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After going 2 months misdiagnosed as "sprained," I found out friday that my wrist is apparently broken-- a "navicular" fracture (aka the "scaphoid"). Anyone have any experience with this??? Considering i'll likely have surgery-- either screw or bone graft-- anyone know when i can expect to be back skiing?
It's just your wrist. Ski with one pole. My only experience with it was they suspected when I was a kid and made me wear a cast for six weeks. When they took it off there was no break. I think my Father (a Doctor) was just trying to slow me down a bit. The cast was supposedly because sometimes the fracture doesn't show on the Xray and it's only after cast and healing that it shows. That's the line I got fed at least.
same thing happened to my buddy and he had too get surgery. hes fine now though didn't slow him down this football season.
a navicular fracture cost me my senior year rowing. spent 6 months with my right hand in a cast. They put me in one for 2 mos, took it off, xrayed, put new one on for 2 mos, took that off, xrayed and put a new cast on for 2 more mos. I was ready to slug the doc to show him how strong that wrist was after 4 mos. Hell, the left wrist had gotten much stronger ;)
Good luck!
I broke my wrist last year and I was back on snow in about 40 hours. But....
It wasn't so bad as to have to have screws or a graft, I would think at least a solid month before disobeying doctors orders. I know they said if I fell with my wrist I would displace it and stuff would be bad, and I could only think you're situation would be worse.
And don't kid yourself that you'll go and just "take it easy". As soon as I had skis on I lost all self control. If you wait till it sets a little bit, the break will get "gluey" so it wont fly in all directions if you eat it, although it may hurt like hell. Considering its still early season, I wouldn't chance for a while.