Fractured my scaphoid (non-displaced waist) 4 weeks in plaster and 5 weeks in a removable brace. Thank God it healed. The scariest part is not knowing if it'll heal or not. Good luck and fast recovery to anyone that's here because they broke theirs.
I broke mine three weeks ago.. my doc recommended me the surgery, since its a 3mm space in between he also said it might heal and that i can wait 6 weeks without Surgery but if ir hasn’t i lost 6 weeks nd have to do the Surgery anyway 😢😢
Hello everyone I was recently diagnosed with a waist scaphoid fracture and doctors told me 8-12 weeks before returning to basketball. I did everything I could to heal myself faster and I got cleared to play at exactly 5 weeks from the break. I hope this creates a sense of hope for some of you dealing with this process. Keep your hopes high and know that anything is possible with your effort and beliefs.
I broke my scaphoid in a basketball game after getting fouled and falling on it, I thought I had sprained my wrist but I broke my hand when I went to the orthopedic he gave me pretty bad news that I would miss basketball for 10 weeks (6 weeks in a cast 4 weeks in a splint) tomorrow I get my cast off and he will let me take it off for shooting and dribbling drills. I am a freshman and my team has around 8 players for varsity so this year hurts to miss. But it could be worse at least I am not a senior or older but I still have hope of returning before my splint comes off. Thank you!!
@@hudsonadams6585 Hoping for quick return for you. Played in my first game today less than a week from getting my cast off. Truly shocking but I’m so thankful since it’s my senior year and I got back so much earlier than expected
@@GauravGupta-zp3sy Honestly the fastest way is to take vitamins, calcium and whatever you do, be REALLY careful the scaphoid is a very fragile bone and it requires a lot of babying
@@hudsonadams6585I just broke mines last week Monday due to falling off of a horse at high speed, he did a hard curve which led me to fall off since it was my first time and he was probably not comfortable with me... But rn I'm trying to figure what can help me to heal fast since I can't bare to stay 12 weeks not working 😢 have rent and bills, good thing I have my family to help... But it just sucks staying like this for a good while you know what I mean 😅
I’m 10 weeks into the recovery process for a schaphoid fracture after a bike accident - I was in a cast for 10 weeks and have “graduated” to a splint for 2 more weeks. Latest X-ray looked good so I’m almost done, but that stupid little bone is a real pain in the butt to deal with. I did a lot of walking in the early stages of my recovery, which maintained my sanity & got the blood flowing & also started stationary bike a week or so ago. Hang in there - it will get better eventually but you need to be patient!
I have to be in a cast for six weeks and then or longer I have to get surgery. I find out tomorrow or the next day the results of my MRI. I have two fractures and a suspicious fracture, which was what MRI was for
I have to be in a cast for six weeks and then or longer I have to get surgery. I find out tomorrow or the next day the results of my MRI. I have two fractures and a suspicious fracture, which was what MRI was for
@@sooneradmirer4382 I’m pretty much 100% 6 months from the injury - a little lingering soreness occasionally but that’s it. Would highly recommend occupational therapy if you can get it - someone who specializes in hand therapy.
Thanks for the clear explanation. I fell off my bike In early November, went to a clinic the same day, but x-rays showed no damage so the doctor told me not to worry, to rest and apply a compress, and I would be fine. I wasn’t happy with this diagnosis, so after a few repeat visits, went to another clinic. Here, the doctor took X-rays on my hand and top of tibia, along with ultrasound. He thought there may be fractures to both, sonlso ordered an MRI, which happened a few days later. This confirmed the fractures to both the top of the tibia and the scaphoid. I had my hand/arm cast straight away, and a temporary leg cast fitted. I returned to the clinic a few times for continuous x-rays, and just before Christmas was told that the leg was healed sufficiently that I no longer need the leg cast, and could start walking again. However the hand was still not quite ready. Today, early January, I returned to the clinic and had the hand/arm cast removed, and some more X-rays. The tibia and scaphoid are gradually healing, allowing me to return to normal activity, however the doctor recommends I wait a few more weeks/months before getting back into exercising properly. So I will continue to do gentle walking and stretching. I’m really grateful for the expert knowledge of the second doctor, as I could so easily have followed the first doctor’s advice and done nothing, potentially resulting in a slower recovery, or bones that did not heal.
I fractured my scaphoid during a high school football game. Didn’t hurt much at all at first so I played through the rest of the season and did track during the winter. My wrist hurt sometimes during that period but I was generally able to bear it and could get through most of my normal activities. However, I noticed that it progressively got weaker over time. Ultimately I decided to get it checked out after I could no longer support my own weight or lift in the weight room. Turns out that I needed a major bone graph, screw, and plate in order to get it to try and heal since it had been fractured for over 4 months. They took bone from my forearm instead of my pelvis because I was so young. I got the surgery and had to miss my entire lacrosse season that year due to recovery being over 12 weeks. Thank god it healed and I was able to go back to playing sports the following year.
Good thing that it eventually healed even after 4 months of non union and no treatment. Just imagine when such an injury happens to an animal in the wild, no treatment, then arthisis, then premature death. Is good that there ways to treat this injury
Pretty much same story for me ( playing football and broke the bone not thinking much of it until and choosing to continue playing )but it was 8 months before I had it checked. Having op done on June 19th with a bone graph and bolt as well. 30% chance of it healing successfully.
lmao, same story for me, i im going on surgery in end august, one and half year after the incident on football in highschool :D its funny, i do bodybuilding, rn (before the operation) lifting 120 on bench, no problem, no pain, but the bone is still fuckéd..., so the surgery is necessary - artrosis might be there in few years... I wish it will heal fast. GL both of you guys@@danielthorburn8851
I've had this surgery now, I'll tell you my story and try to answer any questions. I broke my scaphoid after getting knocked off my bicycle. At the ER they took XRays put me in a thumb spica cast and told me to come back in a few weeks. I went to see a private hand specialist who had me do CT scans. The specialist told me I had a crushed fracture and recommended surgery. Due to scheduling conflicts I had the surgery 1 month after the accident. During the surgery they put a screw in and recast my wrist. After 6 weeks I got my cast off. Total cast time was 10 weeks. My wrist had practically zero movement afterwards. I began physical therapy immediately. Now I'm two weeks into the torture.. I mean therapy. Progress is slow but notable. I will try to update in the future.
@@NBA3xo my cast has been off for a month. Healing good so far, just constantly wear brace and if they offer you the ultrasound bone healing system, definitely take it.
SOCOMJOHN glad to hear you’re healing good. I got pretty lucky and am able to shoot a basketball almost completely normal 2 weeks out of the cast and 8 weeks post surgery. It’s probably because I’m only 17. I still can’t do a normal push-up but I’m extremely grateful for the way mine healed. Just stay positive and keep working I believe in you Ik how frustrating it is✊️❤️
Broke (crushed, were the surgeon's words) my scaphoid about 3.5 months ago now after a mountain bike crash, had surgery on it a month to the day after breaking it after seeing a couple different surgeons. Mine required 6 pins, 2 small plates and a bone graft from my radius. I spent 4 weeks in a soft splint and then 8 weeks in a hard cast. I'm about a week and a half out from having my cast removed and mobility is generally slow to return. My thumb mobility returned to about 90% within the first week, but I only have about 30 degrees of flexion in either direction from my wrist. My surgeon didn't recommend PT for active folks my age(I'm 30), but I've been stretching and exercising it as it allows. I'm happy to answer questions if anyone has any about the process. Hope everyone has success with their injuries!
I fractured my scaphoid in a motorbike accident, had surgery 2 days after due to my arm swelling and them finally finding the fracture. They went in on the underside of the wrist without a bone graft and screwed it back together. 2 months later now. Just got my ct scan confirmed that the blood supply is good and it will heal fine. But now the physio to get strength and flexibility without stiffness or pain and frustration will be at least 7 months. Such big problems because of such a small bone. 🤦🏻♂️
I have same issue with my scaphoid fracture, it is been 2 and a half month my wrist is like that and recently got a thingy which hold my wrist to be immobilized. what is your advice for me now? 😢
Hello, I injured scaphoid been for surgery and now in process of physio therapy for 2 months already and range of motion is still not close to normal. So how long did take u to get it back? I ask because sometimes I lose hope for it but if it took u 7 months I guess it will take me some time also.
@@mariotutic9149 I fractured my scaphoid January 2021 in a motorcycle accident and had surgery, to this day I still have severe pain flexing my wrist back and forwards, with lots of strength loss
@@mariotutic9149, I fractured my scaphoid waste line and had to get surgery. I’m currently at 10 months of recovery since June 2021, and i still experience some stiffness. Pulling my hand backwards is pretty tough but slowly stretching out as i try my best to take long stretches. Leaning on a table seems to be the best thing for me so far. It’s going to take awhile to get full range and motion back. At least in my personal experience.
2nd time breaking mine, luckily this time it has been 4 weeks in a cast, now in a splint. The splint is great, provides good support but allows the muscles to strengthen again.
@teodorangelov1730 I can't honestly remember now, but I think it was enough to help me heal but keep my wrist flexible. I didn't have as much trouble with recovery from the second break as I did the first. The first break had my hand and wrist in cast for over 2 months and my hand was in an odd position the whole time.
@@alandougan3600 thanks a lot! I will be 2 weeks with cast after the surgery and then will try with a splint for at least 2 additional weeks. But is very hard to communicate this to my doctor, so am not quite sure if he approve this ... But he mentioned something about the possibility to use a splint.
I’ve broke my scaphoid on 15th March this year. It was waist/proximal scaphoid fracture (non-displaced, only crack on the top) and i went with removable brace for 11 weeks. Without surgery 11 weeks hell, it healed and now after 5 months after the fracture i can do all activities even i can stand and push up normal. When i move my hand my wrist makes crack noises but its normal. Also i don’t have pain and i can lift heavy weights. The only thing that is strange is when i stand on my hand the feeling is like 2 bones are beating one in each other but i dont feel pain anyway. I wish you full recovery to everyone who suffer from this shit bone fracture. Be patient i know its hell, but when it heals it becomes stronger and harder to break again.
When they put my screw in the put it in from the base of my thumb not the back of my wrist, and it feels great best it’s felt in years since full recovery, still get a few issues if our weight on my wrist for long periods of time but other then that Surgeon did a fantastic job no complaints after 4 years living with a broken worst
Broke mine a month ago thought it was sprained. My surgeon is going directly to the screw and grafting part of my radius. I hope it heals fast since we’re doing both right away. 🙏 I’m praying
Hey, I had mine broken 8 years ago. First I thought (they said to me) it's just sprained. And after two months I couldn't move my hand properly. I had two surgeries, first just with graft, didn't end well, and second one with the herbert screw. I lost about year and a half on surgeries and recovery. BUT! But, it is good now, I have limited movement, but I still can play basketball (its my dominant hand), and I regained most of strength in that hand. Most important is do everything it takes, don't miss physical therapy, do every single boring exercise and it will be great! It is going to take some time, but everything is going to be good.
I broke it on the handlebars of my dirtbike by smacking into a big hole I didn’t see going up a hill fairly quickly. Instantly knew it was broken and I didn’t hurt myself in any other way after falling down. Luckily I had a brace at home from breaking my thumb once, so after icing it I put that on and then went to get x rays done a couple days later. Sure enough it’s cracked down the middle. Still have a week before the check up scan, hopefully I won’t need surgery but I’ll see. I keep the immobilizing brace on full time now after taking it off to shower the first week (never bending my wrist obviously). I’m hoping to get back to training in the gym and riding soon but I’ll have to wait and see. I do what few exercises I can in the meantime without using my right hand and wrist.
