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Broken Wrist lacking range of motion

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lorna007
lorna007

I broke my right distal radius bone. I had to be put to sleep and have the bone manipulated back into place. I was in a cast for 6 weeks. I am out of the cast 8 days now. I cannot turn my hand to face my palm upwards. Is this normal??

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  • Guest
    Guest lorna007

    Posted

    FROM WHAT I'VE READ THIS IS NORMAL AND WHY PT WOULD REALLY HELP AT THIS TIME IN YOUR RECOVERY
  • Sally4Edgar
    Sally4Edgar lorna007

    Posted

    Definitely! I couldn't imagine that I would ever see my palm again, but all is well now although it probably took me 4 months to get there. My rotation is now about 95% after 8 months. I had a bad fracture with surgery to plate and pin it so my rehab was probably much slower than yours will be. Good luck and keep exercising - you will get movement back but just have to be patient unfortunately.
  • ian_14246
    ian_14246 lorna007

    Posted

    Hi Lorna - yea sadly it is. I am about 8 weeks post cast and k wire removal and have around 75-80% movement. Hopefully they have arranged physio for you. If not ask. Also google fractured wrist exercises and lots of examples come up. You need to push these which can hurt I am afraid - but dont do anything too soon without medical advice. As Insay though the exercises will be painful but things get better.

    I see Sally has replied - search for her thread. Some excellent advice and experiences in there that gave me hope when I was really despondent.

    Good luck!

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