09-03-2004, 11:04
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Bones recovery
I am not confident about the english terminology, but an X-Ray confirmed today that I've acquired a bone "crack" right below knuckle four, right hand.
It has not been splinted.
TX is to keep it elevated to reduce swelling, not lift heavy things and to exercise it a lot without weights (opening and closing the fist, moving generally, etc).
When what signs occur and at what speed can workouts and training start up again?
Time expectancy?
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09-03-2004, 11:34
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usual healing time is 6 weeks. Gives a chance for the new bone to be layed down across the fracture. No repair is as strong as the original integrity of the bone or tissue. One of the risks is a re-fracture, i.e., having to restart the healing process. The reason they are casted/splinted it to reming the body to rest the area to allow spontaneous healing. If you 'promise' not to use the joint, stress the area, then you don't need a splint, etc. Unfortunately, not many of us could remember that 24/7, hence the splint/cast.
Rest it, son't stress it and try for 100% return in 6 weeks.
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09-03-2004, 11:39
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Thanks! Good info.
What kind of usage can the hand take?
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09-03-2004, 11:43
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I know you wrote "[...] promise not to use the joint [...]", but I ask about a limit because the doc ordered to move it about without weights.
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09-03-2004, 16:07
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perfectly appropriate to continue with range of motion, just no 'stress' on the bones with weight lifting, punching, etc....just means instead of fists, have to use guns or the Nike retreat.
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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09-04-2004, 00:59
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Whee, new board design just popped up! Cool.
Thanks for the help swatsurgeon! I was considering getting a cast this morning, but I'll just use the hand as prescribed instead.
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09-04-2004, 17:08
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Maybe try a splint as a compromise?
When you state "below the knuckle" is it safe to think the metecarpal?
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09-05-2004, 01:36
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Originally Posted by ccrn
Maybe try a splint as a compromise?
When you state "below the knuckle" is it safe to think the metecarpal?
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It's a little less swollen today and hurts a bit less. The second doc said it was so close to the knuckle that she couldn't say for sure that it was a fracture, from the x-rays. The first one, though, had pressed around and pinpointed the same location for where it hurt.
To top it off I've become ill, like fever or something.
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09-05-2004, 05:44
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Is this what they call a boxers knuckle or boxers fracture?
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09-05-2004, 05:48
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Is this what they call a boxers knuckle or boxers fracture?
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I think a boxers fracture is the term used for fractures on the metacarpal.
I fell... The fist came automatically.
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09-05-2004, 07:22
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Originally Posted by Martin
I think a boxers fracture is the term used for fractures on the metacarpal.
I fell... The fist came automatically.
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Good story, stick with it.
Loses credibility with a black eye or other facial injuries.
TR
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09-05-2004, 10:38
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Lmao!
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Good story, stick with it.
Loses credibility with a black eye or other facial injuries.
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As soon as I read his reply, I was 
Who the hell falls/trips and breaks his fall with a fist?
I have heard of FOOSHs, never a FOOSCFs. 
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09-05-2004, 10:39
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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Good story, stick with it.
Loses credibility with a black eye or other facial injuries.
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TR, you should know that the swelling ought to originate from knuckle two or three, or the metacarpal for them, if I had hit somebody.
Besides, I'm so small that it'd be hard to get enough power to break anything in a fight. Now that the fist wasn't clenched properly, the bad angle when falling backwards wasn't too humane.
No other injuries, of course. Thanks for being considerate, though.
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09-05-2004, 10:45
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Lmao
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Originally Posted by Guy
As soon as I read his reply, I was
Who the hell falls/trips and breaks his fall with a fist?
I have heard of FOOSHs, never a FOOSCFs. |
Yeah, well I'm odd! I guess it was suddeness that forced the closing of the fist without thinking.
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09-05-2004, 11:09
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I'm not saying it "could not happen".
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Originally Posted by Martin
Yeah, well I'm odd! I guess it was suddeness that forced the closing of the fist without thinking.
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Personally...I would follow the advice of SS. The only thing I would add is...
Slowly continue some type of "squeezing exercise" using the hand to maintain dexterity from the immobilization.
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