@@mysteretsym Yeah, mine healed up pretty well in 2-3 months. I started getting active in the gym again about a month and a half / 2 months after the break but doing exercises that didn’t strain the bone too much. Pull ups etc, avoiding pressing exercises completely since they directly load the wrist more than hanging from a bar. Now 3 and a half months out it’s great, I do push ups with a closed fist now since it hurts to bend that far back on the wrist but other than that I have basically no issues anymore and I’m back to training MMA and riding bikes etc like normal. My fracture started at the top then split down the middle and came out near the middle on the other side, so it wasn’t in the danger zone fortunately. Anyway it healed pretty quick and well all things considered, I’m 25 and pretty active though so take that into consideration too. I’d say, wait for it to heal and get a scan to prove it’s healing well before you try to get active step my step again, but I wouldn’t wait longer than necessary either, just keep an eye on pain levels and feel it out without taking too much risk. Listen to your body, if it starts to hurt more then stop immediately and try something else.
Broke my scaphoid recently in a car accident. Didn't hurt initially but when I went to plant down I had lots of paid and had very little mobility with wrist. Is a waist fracture. They casted for 6 weeks not much healing has occurred. Decided to do surgery with the skrew. Heal time after surgery is 4-6 months. Physical therapy after with possible full range of motion after about 9 months of healing. Gl to anyone with this injury. Def not a fast healer.
Broke my scaphoid vaulting some stairs, landed fully on the right side of my body palm down into the concrete. Wasn't in too much pain, ended up going to the hospital as I couldn't flex my wrist down. Complete scaphoid and capitate fracture down the middle of the bone. Was in a cast for four months :( . Really tough as it was my dominant hand and I was at law school. 8 months later my hand still gets a little sore, flexibility isnt quite back to normal but everyday is progress!
The same happened to me but only 12 weeks and today the doctor said it was healed but when I bend my wrist it hurt quite a lot is it supposed to do that? If you know anything then please tell me.
@@purpleguy5928 I won't lie man, 2 years after I broke the scaphoid it's taken a long time for me to recover flexibility - I still have difficulty with things like push ups and giving too much pressure with an open palm. My one was pretty bad though, but slowly and slowly it became functional enough where I am not too worried about living with it
@@JangoFatty yeah I got a pretty big crack in it from a dirt bike crash. After a few weeks they said that it’s healing well which made me really happy. 12 weeks later wich was yesterday they said it was healed he only pushed on a place on my hand and asked if it hurt which it didn’t. But when I got home I started to try and bend my wrist a little bit and when I tried to bend it a lot it hurts. I told my mom and dad and they said that it was because the muscles haven’t been used for so long and that it will take some time for the pain to go away. But the thing that worries me the most is that the pain that I’m feeling is the same that I felt the day that the crash happened. I’m just scared that I won’t be able to ride dirt bike anymore but I’m going to hold off for a little bit and see if the pain goes away.
Jumped off a high wall while I was tipsy. Luckily landed on my feet, unluckily legs flew up in the air and used my hands to break my fall. Broke my left scaphoid, ironically on April fools Day 2018. Went to hospital next day, X ray and cast. Nurse told me it was a bad break, cos they could see the gap. Went to the fracture clinic the next week. Consultant decided to cast it for about 10 weeks. Every 2 weeks I'd go back for X ray. Was told every time, that it was healing. My last appointment, in late July, they told me, oh sorry not healing. We will book u in for a CT scan. The CT scan was February 2019. In the meantime I was back in my manual job from August 2018. Which tbh wasn't fun. Had CT scan, confirmed it was a bad break. Had the op then in June 2019. Grafted bone off my hip. Now it's a lot better. Not 100%, bout 90%. So can't complain. A bit annoyed it took so long for them to decide to pin it but I look at it as self inflicted, so can't really moan. Docs, nurses, porters done a brilliant job. Can't thank them enough.
@@edgreen6238 tbh including getting my strength back in my wrist, about 8 months. Not to bad, especially because of the delay in pinning it. I still get aches and pains but to be expected. I done it when I was 48, so my age might be a factor in the aches. Now, i more or less have full mobility. Are you having/had the op and how is it?
@@snowy_104 I’m waiting to get the op but they’re not sure if they’ll need to take the bone from my wrist or my hip. I’m 17 so hopefully won’t take tooo long to heal. Was your hip a problem for u afterwards?
@@edgreen6238 it was sore for a while but best place to get the bone. It's fully healed now. Yes think you will be fine. If my old bones can heal ok, u will be 100% fine. Good luck with the op. Let me know how it goes
Fractured my scaphoid bone around 3 months ago while bmxing. I have gone from a cast to a splint and after recent cat scans it’s been revealed to me that I’m going to need surgery which includes them screwing the bone together and casting it back up. I’ve been reading horror story after horror story and am concerned I’ll never be able to ride or do push-ups again. If anyone has any advice or motivation they can share from their own personal experience I would greatly appreciate it. I’m scared out of my mind right now and can’t stop freaking out please help.
Hey. Sorry to hear the news. I Fractured my scaphoid a year ago today in football and just like the surgeon said in the video I played my whole season on it. I got surgery on it 5 months ago and got a screw put in to bring the bones back together. Currently after 5 months of the surgery I can’t do push ups nor can I lift more then 20 LBS. it’s a hard journey to go through but I’m dedicated to get better. Good luck and don’t be scared.
Fell off the balance beam at gymnastics practice in 2012 and caught myself with my left hand. Clean x-ray the next day so I continued gymnastics and cheerleading and didn’t find out until 2013 that I had a complete fracture of my scaphoid bone. Had surgery with a bone graft and screw to correct but I still have pain from time to time even though I had the screw removed in 2016. Not sure if that’s normal
Broke my distal radius and the surgeon installed a volar locking plate and screws. At my 6 week post op, the PA asked if I had reinjured myself and what I did for work. I told him no, and that I was just a student right now. He responds, "I'm sorry but you're going to need another surgery." They missed a scaphoid fracture so I'm being sent back to step 1 of recovery. It's an upsetting set of circumstances to say the least. From my research it seems that these two fractures very rarely happen simultaneously, so I assume they didn't think to look for it. Paired with the fact that it was really hard to see the fracture at first, it makes sense that it was missed. But still, I was upset to hear that they were going to have to cut me open again. And for anyone who is curious, I broke my wrist in a skateboarding accident. My friend and I decided to bomb a massive hill on our boards. Near the end I hit a rock and flew off the board, resulting in a concussion and a broken wrist. Fun times.
At first when I got it looked at they said it was a slight fracture. I was in an elbow cast for 3 weeks. When I went back in to get a X-ray it got worse and separated. Had surgery the next day. After the surgery they gave me a cast for a month. I would go in every month and it just wouldn’t heal fast at all. I fully recovered in 8 months! I had 8 different casts. It was a terrible process
Just had my surgery one week ago. May 2014 I fell from altitude on my wrist. I thought it was no big deal as well and I continued doing my stuff. After few months I noticed it isn't healing and the motion became limited with some pain. Especially problems with push-ups and handstand and I couldn't straighten my right arm as the left one anymore. Due to travels and work I didn't do surgery until now. After more than 5 years artrosis has developed and fortunately there is still blood going through my scaphoid bone. Now they scooped some bone from my underarm and put it in the fracture and fixed with a screw. Doctor says no rugby for me for 6 months :'(. So guys, don't be like me and treat it ASAP.
Damn man.. I injured mine in a lacrosse game about 4-1/2 5 years ago and it still hasn’t healed. Never had surgery and it is killing me lately. Idk what to do but I can’t afford to lose my job over taking on a surgery. Frustrating as hell. And sorry to hear about your situation bro, get well.
Better on 1.5x speed lol but thank you for the informative video! I had to scroll through so many before I found one that wasn’t “graphic” footage of the actual surgery
Broke my scaphoid and am currently on my third surgery. Just got a scaphoid plate with bone grafting. Has been 10 months since I first injured it and in a cast for another 6 weeks. Hoping it heals this time around.
I had two surgeries with no success with one surgeon, and went to another surgeon for a third surgery. They took out the screw and put in a plate & six smaller screws with more bone grafting. Thankfully, it fully healed the 3rd time around. I'm an avid weightlifter and certain exercises are now very painful, as well as lack of mobility. But I am thankful that it has healed this time around.@@borandalgc3194
No dizziness, brain fog, or vision issues post-surgery. I would contact your surgeon or go to urgent care / hospital for further assessment. Hope everything works out!@@skmbrd22
I suffered a broken scaphoid. I had a screw placed in the bone, and I used a bone growth stimulator after 8 weeks. The fracture didn't heal fully until about 9 months after the procedure. My father is a physician, and he said that this is a more problematic injury than a lot of patients realize. I can attest to that from firsthand experience.
PLEASE HELP! i am left handed and in need of a wrist rep. Anyone out there with compassion contact me. I have waited 3 years, pain is unbearable, xrays, mri, ultrasounds, ct scans, etc, i am 54, my right wrist is failing as well, please contact me, tim tafilica, tafilica@gmail.com
@@davidhahn7391 My wrist did not feel 100% for several years after my recovery. I couldn't do push-ups or perform a bench press without some discomfort up until relatively recently. I first injured my wrist around 2010 or so. I'm a former gymnast, and to this day, I have to wear a special set of wrist guards if I do back handsprings. I don't have any pain or lack of mobility at the moment. The only time my wrist feels particularly bad is if perform a particularly heavy bench press exercise or do a back handspring without my TigerPaws wrist guards. In my experience, you are going to need to learn to work around your injury for the next several years.
I fell backwards onto my tailbone and had stuck my hand out backwards to help break the fall. My wrist hurt right away and later that night I went to the hospital, but there was a 20+ hour wait so I went back home and assumed I just had a muscle strain or something. The pain was medium for a week until one night, over a week later, my wrist was in severe pain. Like 9/10, could not move it, pain shooting up my arm, etc. I went back to the hospital, got my wrist x-rayed and turns out I fractured my scaphoid and another bone nearby. Apparently a piece broke off. That was 2 weeks ago now. During the first week I was lifting and delivering heavy boxes every day. I'm sure that didn't help lol. I'm hoping my wrist heals quickly.
@@BT-km7nl I broke my supination and pronation bones and also my carpal bones and I didn't have a surgery. After almost 9 months it hurts a lot when trying to supinate and pronate. Any help?
I Broke my wrist 5 months ago and it still isn’t healing I haven’t had surgery and I’m scared out of my mind. I’m supposed to ship out in a couple of months and I have a feeling my life may been turned on it’s head
Mine was straight in half and the bottom piece was rotated. I’m currently one week into recovering from a bone graft. It was broken for a year and a half before the surgery. I lead a very active life style and can still do anything I want with it but not without daily pain, therefore opted for the surgery. If this doesn’t work, I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing but on a broken wrist I guess. Any tips for post healing therapy? Maybe to lessen the pain for non union breaks?
Has it healed properly? I’m in a similar situation I’ve gone two years without realising it was broken and feel this will effect me even after it’s healed
I fractured my scaphoid 7 years ago and I'm finally finding out it's broken and surgery is two months away. The doctor said it can or it might not heal, it's not very clear
I had fracture 2 months ago... on waist scaphoid... my bone has been recover in 8 weeks .. previously 1 doctor said.. i need surgery he will put a scroo on it .. but another doctor suggest me to do pop cast .. and now after 2 month . My scaphoid has been healed ... my age 24 .. my hand still on pop cast tomorrow im going to remove it 😊😊 dont lose hope .. all the best
@muhammadsalah4706 now my hand is almost ok .. now doing some wrist mobility exercise.. i hope it will be fine in 1 month ... advice is only just observe your body your own healing capacity... if u r young and waist scaphoid fracture or distal pole fracture then wait for few weeks let see is it healing or not .. if its not healing then go for surgery... otherwise no need .. dont trust every doctor they will do the surgery coz its a safe surgery not risky surgery so ... just do a cast wait for few weeks coz u can do surgery after even months .. i ate a lots of calcium from milk egg and fruits so u should eat good foods that have calcium and zinc.. if your body healing is good u can easy heal in 8-10 weeks if its on waist scaphoid fracture.
