scaphoid fracture - anyone else done this?

[Zen]

Silver- You likely broke the scaphoid as well. here's a nice little primer on wrist injuries.

[BikeDutchess]

here's a nice little primer on wrist injuries.

Zen, thanks for posting that link, very informative!

[silver]

Thanks Zen! OK, I fractured my ulna. There were two fractures in it. So different situation for me.

I was actually happier in the cast. The arm felt more protected and secure in the cast than out.

I was only able to do some of the easiest of my silversmithing work. It was just prior to christmas and I wasn't able to complete some of my orders.

[Zen]

The wrist is such an intricate joint. I always try to roll on to my butt when I fall. Plenty of cushioning there and I've gotten way too much practice

Wahine- If the fracture had healed and you had 90% ROM, what causes pain at that point in recovery?
Now that i think of it, what causes pain at all when a bone is broken? Bones don't have nerve endings...

[silver]

The wrist is such an intricate joint. I always try to roll on to my butt when I fall. Plenty of cushioning there and I've gotten way too much practice

very true....if I hadn't mostly rolled onto my back/hip in the original accident, it would have been way worse, I actually broke the ulna just after the wreck in a drug induced/cranky/lack of sleep stupor walking fall, but we found during that x-ray that there had been a smaller break in the bike wreck.

Wahine- Now that i think of it, what causes pain at all when a bone is broken? Bones don't have nerve endings...

Good question...because I will say that broken bone pain is the worst that I've ever felt. And I still feel it. I've been told that you'll feel broken bone pain for years.

[Wahine]

Well, the interesting thing is that bones *do* have nerve endings and are in fact very pain sensitive. It's a common misbelieve that they don't have nerves. The pain that I still experience is likely due to sensitivity of the local nerves from the original injury. In addition to the bone injury I also had local ligament injury so that is part of my ongoing pain as well. However, it shoudl be noted that it is very unusual to break a bone close to the joint without causing ligament damage at the same time. Most docs focus on the bone healing and don't mention the co-existing soft tissue damage.