Suggestions for rehab of a broken wrist
 

Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to lay!

"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the
tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to lay!

also try http://www.powerballs.com/

On 14 Oct 2004 21:38:14 GMT, (Paper2002AD) wrote:

Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to lay!

I would go and see a physiotherapist and take advice there.




..andy

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In message , Paper2002AD
writes
Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy?

Plaster a few walls ...

--
geoff

"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the
tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

The person to advise you on that is your physiotherapist. If the NHS hasn't
got one spare for you, it almost certainly is worth paying for a private
session or two.

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to lay!

If you resist the temptation to use it before it is fully recovered, you
will get full use back sooner than if you try to rush it.

Colin Bignell

"James Salisbury" wrote in message
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"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well,
the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the
tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their
keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to
lay!

also try http://www.powerballs.com/


A PowerBall would be well worth a try.
I have one.
Fun as well.
Baz

Paper2002AD wrote:

Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to lay!

Its a bugger.

I don't think I ever broke my wrist, but many years ago I did something
to it, and peridically it would 'go' again and be unsueably agonising
for a week or two.

I mentioned it to a student doctor, and he stold me that the tissues
repair with scar tissue, which is inflexible, and that rips under stress.

He recommended that I keep the joint moving under low stress when it was
healing.

I practiced sort of rotating 'gay waves' - very limp wristed - the next
time, and it never came back.

So, just move it to the limit, till it hurts, and then relax. Don't
strain it, just stretch it and get it mobile in every direction you can.
Mobility is what you want, not amazing strength.

Think a squeeze ball is not best. IANOAD. Try talking with your hands as
on late night PC Beeb.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Paper2002AD wrote:

Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well,
the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the
tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their
keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to
lay!


I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

In article , Paper2002AD
writes
Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well, the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy?

http://snipurl.com/9snh ? o-)

--
Paul

"Paul C. Dickie" wrote in
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In article ,
Paper2002AD writes
Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August.
Well, the plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It
appears that the tendons, having been idle for alll that time,
now have to start to earn their keep again.

Suggestions for therapy?

http://snipurl.com/9snh ? o-)


LOL!!!

In message , Peter Stockdale
writes

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Paper2002AD wrote:

Regular readers will remember I broke my wrist back in August. Well,
the
plaster just came off and now it hurts like hell! It appears that the
tendons,
having been idle for alll that time, now have to start to earn their
keep
again.

Suggestions for therapy? (Doc says use a squeeze-ball)

How long for getting back to normal? I've got some bricks I want to
lay!


I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

The basic flaw in you r reasoning is ... this is Shropshire IIRC

--
geoff

I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

The basic flaw in you r reasoning is ... this is Shropshire IIRC

Right! The Telford consultant said he wouldn't refer me for physio, purely
because 'that department is very busy'.

I'm not bothered by that, if it means that more seriously injured folk than me
are getting treated

In message , Paper2002AD
writes
I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

The basic flaw in you r reasoning is ... this is Shropshire IIRC

Right! The Telford consultant said he wouldn't refer me for physio, purely
because 'that department is very busy'.


Shrewsbury hospital where my father:

was incorrectly diagnosed and almost died

contracted gangrene and MRSA

.... not impressed


--
geoff

Shrewsbury hospital where my father:

was incorrectly diagnosed and almost died

contracted gangrene and MRSA

... not impressed


--
Dont get me started on the incompetence of NHS staff and the ineficiencies of
the systems.

"raden" wrote in message
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In message , Paper2002AD
writes
I would have thought that you should have been automatically referred on
to
the physiotherapy dept. of the hospital that plastered you. Perhaps
weekly
appointments to start with.
Why not see if such a facility is available to you.

The basic flaw in you r reasoning is ... this is Shropshire IIRC

Right! The Telford consultant said he wouldn't refer me for physio,
purely
because 'that department is very busy'.


Well! If you were referred for physio' ... you'd be on a 'waiting-list'!
You'd then be a _statistic_ ! 'Tone' has issued a ukase that 'Waiting
Lists' must be reduced! If people like you insisted on clogging
up waiting list demanding treatment then the list would grow
and 'Tone' wouldn't be happy ... in fact some public servant might
experience his wrath and not be recommended for an OBE ...!

Listen up! You're not on a waiting list - you must be OK! (?).

Sorry about the wrist !

--

Brian

Listen up! You're not on a waiting list - you must be OK! (?).

Sorry about the wrist !

--

Brian

The following reply is beginning to sound the more attractive proposition:



Suggestions for therapy?

Newsagents, top shelf.