I was lucky when I broke my scaphoid as it didn't require pinning. An x-ray 2 weeks after the initial break showed that it had started to heal. I was in a cast for around 8 weeks but it healed fully.
@@TheIgdrasil1 i just go through waist scaphoid fracture in 4 5 months it's heal but after 6 months i faced accident & its caused again fracture of scaphoid. Now i just used splint let's c
Yea I fractured my scaphoid second game of my senior year in high school on a Tuesday, went to have an X-ray on Saturday showed it was just a sprain, played the rest of the season knowing it was more to it, go back to the doctor and was told yea it was fractured. Had the surgery and it wasn’t a success. Wrist still gives me a problem til this day
My healed with casting in 3 months. Surgery done quickly can save time immobilized but for more complex fractures, it is really required. The studies I have read say that surgery vs casting for similar breaks do not change long term outcome.
just got out my cast today from a scaphoid fracture, took me 15 weeks in cast. im 20, the wrist has no pain at all, though terrible movement. I just want to frisbee golf again :(
Hello my friend can you help me please i have the same problem of you i have fracture in scaphoid and i want you to help me . I will send to you my x ray picture to see that and if you have any nearly hospital or some doctor you know it to give his this picture
I also had a suspected fracture near the distal end below the thumb . I had a 6 weeks plaster. But I was able to hold the things properly just after 2.5 weeks after the fracture. Now 6 weeks is over, doctor gave me an oil to massage that pain area and told me the rehab exercise. It's healing good I hope good things to use, good day.
Broke my scaphoid,then the cast applied for two weeks.After that surgery done and screw fitted with bone graft. Another cast applied for 6 weeks.Waiting for gaining full range of motion.
Hi, thanks for great informations about scaphoid. I have also watched prof. Tim Davis about non displaced waist fracture of the wrist. He said that 4 weeks could be enough to practically get the cast away, if healing shows on the CT scan after 4 weeks of injury. I know that many doctors are rather for longer treatment like 6-8 weeks, but is it possible such short time to heal scaphoid bone?
Was in a motorcycle accident and broke my scaphoid. Was completely displaced, elevated and twisted. Couldn’t lift my shoulder. Was pinned and casted for 3 months and took a full year to completely heal. Lost about 25% flexion front and back.
I broke radius & scaphoid plus another bone at finger side . Was in cast 8 weeks now have splint thing . Seen physio have exercises to do . I have very little wrist movement plus painful to grip or lift anything. Honestly don’t know if it will heal.
I broke my Scaphoid three weeks ago while i was in a fight.. I don’t know if it came from having my punch blocked or because i fell, anyway the doctors needed two weeks to realize that it was broken till i did CT but i somehow knew cause i know my body 😢 The doctor suggested me the Surgery with a screw since there’s a space of aprox. 3mm but he also told me it might heal up with only a splint. I really don’t know what to do and id not want a screw to be put in my bone for ever 😢
I have a problem in my wrist which began after carrying trays with food plates i have seen a doctor who thought it was fluid in the back of the wrist but was unsuccessful in finding any. It pains sometimes but not always. The bone usually looks like its poping out when i put to much of a strain on it and sometimes its almost like it wasnt there. I dont know what it is but i feel like a bone is out of place in my wrist
I broke my , they put me in a cast for 6 weeks , was t healing , they told me they wasn’t going to continue with a cast but take it easy on it and it will heal? Now idk what to do and it still hurts as bad as the day I did it
@@nathancatino64 I got put in a splint bc they couldn’t figure it out and then a cast , still not definite answer . Now had mri and been referred to a specialist because I literally can’t bend it at all , no idea
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ weird to think it’s been over a year, it healed pretty quick after surgery. I will say not too long after getting out of the cast I shipped of to boot camp and have been in the army since😂. I would say don’t get to frustrated right off the bat with the loss of mobility and pain while moving it. It comes with time if you got any other questions lmk I would rather not comment on a yt post tho 😂
Hey Everyone... Here I had an accident before 3 months and my scaphoid was fractured.I visted 15 doctors for check up,did multiple x-rays but no one could knew about this is scaphoid fracture. I m suffering from pain all the time.What should I do now?
Tobi Trill I have great news the Fracture is close to the thumb ! The doctor said 3 more week in the cast . They had to to remove the cast but heres the thing it’s the new cast is tight
Never got a surgery because I had good blood flow because of location or whatever but now 2 years later my whole heel of my hand is a bit numb and itchy as hell every now and then. Anyway to fix this?
How often do these things go to surgery? I started having problems about two weeks ago, and about a week or so ago, I went to have x-rays done, and they didn't show anything to suggest a fracture, but rather a possible cyst. The next day, however, I tripped in my home and ended up breaking my fall with the offending hand. Since then, the pain has gotten worse, and it's quitee painful to use my left hand for most things. If this is a scaphoid fracture, I really want to avoid surgery since I'm really not a fan of it, and I'm still digging myself out of the financial hole that was my rotator cuff surgery three years ago to the date (give or take a couple days).
Is it possible to use a splint instead of a cast and what could be the difference. I had a minimally invasive surgery 1 week ago. I made it right after the injury. The pain was not big, but the fracture was displaced and I did the surgery ASAP. Hope that I would be able to play tennis soon with the other hand (the right one :) )
Hi everyone ! I am on my 4 week with cast. Hope it will be healed, but for now it still hurt. Shit happens, whole summer with one hand. My doc said this is at least for 12 weeks. So I am here time to time, ask questions if u want. Fast recovery for everyone !!!
Hey how are u I had the same thing happened to its me it feels like I’m typing the above statement, I injured my hand onna bike and I went a whole summer literally traveling and working out just with a cvs cast on,my first trip to the doctor he gave me pills (melooxicams I think) I took probably no more then 10 out of the 100 of pills cause I didn’t get a x ray or nothing and year later I went to get a scan my hand was fracture now I got a appointment the 23rd of august
And it’s my dominant hand (right)I can use my left probably 6/10 because I box so I had to switch my stance so I always try to get better with my left hand any way but that’s all besides the point please let me know how your hand been healing and what u been doing and every step
@@leefmilano9091 Sorry to hear that. Inn my case it's also my dominant hand... Anyway you need to do a X ray or smth else. In my case it was X ray , than CT scan and MRI as well. I got cast on the 10 day, after all these quests with MRI, etc. My doctor said that it's good that we found it earlier. Currently it's week 6 and 2 days. I've made new X ray 3 days ago, just to check how is healing going on and the person who done this, said that everything looks good, but it can be wrong view on X ray so probably I need do the MRI again. (Since first time my fracture was only on MRI. CT and X ray haven't any evidence ) Same time my doctor said do not do anything and keep be in the cast for 6 weeks more. But my hand still hurts. So that's it. I had painkillers pills for first 5 days and that all. IDK is it good or bad. Definitely would say that has so many time only one working hand it's hard, especially for work.
@@leefmilano9091 as you may understand, i don't know exactly how good or bad it is. But this pain really scares me, so I will rethink what to do with that and maybe found new doctor. The proble is cast which I can't remove by myself and new doc maybe won't do that. So the situation sucks as well.
Mine didn’t show up for a about a month then I got it casted for three weeks... that was four years ago and I’ve had pain on and off since then but now it’s more constant pain
i broke my scaphoid in my right wrist and it was about a year ago and i’m still in pain to this day i was in a cast for 6 months and i don’t know it’s not healing i’ve been through 5 ct scans and 2 mri and it’s still not healing so i’m wondering if we should get it casted again or surgery but i really don’t want a screw in my wrist
Derek Alvarado yeah but I didn’t have surgery until about two years after it occurred. And I think the lifting part is dependent one the person and their recovery. Like for me if I put on 225 there’s no chance in hell my wrist is surviving that.
Dear Dr.Joshua, Thank you for your video.I recently broke my scaphoid in the waist and my doctor here, first tried fixing through a thumb spica cast ,however after 2 weeks in a cast and looking at the CT scan ,I'm advised to go through surgery since they found it's displaced substantially than initially suspected. Have I lost substantial time to now invite complications during or post surgery,which is likely to happen in the coming week(3rd week after injury)? Thank you
Fell off a roof and had one of my injuries to this had a chunk removed outta hip to fix too 6 months to get a surgeries now been 16 months since my accident. Still can’t work I’m so mad I feel like I was delayed and now I’m on the bench imbarresing to my kids Canada’s medical is not looking out for me cleared head to toe outta hospital even tho I had 2 brain surgeries and thought doc?
Welcome to free healthcare where you get the bare minimum. Where as to American health care it’s a bit better but has you in debt for 5 years despite it being a 90% coverage 😂 still dealing with pain!! Your not an embarrassment you are someone dealing with medical conditions and trying at least do what you can and stay positive you’ll find something better and will be happy might take some time but hey I’m working in the food industry with mine it hurts and is sore everyday but manageable compared to before when I couldn’t even squeeze a squish toy ball without excruciating pain..
I had a nonunion proximal pole scaphoid fracture. On August 2016 I fractured my hand with a punching bag. I ended up having surgery almost 2 years later on June 2018. The bone successfully healed. It has been almost two years since my surgery and I could do my day to day things without any problem, but I still feel some pain when I put it in forceful positions. Do you think I should get it checked out again or just give it more time?
Bro i had proxinal pole fracture and i go through with a screw fixation but its now 5 month amd it doesnt heal .. How muvh time your fracture takes to heal
I got a question my scaphoid bone was broken from a dirt bike crash I went to the doctor and put a cast and did X-rays a couple time during 12 weeks the doctor said that it was healed and then he pressed gently on my hand and it didn’t hurt. Then when I got home I started to bend my wrist small movements were fine but when I try to bend the wrist as much as I can with my other hand it hurts a lot it supposed to do that? In short: is it bad if it hurts when I bend my wrist when my doctor said it was healed.
I fractured the bottom left side of my scaphoid on my right hand just got my cast off yesterday it’s not painful to touch but motion really hurts I bought a splint that immobilizes my thumb, which kinda fracture is this from the ones you said and how likely is it to heal without surgery? Bottom left and middle ish..
Sir my left hand scaphoid fractured from the west side (center) 6 months ago. Then the doctor did screw friction. But today even after 6 months, CT scan shows a gap in it. Right now doctors are speaking for grafting. But due to no money now, I cannot get it done. Please tell me that 1- What if I don't do grafting 2- If I come in the condition of getting it done, then how many days can I get it done so that I can benefit
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ My dear friend, on August 2, 2020, I had a scaphoid injury in my left hand, which was corrected with the help of a screw, but due to the screw not being applied properly at the time of surgery, there was a gap in it, later the doctor asked for grafting . which I did not do. today i have no problem with hand, it is working well and i didn't even do grafting
How frequent is this injury in a 5 year old that fell from the monkey bars that landed belly down with most weight being caught by palm down hand/wrist. At the time of the fall she was in terrible pain and cried for about 20 minutes, screaming when the hand was moved. She was unable to lift her hand without it uncontrollably shaking and felt clammy and faint. (She did not hit her head) After icing and ibuprofen kicked in she was able to move her wrist but it hurt to do so. Now 2 days later and her wrist still hurts, but is bearable unless she accidentally puts any weight or pressure on it and she cannot pick anything with any weight to it up with that hand (like an ipad). My daughter refuses to get it xrayd because other than some slight bruising and swelling it looks normal and she doesn't want to have to pay the coinsurance. I do not have the legal authority as her grandmother to take her in, but having raised 4 children I do not think her symptoms should be ignored. Last night she woke up after having fallen asleep on that arm and cried because it hurt so bad. I consoled her, gave her more ibuprofen and got her to settle back down. She is needing ibuprofen on a pretty regular basis. Small kids don't start complaining about their pain so much, but their behavior changes and they become irritable when their pain gets worse. You can tell when this is happening after the time the ibuprofen is beginning to wear off. I'm not really sure what to do in this matter. I may just take her to the ER myself to get her looked at and hope they see her. Frustrated!!!! P.S. my daughter and her two children live with me. I have been the one caring for my granddaughter since her fall, her mother cared for her initially, she was the one with her at the park when she fell.
