How do i know if wrist is broken?

If you’re reading this, then chances are that you’ve just had an accident and may have broken your wrist. Don’t panic yet! In this article, we will cover everything you need to know about how to tell if your wrist is actually broken or not.

Understanding Your Wrist

Before we dive into the nitty-gritty details of how to determine if your wrist is broken or not, let’s take a moment to understand what a wrist actually is. The human wrist is made up of eight small bones called carpal bones which connect the hand with the forearm.

Fun fact: did you know that humans are one of the only mammals whose wrists can rotate 360 degrees? What’s that? You don’t care about fun facts because all you can think about right now is whether or not your freaking wrist is broke? Okay, fair enough!

Common Signs and Symptoms

There are some common signs and symptoms that indicate whether or not your wrist might be fractured. Check for these signs:

  • Swelling: A big old balloon popping out on your hand like it’s nobody’s business
  • Bruising: Turning colors like a mood ring after each hour passes by.
  • Pain: When even moving comes at too great a cost
  • Tenderness around the area: When someone grazes past it during any unfortunate activities
  • Stiffness in joint movement: Like trying to lift something heavy when clearly they went over their limit yesterday

Please do note that these symptoms could also indicate other issues such as sprains etc so make sure further action deems necessary (or re-read article)

Risk Factors And Causes Of A Broken Wrist

Now before we delve deeper into understanding what makes our “double-jointed” wrists capable of handling certain things better than others’, let us take a look at where your wrist condition came from. There are various things that could put you at a risk of breaking your wrist:
– Falling hard onto an outstretched hand (think rodeo falls or accidentally tripping on stones)
– Participating in high-impact activities like sports, this goes for all of us weekend athletes!
– Automobile crashes

How To Determine If Your Wrist is Broken

Now let’s switch gears to the juicy stuff—how to know if a bone in your wrist is broken. The following steps can guide you when figuring this out:

  1. Look Inwardly
    You don’t always need a professional opinion to determine if the injury requires immediate attention.Seek inward first and look deep within.

  2. Check For Deformity
    If there seems to be any visible deformity from its usual alignment, go ahead and assume it might not just sprained An example would be wrists that look twisted in odd ways instead of the typical straight line they usually form our hands with alongside forehand.

  3. Pay Attention To Swelling And Bruising
    Of course, swelling is already mentioned as one identifier but it’s still worthy of mentioning due to how distinctive it actually appears–tenderness follows right alongside so take extra care! Keep track carefully through photos even!

4.. Taste test…no I’m kidding. Mobility Test
Nobody said anything about necessary painlessness.So Cautioningly move your hand and see if it feels harder than usual-likely meaning limited movement ability.The other side will likely be easier,Hooray!

5.Test Your Range Of Motion
Time for basic yoga stretches! Yes even while going through what we deem worst case scenarios.Gently attempt small movements back-and-forth,as well as up-and-down.Measure visual comparison for both sides

Should You Seek Medical Attention ?

So hopefully by now you have been able tell whether or not your wrist is broken but if are still at a crossing point, we will take it from here. Now what? Ultimately there’s no downplaying importance of getting professional medical attention when bodily harm is in the mix.

Medical professionals don’t bite (at least usually) so should give their opinion on the status of your wrist even with an easily ignored injury like this.

However, there are some instances where you might want to head straight to the hospital including:
– An unusual or severe deformity in your hand that suggests multiple fractures
– An open wound which would appear as a bone sticking out
– When pain does not reside for hours upon hours

If symptoms seem mild and mobility tests didn’t leave anything immediately obvious then maybe first aid can come into action instead! I wouldn’t recommend pacing around searching for videos, but semi-immediate assistance paired together and finally specialist follow-up could be just what people need!

Wrapping Up Thoughts

Underestimating damage done based off minimal proneness people’s silly likelihoods where accidents happen.The above tips may help acting early though choosing wise course decide if seeking professional onsite treatment-wise decision..just while parting remember:

Yes,it might hurt.It doesn’t matter whether minor blips or major breaks occurred.Learning how certain areas react following injuries always a worthy endeavor than being completely unsure!

And with that coherent end note by yours truly – time to sign off until next time folks

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