Top 5 Mistakes to AVOID after a Wrist Fracture or Injury

This video is all about the Top 5 Mistakes to AVOID after a Wrist Fracture, Wrist Surgery, or any Wrist Injury. These 5 mistakes are VERY common but they can greatly impact your wrist fracture recovery and negatively effect your mobility and function.

Learn what to expect and mistakes to avoid after a wrist fracture or wrist injury to get on the road to feeling better and healing faster!

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00:00 Top 5 Mistakes to AVOID after a Wrist Fracture or Injury
00:28 Mistake #1- Too AFRAID to Move
01:46 Mistake #2- Waiting for Decreased Swelling in the Wrist
02:43 Mistake #3- Not Communicating with your Doctor or Healthcare Provider
04:17 Mistake #4- Not Going to Therapy
06:18 Mistake #5- Stop Exercising, Being Active, or Participating in your Favorite Hobbies

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This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.

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Here are a few of my Top 5 Mistakes to AVOID after a Wrist Fracture or Injury! 🙌 Please let me know in the comments below if these tips helped you. Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so I can see all your COMMENTS. 🙏

[AdityaPandey]

Who else is watching this with a broken wrist.

[bangkhai]

This is helpful information because my right wrist is broken. I'm also hoping for a speedy recovery for everyone who has a broken bone.

[ogstatik]

Shout out to all of us who broke our wrists✅😭😅 it gets better

EDIT: Wrist has been fully healed for over 6 months now. IT GOT BETTER. It's okay to feel slightly hopeless and afraid at times but I found solace and peace in comment sections and videos such as these. Just take it ONE day at a time and before you know it you are back to normal.

[debmaof]

I am nearly 59. Female. Slipped and fell at a gas station. I have bilateral distal radial and ulnar styloid process fractured. As they are displaced I am having orif to both on Dec9. Injury was dec1. Horrible pain. Can’t wait to get healing!!!

[melanie]

Yes, having your dominant wrist broken is truly bad.. but... having both wrists broken at the same time is worse. Ugh. Thats what I have. One had 5 fractures and required a plate and screws... the other luckily was simply broken without the need for surgery. It took 12 days until I could get the surgery since it happened right before the Christmas holidays. Im 3 weeks post op and working very hard to regain some use in my fingers and wrist with my removable cast on my surgical wrist. Im an avid golfer and want so very bad to get back to the golf course. Im started PT a few days ago and will do so for a couple of months or so. Im also looking for helpful videos to assist me in my healing. My motivation to get back to golfing is pushing me to work hard on regaining the use of my wrists. Good luck to all who have been affected by a broken wrist... or worse yet... both wrists... <sigh>

[superpoacher]

All these wrist I feel like we're a big family😁

[mikekorner]

Thanks for sharing you wisdom with these videos Michelle. I’m two weeks ahead on my healing because of you. You are a MUCH appreciated healing angel :)

[giancarlofranciosa]

That hand over the screen transition was flawless

[RIFFRAFF]

I'm a bass guitar player, was in a cast for an right ulna nightstick fracture.. Started in a long arm cast.. Moved to a short arm cast.. I played bass the entire time while in a cast.. It definitely helped in my healing.

[jacqueb]

I am a week out from my wrist surgery. It has been such a painful recovery.

[Anonymous]

I got my fracture on 2nd june 2024 and now FINALLY i am getting it removed tomorrow
My left wrist was broken and now i am so done with this cast due to itching and as my country is being hitten by heat waves the cotton inside is all damp now and I AM SO DONE
All my fellows whose wrist is broken KEEP GOING AND MOVE YOUR FINGERS AND DO

[leslieharris]

I just broke my wrist a week ago. I was told my wiggle my fingers, once I got fibreglass cast two days after, I was told to stop using the sling and move my arm (shoulder/elbow). Ice it, rest it - as needed. I have lots of friends and family that have had fractures. My doctor is good, has me scheduled to go in weekly to the fracture clinic for x-rays to make sure surgical intervention isn’t necessary.

[juliasummerhill]

thank you for this! I am a very active person and fractured my left wrist and I was super down and depressed thinking I can't exercise. i am going to modify my workouts and make sure to continue my routine.

[sharonparson]

This was a great place to start, yes my Dr said time for therapy, but the first appointment I could get is 10 days out, I do not want to wait.
I had a radial fracture that resulted in surgery and a metal plate . I do pottery for a living and I am 70, never the less I do not have time to not be moving forward. So happy this video is here

[Cribjp]

Lucky for me i found your channel because i am now suffering from a recent injury in my right hand and in need of such expert tutorials or lessons like this 😃

[jakob]

I had an injury about 6 weeks ago, unfortunate situation. There was never any swelling, bruising or deformity. It got better during these 6 weeks, but it's still not fully recovered. Didn't go to the doc because I have full range of motion with mild pain which indicates that, thankfully and hopefully, it isn't that big a deal. Internet told me it's normal to feel mild pain and discomfort for up to 6 months...So leaving this comment here and hope my future self comes back to it with a fully healed wrist.

[TasleemAslam-to]

Broke my wrist a week ago have a cast on so I want to thank you for your information on how not to be afraid to be a normal human being again

[janedmunds]

very helpful. thank you, and thanks for mentioning the importance of mental health for healing

[mcviegas]

Yes, this is very helpful. Your enthusiastic tone of voice & positive influential verbiage I find fascinating. Thank you!