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is it a sprain or a break? PLEASE HELP!
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so i was at basketball practice and then i was pushed/fell over. It hurts alot!!!
i can type but it hurts sometimes. its a little puffy on the top it hurts on both sides on botom and on top i cant twist it or put ANY wait on it. it also hurts in the arm. i dont want to go to a docter and find out that i only need to wrap it ice it etc so please answer is it a break sprain fracture strain or what? should i play basketball? (it's on my right/writing hand) (i can write very lightly)
i can type but it hurts sometimes. its a little puffy on the top it hurts on both sides on botom and on top i cant twist it or put ANY wait on it. it also hurts in the arm. i dont want to go to a docter and find out that i only need to wrap it ice it etc so please answer is it a break sprain fracture strain or what? should i play basketball? (it's on my right/writing hand) (i can write very lightly)
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With a fracture you would normally know the exact point at which the fracture occurred because:
( a) that's either the point which struck the ground with force or the place where you 'felt it go' when you fell ; and
(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.
With a sprain the pain is usually less localised and likely to have...
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(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.
23:31 Sun 11th Dec 2011
With a fracture you would normally know the exact point at which the fracture occurred because:
(a) that's either the point which struck the ground with force or the place where you 'felt it go' when you fell ; and
(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.
With a sprain the pain is usually less localised and likely to have resulted from (say) your hand being knocked back when you landed on it, rather than from a direct shock to a specific bone.
Even if it's a fractured wrist though, a young fit person shouldn't need it to be in plaster for much more than a fortnight. (Written from experience!)
Chris
(a) that's either the point which struck the ground with force or the place where you 'felt it go' when you fell ; and
(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.
With a sprain the pain is usually less localised and likely to have resulted from (say) your hand being knocked back when you landed on it, rather than from a direct shock to a specific bone.
Even if it's a fractured wrist though, a young fit person shouldn't need it to be in plaster for much more than a fortnight. (Written from experience!)
Chris
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