"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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Dont get me started on the incompetence of NHS staff and the ineficiencies
of
the systems.


The service is there to be used. Perseverance is often needed though.
Pete

In message , Peter Stockdale
writes

"Paper2002AD" wrote in message
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Dont get me started on the incompetence of NHS staff and the ineficiencies
of
the systems.


The service is there to be used. Perseverance is often needed though.
Pete

Not much use if someone's already died, is it ?


--
geoff

In article , The Natural
Philosopher writes
I don't think I ever broke my wrist, but many years ago I did something
to it, and peridically it would 'go' again and be unsueably agonising
for a week or two.

I mentioned it to a student doctor, and he stold me that the tissues
repair with scar tissue, which is inflexible, and that rips under stress.

He recommended that I keep the joint moving under low stress when it was
healing.

I practiced sort of rotating 'gay waves' - very limp wristed - the next
time, and it never came back.

Did you make any new friends as a result?

--
Paul

I was the original poster, requesting advice for rehab of my broken wrist.

I told you I was ill!!

Fellow countryman Robert Howley, ex Welsh scrum-half, acknowledged worldwide as
being in the top drawer of international rugby players, has given up the game
due to the self-same fracture.

Like me, he is recovering from a scaphoid fracture. Mind you, I haven't
attempted the full rugby training schedule that he has.

Since you ask, mine's not doing too badly thanks - I'm laying decking tomorrow!

Paper2002AD wrote:
I was the original poster, requesting advice for rehab of my broken wrist.

I told you I was ill!!

Fellow countryman Robert Howley, ex Welsh scrum-half, acknowledged worldwide as
being in the top drawer of international rugby players, has given up the game
due to the self-same fracture.

Like me, he is recovering from a scaphoid fracture. Mind you, I haven't
attempted the full rugby training schedule that he has.

Since you ask, mine's not doing too badly thanks - I'm laying decking tomorrow!

I had a scaphoid fracture, around easter 2000 ( I was quite drunk
walking around London one night ...). It will be years before you stop
getting a pain from your wrist if you jar it enough or fall on it. I
fell in the snow last jan and suffered for a bit. Wrist guards are a
very good idea if skiing or snow boarding etc.

seem fractures never really heal.

--
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Peter D

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The wrist will be painful:
o Tendons can actually stick to their sheath thro lack of use
o Laying bricks involves a heavy mass, high flexion, *repeated*

You could...
o Ask for an NHS physio to provide some exercises
---- the consultant could have done this (not 2 fingered variety)
o Ask a private physio to provide some exercises
---- 1 visit, simple charts of exercises first explained to you

The biggest problem in physiotherapy is patients not doing it:
o Rubbing a cream on your leg whilst in the packet doesn't work
o The patient has to follow very BORING exercises, done right

If the squeeze ball is a non-linear foam which doesn't snap
back sharply (ie, like cheap polyurethane) it will work ok.
Otherwise it may aggravate the injury - same reason why they
do not put cheap foam on ejector seats, only E-A-R ConFor foam.

Alternatively:
o You could do a google search for rehab exercises
---- depending on your injury this may work, or may not
-------- few physios give visual advice online in USENET :-)
---- altho many standard exercises could be video on a fee-for-access
-------- without indecypherable thick indian insurance selling accent :-)
o Finding a decent med library, physio book & looking up your injury
---- patient self-diagnosis is a dire solution
---- however, you are in the diagnosed outpatient rehab category

A private physio can draw up exercises in 1 visit (£25-40).
They may try to get a revenue stream from you, but they really should be
able to 1) recommend some decent exercises 2) give sheets showing them.

A physio of course can use other treatment - interfential, physical
manipulation & mobilisation, ultra-sound, and so on to speed recovery.
TENS is not interferential, TENS is often a 9V-powered-placebo so do
not go in that direction necessarily for over-the-counter pain relief.

Amusing this is in a uk.d-i-y group vs a medical newsgroups :-)
"NHS hip replacement patients seen posting to rec.metalworking"

In message , Paper2002AD
writes
I was the original poster, requesting advice for rehab of my broken wrist.

I told you I was ill!!

Fellow countryman Robert Howley, ex Welsh scrum-half, acknowledged worldwide as
being in the top drawer of international rugby players, has given up the game
due to the self-same fracture.

What, you're siamese twins ?

must make for interesting play in the scrum


--
geoff

Fellow countryman Robert Howley, ex Welsh scrum-half, acknowledged worldwide
as
being in the top drawer of international rugby players, has given up the
game
due to the self-same fracture.

What, you're siamese twins ?

DOH!