Quote Originally Posted by roadie gal View Post
Looking at that xray, I think the reason for the non-activity is that the orthopod is trying to save you from having surgery. Those Colles fractures that start out displaced like that tend to fall off again if there's any movement. If it falls off you definitely need surgery. 6-8 weeks of inactivity is much better than 3-4 months.
Yup. And everything looked good a week after the cast was put on. After 4 weeks of this I will be getting a short arm cast or maybe even an Exos short arm fracture brace. Those things look amazing and I could finally wash my nasty arm for the first time since 11/27!!!