Also known as Extra- Articular Distal Radius Fracture Found in 1814 Irish surgeon and anatomist › Abraham Colles
Distal Radius Radio-carpal Joint
Occurs when a person falls on their outstretched hand Radius breaks in half towards Radio- carpal joint › Broken part of the Radius points upward Osteoporosis › Bone is more fragile and more likely to break › Can make a minor fall into a broken wrist
Pain Tenderness Bruising Swelling Deformity › Wrist is bent in an odd way
First Aid › Splint › Ice pack › Doctor’s examination needed Treatment › Plaster cast, Re-align bone › Splint at 1 st then cast › X-ray › Surgery (only if bone is out of place so much that cast can’t correct it)
Physical Therapy › Some Stiffness › Goes away after a couple of weeks, improvements can take up to 2 years Swimming & exercising the lower body after 1-2 months of the cast being removed Vigorous Exercise after 3-6 months of injury Recovery Expected to take at least 1 year
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