I recently fractured my scaphoid roughly 3 weeks ago and am in a cast. I would highly recommend influencing the guardian to have an X-Ray and be safe, my personal fracture had little to no swelling and no bruising after about 9 and a half hours since the injury. The scaphoid is very important and could result in serious complications in the future, also ibuprofen is not recommended to be given during fractures or breaks considering it reduces swelling and that is quite bad considering in the first few weeks the swelling is needed to help heal. I know this is late but if the problem has not been resolved take my advice into consideration.
Hi Doctor, If a patient fall on an outstretch hand and complain of wrist pain and you suspect scaphoid fracture. Do you do CT right away and refer to hand surgeon?
I fractured my scaphoid in my right wrist and got a cast for 6-8 weeks which relieved a lot of the pain but I still had some so when I went back they had no clue why it still hurt so they put my hand in another cast for 4 weeks which didn’t help at all and now it’s almost been 2 years since I fractured it and it still hurts and they still can’t diagnosis it. I can’t do pushups, lift my self off the ground (I have to use my left hand but lately that wrist has been hurting too and I don’t know why), I can’t even high five. So I can pretty much kiss basketball good bye. I’m only 15 so I got many years of misery left to live.
zSrixon damn, that sucks. I read somewhere that it might be the muscles and stuff around your wrist that’s torn or injured and not the bone, so makes sense the doctors see nothing bc X-rays don’t show muscles (basically not just the bone was fractured, other things around the area were injured, too). If u ever try going again try checking that out, otherwise I don’t got any other advice. I’m getting an appointment myself soon so I’ll give u an update if you want me to.
zSrixon went to ortho they have a strong feeling it’s my ligament near my scaphoid bone (connects muscles to bones) and that the wrist exercises won’t really help for that. I’m going to another appointment to confirm it, I’ll update you again if you want to tell you if that’s the problem.
Don't worry I have fractured on 1 january 2020...after management I am able to do my routine work properly with almost 95% efficacy and it is improving day by day.
I have a nonunion scaphoid fracture and need surgery. They want to take bone graft from my wrist and put a screw in. Has anyone had this surgery before? How is your hand now? Did they do a different procedure?
I just had a vascular graft. Had surgery in 2019 and didn’t realize my wrist never healed. Pain got severe and lost all motion backwards pretty much. Screw was holding my scaphoid apart…
😂😂 5 months before I broke my scaphoid distal non displaced fracture guess where I am i now .. I am in paramilitary training centre. Daily I am doing lot of works and push ups and exercise with my broken wrist now also feel stiff and sore on my wrist . But believe in god and keep going
I fell off my bike landed on my hand to catch myself went to the hospital 2 days later and they casted it for 3 weeks thinking it was a growth plate fracture then after the 3 weeks I went back they took it off I did an X-ray and they said it was a scaphoid fracture I got a little upset and moved my hand a little rough They said it was healing correctly and in position they casted me again for another 3 weeks now it’s hurts the odd time and feels sore also feels hot hopefully I don’t need surgery. Is it normal to hurt a bit in the cast and feel sore ? Thanks
No one on the web has laid out the full recovery, and everyone talks about retrograde circulation and casting and surgery and most of the stories are when they don't heal. Give me something that lays out happy path, what PT looks like, docs clearly have a happy path laid out....but nothing about how long for full function. If I believe you and every other doctor and story, the prognosisfor these are always poor. I learned more from NIH study analysis than my doctor, you and every other OD has put out there. Gives us some hope, because at this point, if I hit my fingers after 8 weeks of immobilization and have blinding excruciating pain, it doesn't look goof at all for full function. In fact it looks like the immobilization has done more damage than the bone has...and there is little pain from that at all.
There's no going back to 100% breaking your scaphoid. After 18 years of putting up with it I'm half tempted to see if i can get a cadaver bone or a synthetic bone replacement. Such a bs bone.
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r as it turns out, mine has healed without complication. Some function has come back but still have lots of stiffness and ROM isn't back fully yet. My middle finger is almost back to full range of motion with another 10 degrees in the middle joint needed, but the joint under the fingernail is slow to recover....and isn't making huge gains compared to other areDr. My break was 4/30, I was cleared for gentle PT 7/22 and then cleared for normal activities 9/12. I started PT 7/29 and it's October. If your scaphoid is bad, they can do a bone graft and there are artificial replacements. So you could talk to your dr. They likely won't do anything if you don't have pain, poor function, and/or signs of necrosis.
Broke mine a month ago.😭 It hasn't healed yet. One doctor suggested surgery but the other said it will heal without a surgery. Now I am in a great confusion. What to do? Please help!
@@jadenwest7827 Thank you for your answer. The Ct shows that it's mildly displaced. Btw now I don't feel any pain. Do you think it's normal and a sign of healing?
I’ve just found out I’ve broken mine after 12-14 weeks after the incident. I’ve had the x ray now. I have CT scan, ultra sound booked in. And also have the fracture clinic tomorrow. Long road ahead I guess 😭
Hey Andrew. I had a screw placed in my scaphoid almost 7 months ago and I am still seeing a smaller fracture remaining. My surgeon is currently suggesting to have another operation to bone graft from radius to scaphoid as well. I'm curious how your procedure is healing. How is it looking for you currently?
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ I had a second surgery like I mentioned above. My wrist has been substantially better since. I pretty have much full range of motion and can load weight on it now, but I try to be careful with it regardless.
Fractured my scaphoid (non-displaced waist) 4 weeks in plaster and 5 weeks in a removable brace. Thank God it healed. The scariest part is not knowing if it'll heal or not. Good luck and fast recovery to anyone that's here because they broke theirs.
I broke mine three weeks ago.. my doc recommended me the surgery, since its a 3mm space in between he also said it might heal and that i can wait 6 weeks without Surgery but if ir hasn’t i lost 6 weeks nd have to do the Surgery anyway 😢😢
@Finn Jeresic 🙏 good luck man, if you can afford to wait the time in the cast I'd say to hold off on the surgery but it's your call.
@@officeroinker440 Yea exactly but im also scared that i wait and then it won’t heal and i have to do it anyway 😔😭
How many mm was your fracture?
@Finn Jeresic I think mine was less than 1mm non displaced.
@@eliomiri did you had surgery ?
Hello everyone I was recently diagnosed with a waist scaphoid fracture and doctors told me 8-12 weeks before returning to basketball. I did everything I could to heal myself faster and I got cleared to play at exactly 5 weeks from the break. I hope this creates a sense of hope for some of you dealing with this process. Keep your hopes high and know that anything is possible with your effort and beliefs.
I broke my scaphoid in a basketball game after getting fouled and falling on it, I thought I had sprained my wrist but I broke my hand when I went to the orthopedic he gave me pretty bad news that I would miss basketball for 10 weeks (6 weeks in a cast 4 weeks in a splint) tomorrow I get my cast off and he will let me take it off for shooting and dribbling drills. I am a freshman and my team has around 8 players for varsity so this year hurts to miss. But it could be worse at least I am not a senior or older but I still have hope of returning before my splint comes off. Thank you!!
@@hudsonadams6585 Hoping for quick return for you. Played in my first game today less than a week from getting my cast off. Truly shocking but I’m so thankful since it’s my senior year and I got back so much earlier than expected
Bro I broke mine 3 days ago, tell me what should I do to recover fast
@@GauravGupta-zp3sy Honestly the fastest way is to take vitamins, calcium and whatever you do, be REALLY careful the scaphoid is a very fragile bone and it requires a lot of babying
@@hudsonadams6585I just broke mines last week Monday due to falling off of a horse at high speed, he did a hard curve which led me to fall off since it was my first time and he was probably not comfortable with me... But rn I'm trying to figure what can help me to heal fast since I can't bare to stay 12 weeks not working 😢 have rent and bills, good thing I have my family to help... But it just sucks staying like this for a good while you know what I mean 😅
I’m 10 weeks into the recovery process for a schaphoid fracture after a bike accident - I was in a cast for 10 weeks and have “graduated” to a splint for 2 more weeks. Latest X-ray looked good so I’m almost done, but that stupid little bone is a real pain in the butt to deal with. I did a lot of walking in the early stages of my recovery, which maintained my sanity & got the blood flowing & also started stationary bike a week or so ago. Hang in there - it will get better eventually but you need to be patient!
I have to be in a cast for six weeks and then or longer I have to get surgery. I find out tomorrow or the next day the results of my MRI. I have two fractures and a suspicious fracture, which was what MRI was for
I have to be in a cast for six weeks and then or longer I have to get surgery. I find out tomorrow or the next day the results of my MRI. I have two fractures and a suspicious fracture, which was what MRI was for
Do you still have discomfort? I am still recovering from surgery
@@sooneradmirer4382 I’m pretty much 100% 6 months from the injury - a little lingering soreness occasionally but that’s it. Would highly recommend occupational therapy if you can get it - someone who specializes in hand therapy.
Thanks for the clear explanation. I fell off my bike In early November, went to a clinic the same day, but x-rays showed no damage so the doctor told me not to worry, to rest and apply a compress, and I would be fine. I wasn’t happy with this diagnosis, so after a few repeat visits, went to another clinic. Here, the doctor took X-rays on my hand and top of tibia, along with ultrasound. He thought there may be fractures to both, sonlso ordered an MRI, which happened a few days later. This confirmed the fractures to both the top of the tibia and the scaphoid. I had my hand/arm cast straight away, and a temporary leg cast fitted. I returned to the clinic a few times for continuous x-rays, and just before Christmas was told that the leg was healed sufficiently that I no longer need the leg cast, and could start walking again. However the hand was still not quite ready. Today, early January, I returned to the clinic and had the hand/arm cast removed, and some more X-rays. The tibia and scaphoid are gradually healing, allowing me to return to normal activity, however the doctor recommends I wait a few more weeks/months before getting back into exercising properly. So I will continue to do gentle walking and stretching. I’m really grateful for the expert knowledge of the second doctor, as I could so easily have followed the first doctor’s advice and done nothing, potentially resulting in a slower recovery, or bones that did not heal.
Honestly I think they misdiagnosed me with a sprain. Even taking hydros isn't helping the pain. And a lot of my pain is around my thumb area.
I'm thinking about doing what you did and going somewhere else for answers. Could you still use your hand?
@@Whickeyloo19bro , how are your wrist?
I fractured my scaphoid during a high school football game. Didn’t hurt much at all at first so I played through the rest of the season and did track during the winter. My wrist hurt sometimes during that period but I was generally able to bear it and could get through most of my normal activities. However, I noticed that it progressively got weaker over time. Ultimately I decided to get it checked out after I could no longer support my own weight or lift in the weight room. Turns out that I needed a major bone graph, screw, and plate in order to get it to try and heal since it had been fractured for over 4 months. They took bone from my forearm instead of my pelvis because I was so young. I got the surgery and had to miss my entire lacrosse season that year due to recovery being over 12 weeks. Thank god it healed and I was able to go back to playing sports the following year.
