Distal Radius Fracture (Broken Wrist) April 22, 2002 Photo Gallery by Elliot Lowe at pbase.com

Distal Radius Fracture (Broken Wrist) April 22, 2002

My Broken wrist
On April 22,2002 I went to a public ice skate at the Fremont Iceoplex (now Sharks Ice). After the ice was resurfaced by the Zamboni, I slipped and fell backwards with my right arm held out to break my fall. My wrist became extremely sore and swollen. I went to Hayward Kaiser emergency room to discover that I had fractured my right distal radius and would need internal fixation. In plain terms I broke my wrist and needed a plate and screws to stabilize the bones.

The Hockey skates I wore when I slipped and fell on the ice.	Sharks Ice at Fremont was formerly the Fremont Iceoplex	The corner where I fell (re-enacted)	The day after the fall
splint	Before the operation	After the operation	my bruises
My Cast	Staples	X-ray	My wrist now
Back on the ice.	Learning to skate

Barry S Moore		23-Dec-2010 21:28
Ouch. In a car accident in 1990 I broke a collar bone. 6 months later it was still loose so I had plate and screws put in then. Glad you didn't have to wait that long to get the job done properly.

jose		16-Oct-2008 00:00
i have broke my wrist at a skate park actually my bone went threw the skin and going up a half pipe

Rita		19-Apr-2006 19:47
I broke my wrist a little over 2 weeks ago. Like you, had metal plate and screws put on. Am on cast number 2, which is a relief. The body is truly amazing! It begins to mend from the moment of damage. I note improvements daily. Thanks for your pics and your story.

dorothy		14-Mar-2006 14:07
hi ive done exactly the same thing 4 weeks ago, i am still feeling a lot of pain but they manipulated my wrist 10 days ago so i presume its because of that. how long before cast came off and you were pain free? also when they took cast off to check stitchest etc very painfull do you think this is normal. thanks

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