to heal.  I was in a cast if i remember rightly for another 4weeks after that.

The last time I did it was 6years ago, so I dont really remember the pain.  I didnt go to hospital straight away though, thought i'd sprained it at first, took 3 or 4 days to get it checked out.

Rootes

Someone tell me how to take a photo of the X-Rays to post up...

I did something to it about a two weeks ago and it's been pretty tender since. Like sprained tender but it's also not been feeling 'right'.

Went to the Docs today and got some X-Rays, that show no breaks or anything. The Pain in my wrist is very variable. One minute the scaphoid hurts, the next it's the radius and the next it's ligaments or whatever is in there. The Doc was confused.

I'm not getting a cast, hate them with a passion.

I went riding yesterday since the injury with my wrist gaffa taped up and it was fine riding but as soon as I stopped it ballooned a little and that precipitated the Docs this morning.

Just after peoples' stories and that.

I'm happy to man up and ride and race with it, as long as there is no long term damage. I seem to have a high pain threshold.

So yeah, X-Ray picture instructions and blah blah.

Yup , snapped my right one. Had to have surgery to put it right , had a bone graft from my hip and a pin put in - bit of mess according to the surgeon. Half cast for 4 weeks then once the swelling from surgery had gone a full cast for another 4 weeks. Gives me a bit of grief , pain if i bend it a odd way (eg press ups with hand flat) and still got a few movement restrictions. Tricky to Xray i do believe ?

Well that's a bit s**t innit.

Did yours feel like a bad sprain when you did it?

I don't want to take an X-Ray you domac, I need to take a picture of an X-Ray to put on here! Jeeze.

i broke mine, didnt feel too bad at all at first, just swelled up a fair bit. went to the hospital cos the rents made me, i didnt think it was broken and they confirmed it was broke. put it in a cast were it swelled up more and hurt like a bitch. 4 weeks later the cast came off then i had 3 weeks of physio to get movement back in it. still hurts a bit in the cold wet weather but nothing major.
was back on the bike after a week of having the cast off but just riding very gentle to get strength back in my arm. my forearm was half the size of my other one!

i snapped mine clean in 1/2 in france last year..... that was towards end of july...... i went to hospital towards end of jan and they finaly said it was nearly mended.... 8weeks in cast and rest of time in a splint ... rather annoying... some it can be really fussy about healing... mine was almost at the point they were going to remove it and replace it (due to them thinking that the bone is dead)

to be honest i still get pains in my wrist to this day so its really a bugger to break :(  and i still dont have full flexability of my wrist so i think i may need to go back in lol

hope yours is okay man

cheers
paul

i broke mine in october time was sorted by december and don't really have any trouble with it now

I'm sure it's okay. Let's hope eh. Here's the short term solution:

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yeah I've done the operation too, bone graft, pin etc- it wasn't much fun.  It works but not the same.  Mine was plainly obvious on the x-ray though, bit messy.

I wouldn't recomend it

Man up Evans! ;)

At least it matches your race kit Al

Hatch

If the break has cut your artery, it can mean blood is no longer going to the scaphoid bone. This means the bone dies, and you lose the use of your thumb. Get it sorted.

Mine was a similar pain to what you described, very variable, pretty bareable to ride with but bad afterwards, hard to pinpoint exactly what hurt.
I rode with a very similar combination of gaffa tape and cheapo supports, then it got worse so i splashed out on a 661 support, then it got worse so i splashed out on fox wrist wrap gloves, then it got a little better untill i wore holes in them, then it got worse.

As much as I want to agree and just say man up, been there done that- it didn't work.
It took over 2 years to diagnose mine as broken after a CAT scan.
I know have about 40% movement and 3 scars to show for it, plus the best part of 2 summers riding ruined.

I'd get at very least a 2nd opinion, you'l feel like a poof going whineing about a sore wrist but its probably worth while.
Mine was never much more than "sore" but it was royally f*cked....

Mmm yeah.

Well the pain as totally moved to the other side of my wrist. So God knows what is going on. Feels odd, but deffo not the scaphoid!!!

Ive done both of mine, and am in a plaster cast right now for the 2nd time on my left one!
Best way to tell...if your in the bath and put your hands down to push yourself up, it feels like someone is stabbing you from the inside.

Make sense? lol

I came off my bike practicing nose wheelies one day.
Didnt think i could have done anything to bearing in mind that my mate was in a cast at the same time for something similar so i wrote it off as too much of a coincidence at the time, used the if you can bunnyhop it will be alright technique, i could do that but the pain was rather great.
Long story short is that for over 2 years down the line i was still getting pain out of the wrist, it eased up but jarring impacts gave me recurring pain for that time, its only now which must be about 3 years later that they seem pretty fine and up to scratch,
This interferred with my work although it didnt totally stop me working it does appear to have limited the mobility in my wrist. Strangely my mates was pretty much fine when he was out of his cast and it had regained its strength.

I never did get them looked at ( ive done both similar ways) but what i am trying to say is that i would highly reccomend it, pop down to a&e early one morning when its less busy to get them checked.
I know if i ever did something similar again in the future i would.

If it is broken, you can still ride your bike in my DVD with a cast on right? :D

Yeah, but new problem.

My back doesn't line up. Look at the left side of the spine... the bit that is all joined together doesn't line up with the ones that are separate. Oops.

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Oh dear Al, you've really made a mess of yourself this time.

Nah it'll be alright

broken my right twice and my left once, all by riding and didnt take too long to get back on the bike either. hospital never gave me casts though, so i was never sure how long it was meant to take to heal

Hi,

Just had my right arm put in cast after suspected sprained wrist turned into fractured radius - which i thought it might have been the Scaphoid.

Glad I went back for 2nd opinion as they didn't pick it up the first time.

Gotta get better for France in 8 weeks -

I just broke my scaphoid at the sda at fort bill, it didnt show up on the x-rays till 2 weeks after.

 i did it right at the top just after the new world champ section. The break wouldnt of been that bad, but i got back onto the bike and rode down the rest of the course with the adrenaline rush and all,

turns out i wont be on a bike for 3 1/2 months, i now have to have a scribe for my a-levels and the worst part is i wont be racing the mega avalanche or spending 4 weeks out in france, which was the highlight to my year. It could also have damaged my chances of becoming an officer in the marines...
bad luck? just a little  :-[

I broke mine a couple of years ago and had a screw fitted which meant no plaster so no muscle wastage.
Would recommend it if it is available.
Was back on the bike after a couple weeks after the op and only had to wear a wrist support as a precaution.

Well, Just got back from A&E and turns out i may have broken my left one, though the guy cant see a fracture. So back in two weeks time to see if it is broke or not.
Which is a pain because thats the second day of my work experience, i cant go to glentress either as me and a few friends had planned for a birthday AND i cant work to earn money for a new DH bike  >:(

So im just in a suport at the minute untill they can confirm if its broke or not. Im not taking any chances on the recovery process because if it doesnt heal properly then thats me slightly shafted as i do alot of weight training along with biking aswell as other physical activities.  :(

Hope everyon who has broke it will be alright, Hope mine isnt though.

Chris


P.S, i bet your not unlucky enough to have broke it only a few days after healing from broken collar bone and ribs  ;D.... :-[

hope its not mate, my cast should be off in the next 2 weeks or so, cant wait

Will people let me/other people know how you've healed, like, if you have any problems doing certian things and so on.

Reason being thats the only thing im woried about is not being able to do the things i could before.

thanks
chris

tbh its the cast that limits you, not the injury so its just small annoying things, like at first putting on socks and stuff, obviously if you push it to hard its going to be an issue