Good thing that it eventually healed even after 4 months of non union and no treatment. Just imagine when such an injury happens to an animal in the wild, no treatment, then arthisis, then premature death. Is good that there ways to treat this injury
Pretty much same story for me ( playing football and broke the bone not thinking much of it until and choosing to continue playing )but it was 8 months before I had it checked. Having op done on June 19th with a bone graph and bolt as well. 30% chance of it healing successfully.
lmao, same story for me, i im going on surgery in end august, one and half year after the incident on football in highschool :D its funny, i do bodybuilding, rn (before the operation) lifting 120 on bench, no problem, no pain, but the bone is still fuckéd..., so the surgery is necessary - artrosis might be there in few years... I wish it will heal fast. GL both of you guys@@danielthorburn8851
@@danielthorburn8851how is it now?
@@danielthorburn8851same for me as well but I got it checked after 3 years and I am having a surgery in a few weeks 😬
Great video! I watched about 7 videos and this is the only one that isn't completely annoying. Thank you sir!
I've had this surgery now, I'll tell you my story and try to answer any questions. I broke my scaphoid after getting knocked off my bicycle. At the ER they took XRays put me in a thumb spica cast and told me to come back in a few weeks. I went to see a private hand specialist who had me do CT scans. The specialist told me I had a crushed fracture and recommended surgery. Due to scheduling conflicts I had the surgery 1 month after the accident. During the surgery they put a screw in and recast my wrist. After 6 weeks I got my cast off. Total cast time was 10 weeks. My wrist had practically zero movement afterwards. I began physical therapy immediately. Now I'm two weeks into the torture.. I mean therapy. Progress is slow but notable. I will try to update in the future.
Any update
Just got my cast off today any update on your progress?
@@NBA3xo my cast has been off for a month. Healing good so far, just constantly wear brace and if they offer you the ultrasound bone healing system, definitely take it.
SOCOMJOHN glad to hear you’re healing good. I got pretty lucky and am able to shoot a basketball almost completely normal 2 weeks out of the cast and 8 weeks post surgery. It’s probably because I’m only 17. I still can’t do a normal push-up but I’m extremely grateful for the way mine healed. Just stay positive and keep working I believe in you Ik how frustrating it is✊️❤️
broke my scaphoid 7 months ago. tomorrow is my surgery XD
Broke (crushed, were the surgeon's words) my scaphoid about 3.5 months ago now after a mountain bike crash, had surgery on it a month to the day after breaking it after seeing a couple different surgeons. Mine required 6 pins, 2 small plates and a bone graft from my radius. I spent 4 weeks in a soft splint and then 8 weeks in a hard cast. I'm about a week and a half out from having my cast removed and mobility is generally slow to return. My thumb mobility returned to about 90% within the first week, but I only have about 30 degrees of flexion in either direction from my wrist. My surgeon didn't recommend PT for active folks my age(I'm 30), but I've been stretching and exercising it as it allows.
I'm happy to answer questions if anyone has any about the process. Hope everyone has success with their injuries!
Did you heal?
Did you improve on 30 degrees of flexion in either direction?
I just broke mine last week in an mtb crash.
Just got casted today. You get back on your bike?
I fractured my scaphoid in a motorbike accident, had surgery 2 days after due to my arm swelling and them finally finding the fracture. They went in on the underside of the wrist without a bone graft and screwed it back together.
2 months later now. Just got my ct scan confirmed that the blood supply is good and it will heal fine. But now the physio to get strength and flexibility without stiffness or pain and frustration will be at least 7 months. Such big problems because of such a small bone. 🤦🏻♂️
I have same issue with my scaphoid fracture, it is been 2 and a half month my wrist is like that and recently got a thingy which hold my wrist to be immobilized. what is your advice for me now? 😢
Hello, I injured scaphoid been for surgery and now in process of physio therapy for 2 months already and range of motion is still not close to normal. So how long did take u to get it back? I ask because sometimes I lose hope for it but if it took u 7 months I guess it will take me some time also.
@@mariotutic9149 I fractured my scaphoid January 2021 in a motorcycle accident and had surgery, to this day I still have severe pain flexing my wrist back and forwards, with lots of strength loss
@@mariotutic9149,
I fractured my scaphoid waste line and had to get surgery.
I’m currently at 10 months of recovery since June 2021, and i still experience some stiffness. Pulling my hand backwards is pretty tough but slowly stretching out as i try my best to take long stretches. Leaning on a table seems to be the best thing for me so far.
It’s going to take awhile to get full range and motion back. At least in my personal experience.
@@zhiyarmazin2838 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
2nd time breaking mine, luckily this time it has been 4 weeks in a cast, now in a splint. The splint is great, provides good support but allows the muscles to strengthen again.
Do you think that the splint provide the same support as the cast?
@teodorangelov1730 I can't honestly remember now, but I think it was enough to help me heal but keep my wrist flexible. I didn't have as much trouble with recovery from the second break as I did the first. The first break had my hand and wrist in cast for over 2 months and my hand was in an odd position the whole time.
@@alandougan3600 thanks a lot! I will be 2 weeks with cast after the surgery and then will try with a splint for at least 2 additional weeks. But is very hard to communicate this to my doctor, so am not quite sure if he approve this ... But he mentioned something about the possibility to use a splint.
I’ve broke my scaphoid on 15th March this year. It was waist/proximal scaphoid fracture (non-displaced, only crack on the top) and i went with removable brace for 11 weeks. Without surgery 11 weeks hell, it healed and now after 5 months after the fracture i can do all activities even i can stand and push up normal. When i move my hand my wrist makes crack noises but its normal. Also i don’t have pain and i can lift heavy weights. The only thing that is strange is when i stand on my hand the feeling is like 2 bones are beating one in each other but i dont feel pain anyway. I wish you full recovery to everyone who suffer from this shit bone fracture. Be patient i know its hell, but when it heals it becomes stronger and harder to break again.
Thanks man 🙏 I got my fracture last week Monday... Like you said, it's a living hell having a cast for 12 weeks 😢 lol annoying for sure
@@EdwinMenchu-co6ftbro how are your wrist?
When they put my screw in the put it in from the base of my thumb not the back of my wrist, and it feels great best it’s felt in years since full recovery, still get a few issues if our weight on my wrist for long periods of time but other then that Surgeon did a fantastic job no complaints after 4 years living with a broken worst
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
Broke mine a month ago thought it was sprained. My surgeon is going directly to the screw and grafting part of my radius. I hope it heals fast since we’re doing both right away. 🙏 I’m praying
Hey, I had mine broken 8 years ago. First I thought (they said to me) it's just sprained. And after two months I couldn't move my hand properly. I had two surgeries, first just with graft, didn't end well, and second one with the herbert screw. I lost about year and a half on surgeries and recovery. BUT! But, it is good now, I have limited movement, but I still can play basketball (its my dominant hand), and I regained most of strength in that hand. Most important is do everything it takes, don't miss physical therapy, do every single boring exercise and it will be great! It is going to take some time, but everything is going to be good.
Same for me i get in a month
Just did mine also Fractured thumb and 3rd.4th metacarpel
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@jaleksa0309 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
I broke it on the handlebars of my dirtbike by smacking into a big hole I didn’t see going up a hill fairly quickly. Instantly knew it was broken and I didn’t hurt myself in any other way after falling down. Luckily I had a brace at home from breaking my thumb once, so after icing it I put that on and then went to get x rays done a couple days later. Sure enough it’s cracked down the middle. Still have a week before the check up scan, hopefully I won’t need surgery but I’ll see. I keep the immobilizing brace on full time now after taking it off to shower the first week (never bending my wrist obviously). I’m hoping to get back to training in the gym and riding soon but I’ll have to wait and see. I do what few exercises I can in the meantime without using my right hand and wrist.
@@mysteretsym Yeah, mine healed up pretty well in 2-3 months. I started getting active in the gym again about a month and a half / 2 months after the break but doing exercises that didn’t strain the bone too much. Pull ups etc, avoiding pressing exercises completely since they directly load the wrist more than hanging from a bar. Now 3 and a half months out it’s great, I do push ups with a closed fist now since it hurts to bend that far back on the wrist but other than that I have basically no issues anymore and I’m back to training MMA and riding bikes etc like normal. My fracture started at the top then split down the middle and came out near the middle on the other side, so it wasn’t in the danger zone fortunately. Anyway it healed pretty quick and well all things considered, I’m 25 and pretty active though so take that into consideration too. I’d say, wait for it to heal and get a scan to prove it’s healing well before you try to get active step my step again, but I wouldn’t wait longer than necessary either, just keep an eye on pain levels and feel it out without taking too much risk. Listen to your body, if it starts to hurt more then stop immediately and try something else.
I have a scaphoid fracture and a radial styloid fracture, what fun.
Broke my scaphoid recently in a car accident. Didn't hurt initially but when I went to plant down I had lots of paid and had very little mobility with wrist. Is a waist fracture. They casted for 6 weeks not much healing has occurred. Decided to do surgery with the skrew. Heal time after surgery is 4-6 months. Physical therapy after with possible full range of motion after about 9 months of healing. Gl to anyone with this injury. Def not a fast healer.
Broke my scaphoid vaulting some stairs, landed fully on the right side of my body palm down into the concrete. Wasn't in too much pain, ended up going to the hospital as I couldn't flex my wrist down. Complete scaphoid and capitate fracture down the middle of the bone. Was in a cast for four months :( . Really tough as it was my dominant hand and I was at law school. 8 months later my hand still gets a little sore, flexibility isnt quite back to normal but everyday is progress!
The same happened to me but only 12 weeks and today the doctor said it was healed but when I bend my wrist it hurt quite a lot is it supposed to do that? If you know anything then please tell me.
@@purpleguy5928 I won't lie man, 2 years after I broke the scaphoid it's taken a long time for me to recover flexibility - I still have difficulty with things like push ups and giving too much pressure with an open palm. My one was pretty bad though, but slowly and slowly it became functional enough where I am not too worried about living with it
@@JangoFatty yeah I got a pretty big crack in it from a dirt bike crash. After a few weeks they said that it’s healing well which made me really happy. 12 weeks later wich was yesterday they said it was healed he only pushed on a place on my hand and asked if it hurt which it didn’t. But when I got home I started to try and bend my wrist a little bit and when I tried to bend it a lot it hurts. I told my mom and dad and they said that it was because the muscles haven’t been used for so long and that it will take some time for the pain to go away. But the thing that worries me the most is that the pain that I’m feeling is the same that I felt the day that the crash happened. I’m just scared that I won’t be able to ride dirt bike anymore but I’m going to hold off for a little bit and see if the pain goes away.
@@purpleguy5928How is it now?
@@JangoFatty how are you now?
Jumped off a high wall while I was tipsy. Luckily landed on my feet, unluckily legs flew up in the air and used my hands to break my fall. Broke my left scaphoid, ironically on April fools Day 2018. Went to hospital next day, X ray and cast. Nurse told me it was a bad break, cos they could see the gap. Went to the fracture clinic the next week. Consultant decided to cast it for about 10 weeks. Every 2 weeks I'd go back for X ray. Was told every time, that it was healing. My last appointment, in late July, they told me, oh sorry not healing. We will book u in for a CT scan. The CT scan was February 2019. In the meantime I was back in my manual job from August 2018. Which tbh wasn't fun. Had CT scan, confirmed it was a bad break. Had the op then in June 2019. Grafted bone off my hip. Now it's a lot better. Not 100%, bout 90%. So can't complain. A bit annoyed it took so long for them to decide to pin it but I look at it as self inflicted, so can't really moan. Docs, nurses, porters done a brilliant job. Can't thank them enough.
