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Sprained wrist??
I was walking to school this morning and i slipped on ice outside. I landed on my wrist and it hurts really bad. I cant move it forward or backward and i cant move my thumb with out sharp pains. There is no swelling or bruising so i dont know if its a sprain or not. Could i have possibly sprained my wrist?
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After you visit the Emergency Room, whether or not there turns out to be a fracture, you would do well to see a Chiropractor, better still, a Directional Non Force Chiropractor, if you can find one near you. DNFT is the gentlest and most precise known form of Chiropractic. Chiropractic will make whatever injury, great or small, more comfortable and speed up healing.
Medical Doctors and Chiropractors know and do different things. You need them both. The fields should be integrated, but they are not, because of longstanding professional rivalry and acrimony.
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I'm not a doctor but what I suspect from what you have written is you may have suffered what is know as a "Compartment Fracture" of your wrist. In simplest terms what is happening is when you fell you injures some tissue inside the wrist where there are compartments for the muscles. The compartments are made up of tissue which may be bleeding filling the compartment(s) not allowing the muscle to expand.
This is a serious injury that will not heal itself and need medical intervention. Tell mom or dad what is wrong and have them either call 911 or take you to the nearest hospital emergency room.
I suggest calling 911 as this IS a life or limb emergency and the medic on the ambulance can stabilize your wrist during transport to the hospital.
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Talk to the parents. All injuries are not the same. You say there is no swelling or bruising. Perhaps that is due to you being young. I am grandma age and fell at work on slippery floors, landed on wrist and it swelled and bruised. I had the bad pain and sharp pains if I moved my thumb or rotated my forearm. I had to see a Dr. who took xrays to make sure there wasn't a hair line fracture. Thats not a total break but if one exists and you stress the area too much with movement, you could make it worse. I was also given a support brace to wear at night while asleep and during daytime to prevent me moving it more than I should.
The best thing is to make sure a Dr. see's it so you need to tell your parents.
If you don't want to tell and see a Dr. perhaps I can share a story to change your mind. My husband used to deliver packages for Fed Ex. He fell off the end of his truck and in using both hands to break his fall got hairline fractures in both wrists but worse in his right one. He didn't see a Dr. because he didn't want to lose any work so he pushed through the pain and didn't heal right. In recent times, due to problems he is now having now thats he's older, he had a Dr. look at his wrists and had it confirmed that he had a fracture in the past. I had to go through strengthening exercises once my pain was gone. My husband never got a brace or the exercises. Drs can't do something for a fracture but they sure can confirm it and tell you what not to do so it heals well. Today, my husband can not flex his wrists without losing strength quickly, having pain and finding the circulation to his hands slowly cut off and his hands turning cold. One Dr. said it could be scar tissue that puts pressure on blood circulation and it becomes an issue only when he is doing hard work that involves lots of movement in certain positions with his wrists. I wouldn't want to see that happen to you. So don't ignore it and try to be brave, tell the parents and if they don't take you, tell the school nurse how much it hurts and let her know if your parents aren't taking it seriously.
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