How long did it take to completely heal after your op?
@@edgreen6238 tbh including getting my strength back in my wrist, about 8 months. Not to bad, especially because of the delay in pinning it. I still get aches and pains but to be expected. I done it when I was 48, so my age might be a factor in the aches. Now, i more or less have full mobility. Are you having/had the op and how is it?
@@snowy_104 I’m waiting to get the op but they’re not sure if they’ll need to take the bone from my wrist or my hip. I’m 17 so hopefully won’t take tooo long to heal. Was your hip a problem for u afterwards?
@@edgreen6238 it was sore for a while but best place to get the bone. It's fully healed now. Yes think you will be fine. If my old bones can heal ok, u will be 100% fine. Good luck with the op. Let me know how it goes
Fractured my scaphoid bone around 3 months ago while bmxing. I have gone from a cast to a splint and after recent cat scans it’s been revealed to me that I’m going to need surgery which includes them screwing the bone together and casting it back up. I’ve been reading horror story after horror story and am concerned I’ll never be able to ride or do push-ups again. If anyone has any advice or motivation they can share from their own personal experience I would greatly appreciate it. I’m scared out of my mind right now and can’t stop freaking out please help.
Hey. Sorry to hear the news. I Fractured my scaphoid a year ago today in football and just like the surgeon said in the video I played my whole season on it. I got surgery on it 5 months ago and got a screw put in to bring the bones back together. Currently after 5 months of the surgery I can’t do push ups nor can I lift more then 20 LBS. it’s a hard journey to go through but I’m dedicated to get better. Good luck and don’t be scared.
@@imnotsorry7371 Fml
Well pushups will be your least of your concerns. This can get downhill to SNAC and OA. So follow your doctor’s advice
@@BT-km7nl Bruhh why you gotta say shit 😭
I wanted nothing but hope and positivity in these comments!
@@LllRascal soorry mate. Prepared to be in cast and then rehab for a year.
My son fractured his scaphoid on Oct 5 but luck has it healing. Had cast on and now in a brace for 4 weeks.
Fell off the balance beam at gymnastics practice in 2012 and caught myself with my left hand. Clean x-ray the next day so I continued gymnastics and cheerleading and didn’t find out until 2013 that I had a complete fracture of my scaphoid bone. Had surgery with a bone graft and screw to correct but I still have pain from time to time even though I had the screw removed in 2016. Not sure if that’s normal
is it possible to remove the screw
Broke my distal radius and the surgeon installed a volar locking plate and screws. At my 6 week post op, the PA asked if I had reinjured myself and what I did for work. I told him no, and that I was just a student right now. He responds, "I'm sorry but you're going to need another surgery." They missed a scaphoid fracture so I'm being sent back to step 1 of recovery. It's an upsetting set of circumstances to say the least. From my research it seems that these two fractures very rarely happen simultaneously, so I assume they didn't think to look for it. Paired with the fact that it was really hard to see the fracture at first, it makes sense that it was missed. But still, I was upset to hear that they were going to have to cut me open again. And for anyone who is curious, I broke my wrist in a skateboarding accident. My friend and I decided to bomb a massive hill on our boards. Near the end I hit a rock and flew off the board, resulting in a concussion and a broken wrist. Fun times.
At first when I got it looked at they said it was a slight fracture. I was in an elbow cast for 3 weeks. When I went back in to get a X-ray it got worse and separated. Had surgery the next day. After the surgery they gave me a cast for a month. I would go in every month and it just wouldn’t heal fast at all. I fully recovered in 8 months! I had 8 different casts. It was a terrible process
Just had my surgery one week ago. May 2014 I fell from altitude on my wrist. I thought it was no big deal as well and I continued doing my stuff. After few months I noticed it isn't healing and the motion became limited with some pain. Especially problems with push-ups and handstand and I couldn't straighten my right arm as the left one anymore. Due to travels and work I didn't do surgery until now. After more than 5 years artrosis has developed and fortunately there is still blood going through my scaphoid bone. Now they scooped some bone from my underarm and put it in the fracture and fixed with a screw. Doctor says no rugby for me for 6 months :'(. So guys, don't be like me and treat it ASAP.
Same here bruh though i underwent after 5 months from injury
Damn man.. I injured mine in a lacrosse game about 4-1/2 5 years ago and it still hasn’t healed. Never had surgery and it is killing me lately. Idk what to do but I can’t afford to lose my job over taking on a surgery. Frustrating as hell. And sorry to hear about your situation bro, get well.
I had the same surgery, it didn’t work. 0%
😔now I feel disable with my right hand
how did this turn out? how is it feeling now?
@@parcerita18 😿
Better on 1.5x speed lol but thank you for the informative video! I had to scroll through so many before I found one that wasn’t “graphic” footage of the actual surgery
1.5x speed . Adhd is cool . So are you
I do that too:)
Broke my scaphoid and am currently on my third surgery. Just got a scaphoid plate with bone grafting. Has been 10 months since I first injured it and in a cast for another 6 weeks. Hoping it heals this time around.
did you heal brother ? did they fix your scaphoid right away after fracture in first surgery?
Any dizziness, brain fog, vision issues after surgeries?
2 weeks after surgery and have a 2mm dilated pupil on side of nerve blocker
I had two surgeries with no success with one surgeon, and went to another surgeon for a third surgery. They took out the screw and put in a plate & six smaller screws with more bone grafting. Thankfully, it fully healed the 3rd time around. I'm an avid weightlifter and certain exercises are now very painful, as well as lack of mobility. But I am thankful that it has healed this time around.@@borandalgc3194
No dizziness, brain fog, or vision issues post-surgery. I would contact your surgeon or go to urgent care / hospital for further assessment. Hope everything works out!@@skmbrd22
I suffered a broken scaphoid. I had a screw placed in the bone, and I used a bone growth stimulator after 8 weeks. The fracture didn't heal fully until about 9 months after the procedure. My father is a physician, and he said that this is a more problematic injury than a lot of patients realize. I can attest to that from firsthand experience.
PLEASE HELP! i am left handed and in need of a wrist rep. Anyone out there with compassion contact me. I have waited 3 years, pain is unbearable, xrays, mri, ultrasounds, ct scans, etc, i am 54, my right wrist is failing as well, please contact me, tim tafilica, tafilica@gmail.com
@@hg654 What has kept you waiting three years? Have you been diagnosed with a broken scaphoid?
@@joslinnick Hi Nick, do you feel fully healed after the bone stimulator? I had my surgery couple years ago and it still doesn't feel 100%.
@@davidhahn7391 My wrist did not feel 100% for several years after my recovery. I couldn't do push-ups or perform a bench press without some discomfort up until relatively recently. I first injured my wrist around 2010 or so. I'm a former gymnast, and to this day, I have to wear a special set of wrist guards if I do back handsprings. I don't have any pain or lack of mobility at the moment. The only time my wrist feels particularly bad is if perform a particularly heavy bench press exercise or do a back handspring without my TigerPaws wrist guards. In my experience, you are going to need to learn to work around your injury for the next several years.
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Heading into my 5th surgery sue to a scaphoid fracture. Caused a wrist collapse and now they're removing it and fusing the remaining bones.
How was it I may be looking at this same thing 😪😪
@@nathancatino64 me too I just had my first surgery yesterday
How is your hand now ?
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
This is the worst scenario that one can get from scaphoid fracture. Advanced collapse and partial fusion. Guess you have pain when you use the hand.
I fell backwards onto my tailbone and had stuck my hand out backwards to help break the fall. My wrist hurt right away and later that night I went to the hospital, but there was a 20+ hour wait so I went back home and assumed I just had a muscle strain or something. The pain was medium for a week until one night, over a week later, my wrist was in severe pain. Like 9/10, could not move it, pain shooting up my arm, etc. I went back to the hospital, got my wrist x-rayed and turns out I fractured my scaphoid and another bone nearby. Apparently a piece broke off. That was 2 weeks ago now. During the first week I was lifting and delivering heavy boxes every day. I'm sure that didn't help lol. I'm hoping my wrist heals quickly.
Oh so you broke two carpal bones. Let me guess the other one. Trapezium?
20+ hour wait jeez where do you live
@@Marcuk2024 Somewhere busy in Ontario, Canada lol.
@@BT-km7nl I don't actually remember the name of the bone anymore, although everything's good now!
@@BT-km7nl I broke my supination and pronation bones and also my carpal bones and I didn't have a surgery. After almost 9 months it hurts a lot when trying to supinate and pronate. Any help?
Just had surgery yesterday on my left one. It hurts so bad but I’m just glad they could save it before I lost function in my hand
oh man, what a coincidence, yesterday at 3 pm i also had surgery on my left hand scaphoid, they implant a screw
but mine is not hurts too much
I have surgery Monday for my right one...
omer hv u got union after 4 months?😥
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
I Broke my wrist 5 months ago and it still isn’t healing I haven’t had surgery and I’m scared out of my mind. I’m supposed to ship out in a couple of months and I have a feeling my life may been turned on it’s head
Mine was straight in half and the bottom piece was rotated. I’m currently one week into recovering from a bone graft. It was broken for a year and a half before the surgery. I lead a very active life style and can still do anything I want with it but not without daily pain, therefore opted for the surgery. If this doesn’t work, I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing but on a broken wrist I guess. Any tips for post healing therapy? Maybe to lessen the pain for non union breaks?
Has it healed properly? I’m in a similar situation I’ve gone two years without realising it was broken and feel this will effect me even after it’s healed
do not move or use the hand. this op is a serious one. you are one step wrist fusion which means you cannot bend your hand.
@@peternicholls4609 can I get an update on ur situation?
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@peternicholls4609 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
I been in a cast for 5 weeks and the Fracture is close to the thumb good blood supply ! Will you be
able return to work if it heals ?
I have this injury due to speeding on my bike hitting a fence and hitting the road. slow down guys, I got lucky this is my only injury.
I fractured my scaphoid 7 years ago and I'm finally finding out it's broken and surgery is two months away. The doctor said it can or it might not heal, it's not very clear
I had fracture 2 months ago... on waist scaphoid... my bone has been recover in 8 weeks .. previously 1 doctor said.. i need surgery he will put a scroo on it .. but another doctor suggest me to do pop cast .. and now after 2 month . My scaphoid has been healed ... my age 24 .. my hand still on pop cast tomorrow im going to remove it 😊😊 dont lose hope .. all the best
how do u feel now bro? and if u wanna give us some advises
@muhammadsalah4706 now my hand is almost ok .. now doing some wrist mobility exercise.. i hope it will be fine in 1 month ... advice is only just observe your body your own healing capacity... if u r young and waist scaphoid fracture or distal pole fracture then wait for few weeks let see is it healing or not .. if its not healing then go for surgery... otherwise no need .. dont trust every doctor they will do the surgery coz its a safe surgery not risky surgery so ... just do a cast wait for few weeks coz u can do surgery after even months .. i ate a lots of calcium from milk egg and fruits so u should eat good foods that have calcium and zinc.. if your body healing is good u can easy heal in 8-10 weeks if its on waist scaphoid fracture.
@@muhammadsalah4706 if its fracture as soon as possible do a cast ... cast is mandatory without cast . It would be very difficult
I was lucky when I broke my scaphoid as it didn't require pinning.
An x-ray 2 weeks after the initial break showed that it had started to heal.
I was in a cast for around 8 weeks but it healed fully.
Hi, hope that you are ok now. you had waist undisplaced fracture?
@@TheIgdrasil1 i just go through waist scaphoid fracture in 4 5 months it's heal but after 6 months i faced accident & its caused again fracture of scaphoid. Now i just used splint let's c
Yea I fractured my scaphoid second game of my senior year in high school on a Tuesday, went to have an X-ray on Saturday showed it was just a sprain, played the rest of the season knowing it was more to it, go back to the doctor and was told yea it was fractured. Had the surgery and it wasn’t a success. Wrist still gives me a problem til this day
Hi brother same problem facing iam also brother will you please tell me is there any problem to me leaving the scaphoid fracture
@@PavanPavan-ye6pt how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@LRK20 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
Is it rare to fracture this bone and not have to go through with surgery?
My healed with casting in 3 months. Surgery done quickly can save time immobilized but for more complex fractures, it is really required.
The studies I have read say that surgery vs casting for similar breaks do not change long term outcome.
@@kdc3440
I don’t know what I have I can’t tell if my hand needs to be cracked so I’m just hitting it to see if it cracks👀
just got out my cast today from a scaphoid fracture, took me 15 weeks in cast. im 20, the wrist has no pain at all, though terrible movement. I just want to frisbee golf again :(
Hello my friend can you help me please i have the same problem of you i have fracture in scaphoid and i want you to help me . I will send to you my x ray picture to see that and if you have any nearly hospital or some doctor you know it to give his this picture
@@faisalnasser5902 I can help you out
@@Hookayourdad how you can help me please
@@Hookayourdad I’m from Saudi Arabia
@@Hookayourdad i send to you the picture of my hand XRay did you see it on your email
I was gonna ask about day after x rays. I have bruising and gripping is painful. Fell with outstretched hand on concrete.
I also had a suspected fracture near the distal end below the thumb . I had a 6 weeks plaster. But I was able to hold the things properly just after 2.5 weeks after the fracture.
Now 6 weeks is over, doctor gave me an oil to massage that pain area and told me the rehab exercise. It's healing good
I hope good things to use, good day.
I fell on a bike it bent inwards and my thumb is pretty week but i can still move it properly will i need surgery or just a cast
Broke my scaphoid,then the cast applied for two weeks.After that surgery done and screw fitted with bone graft. Another cast applied for 6 weeks.Waiting for gaining full range of motion.
How is your wrist now
Hi, thanks for great informations about scaphoid. I have also watched prof. Tim Davis about non displaced waist fracture of the wrist. He said that 4 weeks could be enough to practically get the cast away, if healing shows on the CT scan after 4 weeks of injury. I know that many doctors are rather for longer treatment like 6-8 weeks, but is it possible such short time to heal scaphoid bone?
Was in a motorcycle accident and broke my scaphoid. Was completely displaced, elevated and twisted. Couldn’t lift my shoulder. Was pinned and casted for 3 months and took a full year to completely heal. Lost about 25% flexion front and back.
I have the screw And big incision and bone graph. Was 14-16 weeks in cast
16 weeks completed in cast and 16 more to go with brace😢
I broke radius & scaphoid plus another bone at finger side . Was in cast 8 weeks now have splint thing . Seen physio have exercises to do . I have very little wrist movement plus painful to grip or lift anything. Honestly don’t know if it will heal.
I broke my Scaphoid three weeks ago while i was in a fight.. I don’t know if it came from having my punch blocked or because i fell, anyway the doctors needed two weeks to realize that it was broken till i did CT but i somehow knew cause i know my body 😢
The doctor suggested me the Surgery with a screw since there’s a space of aprox. 3mm but he also told me it might heal up with only a splint. I really don’t know what to do and id not want a screw to be put in my bone for ever 😢
Thanx for your information so much love from india
I had a scapoid non union, after operation. Its healed but it still hurts in the morning.
I have a problem in my wrist which began after carrying trays with food plates i have seen a doctor who thought it was fluid in the back of the wrist but was unsuccessful in finding any. It pains sometimes but not always. The bone usually looks like its poping out when i put to much of a strain on it and sometimes its almost like it wasnt there. I dont know what it is but i feel like a bone is out of place in my wrist
Elis Cadette Hey did you ever follow up on that bcuz I feel the same way
I broke my , they put me in a cast for 6 weeks , was t healing , they told me they wasn’t going to continue with a cast but take it easy on it and it will heal? Now idk what to do and it still hurts as bad as the day I did it
ix_D3monzz_xi you need to go get re-evaluated. A scaphoid non-union can lead to horrible consequences down the road
Im officially fucking worried...
Not a good bone to break had my surgery a week ago have high hopes but still worried
@@nathancatino64 I got put in a splint bc they couldn’t figure it out and then a cast , still not definite answer . Now had mri and been referred to a specialist because I literally can’t bend it at all , no idea
@@nathancatino64 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ weird to think it’s been over a year, it healed pretty quick after surgery. I will say not too long after getting out of the cast I shipped of to boot camp and have been in the army since😂. I would say don’t get to frustrated right off the bat with the loss of mobility and pain while moving it. It comes with time if you got any other questions lmk I would rather not comment on a yt post tho 😂
@@nathancatino64 thoughts on surgery vs no surgery?
Hey Everyone...
Here I had an accident before 3 months and my scaphoid was fractured.I visted 15 doctors for check up,did multiple x-rays but no one could knew about this is scaphoid fracture. I m suffering from pain all the time.What should I do now?
My doctor wants to see me two weeks from putting on the cast . Would he remove the cast to see how scaphoid is healing ?
Yes my friend. I wish the best
This suck no work no money !
KIngpookienation Alvarez yer he may I’ve had my cast on for 4 weeks my doctors been looking at it every 2 weeks through X-ray
Tobi Trill I have great news the Fracture is close to the thumb ! The doctor said 3 more week in the cast . They had to to remove the cast but heres the thing it’s the new cast is tight
Never got a surgery because I had good blood flow because of location or whatever but now 2 years later my whole heel of my hand is a bit numb and itchy as hell every now and then. Anyway to fix this?
How often do these things go to surgery? I started having problems about two weeks ago, and about a week or so ago, I went to have x-rays done, and they didn't show anything to suggest a fracture, but rather a possible cyst. The next day, however, I tripped in my home and ended up breaking my fall with the offending hand. Since then, the pain has gotten worse, and it's quitee painful to use my left hand for most things. If this is a scaphoid fracture, I really want to avoid surgery since I'm really not a fan of it, and I'm still digging myself out of the financial hole that was my rotator cuff surgery three years ago to the date (give or take a couple days).
Is it possible to use a splint instead of a cast and what could be the difference.
I had a minimally invasive surgery 1 week ago. I made it right after the injury. The pain was not big, but the fracture was displaced and I did the surgery ASAP. Hope that I would be able to play tennis soon with the other hand (the right one :) )
Hi everyone ! I am on my 4 week with cast. Hope it will be healed, but for now it still hurt. Shit happens, whole summer with one hand. My doc said this is at least for 12 weeks. So I am here time to time, ask questions if u want. Fast recovery for everyone !!!
Hey how are u I had the same thing happened to its me it feels like I’m typing the above statement, I injured my hand onna bike and I went a whole summer literally traveling and working out just with a cvs cast on,my first trip to the doctor he gave me pills (melooxicams I think) I took probably no more then 10 out of the 100 of pills cause I didn’t get a x ray or nothing and year later I went to get a scan my hand was fracture now I got a appointment the 23rd of august
How is your hand healing?
And it’s my dominant hand (right)I can use my left probably 6/10 because I box so I had to switch my stance so I always try to get better with my left hand any way but that’s all besides the point please let me know how your hand been healing and what u been doing and every step
@@leefmilano9091 Sorry to hear that. Inn my case it's also my dominant hand... Anyway you need to do a X ray or smth else. In my case it was X ray , than CT scan and MRI as well. I got cast on the 10 day, after all these quests with MRI, etc. My doctor said that it's good that we found it earlier. Currently it's week 6 and 2 days. I've made new X ray 3 days ago, just to check how is healing going on and the person who done this, said that everything looks good, but it can be wrong view on X ray so probably I need do the MRI again. (Since first time my fracture was only on MRI. CT and X ray haven't any evidence ) Same time my doctor said do not do anything and keep be in the cast for 6 weeks more. But my hand still hurts. So that's it. I had painkillers pills for first 5 days and that all. IDK is it good or bad. Definitely would say that has so many time only one working hand it's hard, especially for work.
@@leefmilano9091 as you may understand, i don't know exactly how good or bad it is. But this pain really scares me, so I will rethink what to do with that and maybe found new doctor. The proble is cast which I can't remove by myself and new doc maybe won't do that. So the situation sucks as well.
Mine didn’t show up for a about a month then I got it casted for three weeks... that was four years ago and I’ve had pain on and off since then but now it’s more constant pain
i broke my scaphoid in my right wrist and it was about a year ago and i’m still in pain to this day i was in a cast for 6 months and i don’t know it’s not healing i’ve been through 5 ct scans and 2 mri and it’s still not healing so i’m wondering if we should get it casted again or surgery but i really don’t want a screw in my wrist
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
Been dealing with mine for 4 years now and still horrible grip strength. Haven’t been able to hit weights that I want to since then.
Did you have to have surgery? I’m worried I won’t be able to ever lift the same again how I did in the gym
Derek Alvarado yeah but I didn’t have surgery until about two years after it occurred. And I think the lifting part is dependent one the person and their recovery. Like for me if I put on 225 there’s no chance in hell my wrist is surviving that.
nick fletcher Preciate that man. Been casted up for about 12 weeks hoping for the best with no surgery needed. Have a appointment today.
Derek Alvarado no problem man. Good luck with recovery.
hi Nick did you go to physical therapy or what did you after surgery?
Well, their goes my softball season.
same here
@@SOCOMJOHN no
had 1 game of my hockey season. missed 8 games already.
Dear Dr.Joshua, Thank you for your video.I recently broke my scaphoid in the waist and my doctor here, first tried fixing through a thumb spica cast ,however after 2 weeks in a cast and looking at the CT scan ,I'm advised to go through surgery since they found it's displaced substantially than initially suspected. Have I lost substantial time to now invite complications during or post surgery,which is likely to happen in the coming week(3rd week after injury)? Thank you
how large was the displacement? how are you doing today?
Thank you for making this channel 🌷
Fell off a roof and had one of my injuries to this had a chunk removed outta hip to fix too 6 months to get a surgeries now been 16 months since my accident. Still can’t work I’m so mad I feel like I was delayed and now I’m on the bench imbarresing to my kids Canada’s medical is not looking out for me cleared head to toe outta hospital even tho I had 2 brain surgeries and thought doc?
Welcome to free healthcare where you get the bare minimum. Where as to American health care it’s a bit better but has you in debt for 5 years despite it being a 90% coverage 😂 still dealing with pain!! Your not an embarrassment you are someone dealing with medical conditions and trying at least do what you can and stay positive you’ll find something better and will be happy might take some time but hey I’m working in the food industry with mine it hurts and is sore everyday but manageable compared to before when I couldn’t even squeeze a squish toy ball without excruciating pain..
I had a nonunion proximal pole scaphoid fracture. On August 2016 I fractured my hand with a punching bag. I ended up having surgery almost 2 years later on June 2018. The bone successfully healed. It has been almost two years since my surgery and I could do my day to day things without any problem, but I still feel some pain when I put it in forceful positions. Do you think I should get it checked out again or just give it more time?
Bro i had proxinal pole fracture and i go through with a screw fixation but its now 5 month amd it doesnt heal .. How muvh time your fracture takes to heal
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@rohittanwar8383 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@rohittanwar8383 how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
My CT Scan showed that there were no fractures but it hurts sometimes. Why is that??
MRIs & CTs are so expensive that they're frequently not done though. That's not good!
I got a question my scaphoid bone was broken from a dirt bike crash I went to the doctor and put a cast and did X-rays a couple time during 12 weeks the doctor said that it was healed and then he pressed gently on my hand and it didn’t hurt. Then when I got home I started to bend my wrist small movements were fine but when I try to bend the wrist as much as I can with my other hand it hurts a lot it supposed to do that? In short: is it bad if it hurts when I bend my wrist when my doctor said it was healed.
Has anyone ever used KT tape to give some support to a painful scaphoid break years after it happened
I fractured the bottom left side of my scaphoid on my right hand just got my cast off yesterday it’s not painful to touch but motion really hurts I bought a splint that immobilizes my thumb, which kinda fracture is this from the ones you said and how likely is it to heal without surgery? Bottom left and middle ish..
Sir my left hand scaphoid fractured from the west side (center) 6 months ago. Then the doctor did screw friction. But today even after 6 months, CT scan shows a gap in it. Right now doctors are speaking for grafting. But due to no money now, I cannot get it done. Please tell me that
1- What if I don't do grafting
2- If I come in the condition of getting it done, then how many days can I get it done so that I can benefit
What happen?
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ My dear friend, on August 2, 2020, I had a scaphoid injury in my left hand, which was corrected with the help of a screw, but due to the screw not being applied properly at the time of surgery, there was a gap in it, later the doctor asked for grafting . which I did not do. today i have no problem with hand, it is working well and i didn't even do grafting
I’ve had a broken scaphoid since 2000
Did you ever received any treatment for it?
How did you recover?
Uh are in a big shit man 😂
Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
Thank you so much. Very educational and informative.
How frequent is this injury in a 5 year old that fell from the monkey bars that landed belly down with most weight being caught by palm down hand/wrist. At the time of the fall she was in terrible pain and cried for about 20 minutes, screaming when the hand was moved. She was unable to lift her hand without it uncontrollably shaking and felt clammy and faint. (She did not hit her head) After icing and ibuprofen kicked in she was able to move her wrist but it hurt to do so. Now 2 days later and her wrist still hurts, but is bearable unless she accidentally puts any weight or pressure on it and she cannot pick anything with any weight to it up with that hand (like an ipad). My daughter refuses to get it xrayd because other than some slight bruising and swelling it looks normal and she doesn't want to have to pay the coinsurance. I do not have the legal authority as her grandmother to take her in, but having raised 4 children I do not think her symptoms should be ignored. Last night she woke up after having fallen asleep on that arm and cried because it hurt so bad. I consoled her, gave her more ibuprofen and got her to settle back down. She is needing ibuprofen on a pretty regular basis. Small kids don't start complaining about their pain so much, but their behavior changes and they become irritable when their pain gets worse. You can tell when this is happening after the time the ibuprofen is beginning to wear off. I'm not really sure what to do in this matter. I may just take her to the ER myself to get her looked at and hope they see her. Frustrated!!!! P.S. my daughter and her two children live with me. I have been the one caring for my granddaughter since her fall, her mother cared for her initially, she was the one with her at the park when she fell.
It's probably a fracture if it's not healing even after 3-4 days. But good thing is she's still young and she can heal from fractures a lot faster
I recently fractured my scaphoid roughly 3 weeks ago and am in a cast. I would highly recommend influencing the guardian to have an X-Ray and be safe, my personal fracture had little to no swelling and no bruising after about 9 and a half hours since the injury. The scaphoid is very important and could result in serious complications in the future, also ibuprofen is not recommended to be given during fractures or breaks considering it reduces swelling and that is quite bad considering in the first few weeks the swelling is needed to help heal. I know this is late but if the problem has not been resolved take my advice into consideration.
skip xray do mri
Hi Doctor, If a patient fall on an outstretch hand and complain of wrist pain and you suspect scaphoid fracture. Do you do CT right away and refer to hand surgeon?
I fractured my scaphoid in my right wrist and got a cast for 6-8 weeks which relieved a lot of the pain but I still had some so when I went back they had no clue why it still hurt so they put my hand in another cast for 4 weeks which didn’t help at all and now it’s almost been 2 years since I fractured it and it still hurts and they still can’t diagnosis it. I
can’t do pushups, lift my self off the ground (I have to use my left hand but lately that wrist has been hurting too and I don’t know why), I can’t even high five. So I can pretty much kiss basketball good bye. I’m only 15 so I got many years of misery left to live.
same here i’m 15 and and have the same time on my right hand with little progress, i fight mma and that dream is pretty much gone
zSrixon damn, that sucks. I read somewhere that it might be the muscles and stuff around your wrist that’s torn or injured and not the bone, so makes sense the doctors see nothing bc X-rays don’t show muscles (basically not just the bone was fractured, other things around the area were injured, too). If u ever try going again try checking that out, otherwise I don’t got any other advice. I’m getting an appointment myself soon so I’ll give u an update if you want me to.
Liliacfury Tail yeah let me know how it goes and if there’s anything you’d recommend
zSrixon mhm
zSrixon went to ortho they have a strong feeling it’s my ligament near my scaphoid bone (connects muscles to bones) and that the wrist exercises won’t really help for that. I’m going to another appointment to confirm it, I’ll update you again if you want to tell you if that’s the problem.
Worse time of my life breaking my scaphoid so bad I had to give up sports
Oh shit really? I recently fractured my scaphoid bone and I'm worried that I'll never be able to play guitar again
@@sphinx2077 it will take time to heal... after healing u will able to do all the usual works .
I hurt in football now i have to get surgery
Don't worry I have fractured on 1 january 2020...after management I am able to do my routine work properly with almost 95% efficacy and it is improving day by day.
Ranjeet Choudhary Mine has been fractured for 10 months they have take bone graft now
So helpful! I got surgery soon for mine
I’m in that 10% but decided not to do surgery
You should take that surgery, i had my scaphoid broken in 1 year. Took the surgery yesterday, and for real i think my wrist wil be better again!!!
BraveBoy 1 how is it
Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
@@braveboy1 Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
10Q Doctor. It is a use full information
I have a nonunion scaphoid fracture and need surgery. They want to take bone graft from my wrist and put a screw in. Has anyone had this surgery before? How is your hand now? Did they do a different procedure?
Amanda Ford I had it done, a year later and I’m back to 0
It hurts like 4 years ago when I broke it
I had same surgery now how is your wrist bow is it back to normal
@@rahuljohn2930 Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
@@parcerita18 Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
I fractured mine but didn’t get it looked at for 6 weeks now I can’t bend my wrist
Welcome to the forever non union party 😆
Seeing a hand specialist tomorrow don’t have a clue what I’m in for tbh
Good luck I just had surgery for my schaphoid
I just had a vascular graft. Had surgery in 2019 and didn’t realize my wrist never healed. Pain got severe and lost all motion backwards pretty much. Screw was holding my scaphoid apart…
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
plz help me can anyone tell me how much i can lift the weight with scaphoid fractured bone after 2 years of removing of cast and healed??
😂😂 5 months before I broke my scaphoid distal non displaced fracture guess where I am i now ..
I am in paramilitary training centre. Daily I am doing lot of works and push ups and exercise with my broken wrist now also feel stiff and sore on my wrist . But believe in god and keep going
@@vishnuks8972 r you serious my brother?
I jammed my thumb playing soccer and went to my docter, he said most likely this so tmr I’m having a X-ray :(
I fell off my bike landed on my hand to catch myself went to the hospital 2 days later and they casted it for 3 weeks thinking it was a growth plate fracture then after the 3 weeks I went back they took it off I did an X-ray and they said it was a scaphoid fracture I got a little upset and moved my hand a little rough They said it was healing correctly and in position they casted me again for another 3 weeks now it’s hurts the odd time and feels sore also feels hot hopefully I don’t need surgery. Is it normal to hurt a bit in the cast and feel sore ? Thanks
i get my cast off in 11 days and yeah it sometimes hurts and sometimes doesnt for me
MrMotoPete I have ten days left in a cast and it still hurts on and off too. How is pain and stiffness after the cast comes off?
@@samcrackers yall
@@MrMotoPete hows you guys wrists now?
@@BizBit12 clicks constantly, grip strength isnt what it used to be. i cant do pushups. sometimes im laying in bed and it just hurts. wby
No one on the web has laid out the full recovery, and everyone talks about retrograde circulation and casting and surgery and most of the stories are when they don't heal.
Give me something that lays out happy path, what PT looks like, docs clearly have a happy path laid out....but nothing about how long for full function.
If I believe you and every other doctor and story, the prognosisfor these are always poor.
I learned more from NIH study analysis than my doctor, you and every other OD has put out there.
Gives us some hope, because at this point, if I hit my fingers after 8 weeks of immobilization and have blinding excruciating pain, it doesn't look goof at all for full function. In fact it looks like the immobilization has done more damage than the bone has...and there is little pain from that at all.
There's no going back to 100% breaking your scaphoid. After 18 years of putting up with it I'm half tempted to see if i can get a cadaver bone or a synthetic bone replacement. Such a bs bone.
@@user-dd1bb4tw4r as it turns out, mine has healed without complication. Some function has come back but still have lots of stiffness and ROM isn't back fully yet. My middle finger is almost back to full range of motion with another 10 degrees in the middle joint needed, but the joint under the fingernail is slow to recover....and isn't making huge gains compared to other areDr. My break was 4/30, I was cleared for gentle PT 7/22 and then cleared for normal activities 9/12. I started PT 7/29 and it's October.
If your scaphoid is bad, they can do a bone graft and there are artificial replacements. So you could talk to your dr. They likely won't do anything if you don't have pain, poor function, and/or signs of necrosis.
@@kdc3440 I've had a screw and bone graft surgery already that's what I did 18 years ago.
Broke mine a month ago.😭 It hasn't healed yet. One doctor suggested surgery but the other said it will heal without a surgery. Now I am in a great confusion. What to do? Please help!
It will take twice as long to heal without the surgery. Surgery is the best bet if you broke it completely.
@@jadenwest7827 Thank you for your answer. The Ct shows that it's mildly displaced. Btw now I don't feel any pain. Do you think it's normal and a sign of healing?
@@naturwanderer1 yes I think it’s normal. Seems like you don’t have a fracture
@@jadenwest7827 I do have a fracture. My ct report shows it.
Can u tell me how is it now?
I’ve just found out I’ve broken mine after 12-14 weeks after the incident. I’ve had the x ray now. I have CT scan, ultra sound booked in. And also have the fracture clinic tomorrow. Long road ahead I guess 😭
how did it go?
stay strong man
oscar diid it healed?
Just had a bone graft from radius to scaphoid, been broken for 5 years. What is your opinion on how long a person should be casted?
Hey Andrew. I had a screw placed in my scaphoid almost 7 months ago and I am still seeing a smaller fracture remaining. My surgeon is currently suggesting to have another operation to bone graft from radius to scaphoid as well. I'm curious how your procedure is healing. How is it looking for you currently?
Same boat
@@Jorrow how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
@@ኣነእየ-ቐ5ኰ I had a second surgery like I mentioned above. My wrist has been substantially better since. I pretty have much full range of motion and can load weight on it now, but I try to be careful with it regardless.
Mine has been hurting for 8 months after
Hello how is your hand doing? Please tell me your experience. I am waiting for a surgery and very nervous 😟 thank you 🙏
You said you’ll be in a cast for six weeks or however, long you and the surgeon decide ? we have a choice?
Mine still hurts years later
how is your hand doing now? Can you please tell me your experience. I am waiting for surgery & very nervous. Thank you sir .
So what about gym after this shitty fracture ?
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Ik😭😭😭😭😭
You can lift but it's gonna hurt the day after every time
Thanks for this video.