I’m Not As Dumb As I Look
Posted by WhiteCoat on December 12, 2007
Don’t micturate on my gastrocnemius and then try to convince me that it is due to excess precipitation.
We’ve had a run on people who are “falling” and hurting their hands lately. I haven’t felt any seismic activity, so I’m beginning to wonder what’s going on. The patients are usually younger males (although we had one female as well), they usually show up on the weekends or Monday mornings, and they all have swelling to the hand just below the fourth and fifth fingers. I already know how they hurt themselves, but I ask anyway.
“So how did you hurt your hand?”
[Looking off into space] “I fell.”
[Hobgoblin begins dancing around in WhiteCoat's mind and screaming "Sure you did. Suuuuure you did! Bwaaaaaahahahahahahaha!"]
“Gee, that’s too bad.”
In order to cause a break of the hand at this spot, there has to be a direct force to the end of a closed fist. So by telling me that they “fell,” the patients are trying to convince me that they lost their balance and, in the split second before they hit the ground, their brain sent the response to their hand to make a fist instead of extending their hand.
Riiiiight.
The reflex when one falls is to extend the arm and hand to break the fall, not to make a fist. Falls onto outstretched hands tends to cause another type of fracture – a Colles’ fracture of the wrist. Call me cynical, but I have never seen someone fall onto a closed fist.
Why does this hand fracture occur? First, if you look a the lateral (sideways) xray above, you can see that the bones in the hands aren’t straight, they are bowed a little bit toward the palm.
Now imagine a bow and arrow. If you put one end of the bow on the floor and press down on the other end, the bow will continue to “bow” even more. Keep pressing and eventually the bow will snap – most of the time at the most “bowed” part.
When someone uses the fourth and fifth knuckles (instead of the second and third knuckles) to punch an immovable object such as a wall (or the cranium of another individual), the sudden force focuses on the end of the fifth metacarpal (hand bone), accentuates the pre-existing curvature of the bone, and tends to cause a fracture.
I may not be that smart, but you’re not fooling me on this one.
They’re called Boxer’s Fractures for a reason.
X-Ray Geek said
Beautiful explanation! I’ve never seen a “fall” cause a boxers fx either. Just some young kid with a temper issue:)
Nurse K said
I call them Dumbass Fractures rather than Boxer’s Fractures. Well-trained boxers don’t punch people like that. Drunk dumbasses do.
Jamie said
The natural instinct may be to catch yourself with your hands, but not everybody does that. I have an aunt that when she was little ws afrais of hurting her hands when she fell, so she’d put them behind her back. To this day her face takes the brunt of her falls.
(However, I agree that it seems extremely unlikely that a person would make a fist to catch themself as they fall.)
anon said
I fell…straight into the other guy’s jawbone.
enrico said
My reflex when I fall is to scream like a little girl, but that’s just me…
SeaSpray said
Interesting post Whitecoat and funny. Really if you’re getting a run on these then what IS going on?
Dumbass fractures Nurse K-very funny! LOL!!
I have had 5 HARD falls (yes-I am coordinated-honest)-2 in my twenties on ice, 1 in my 30s on a throw rug on a freshly waxed floor (WHAT was I thinking to wax like that or not use grippers under the rug but went running around the corner after son because he forgot his lunch)and 2 in my 40s tripping on TOYS, going down a step landing on all fours, sliding across the tile on my stomach and stopping when my head hit the closet door. That is when I first injured my meniscus. The 5th on was on some rocks on the jetty and I re-injured the meniscus.
You’re so right about extending arms and hands Whitecoat…I did it every time and as I said landed on all fours.
This is giving me an idea for a post.
Oh and then once on my back…nothing hurt but my pride then.
whitecap nurse said
My favorites are the guys who punch the wall and find the stud! I also had a 10 yo kid once who punched a metal pole. When I asked him why he did that, he said it was so he wouldn’t hit his little brother.
Ky said
You should become involved in forensics
Bruce Small said
First thing we learned in karate school was how to fall. Not until we had that down perfectly did we proceed to the rest of the stuff.
Ten out of Ten said
We’re alot alike except I actually am as dumb as I look.
Dr. Greenbbs said
I did that once in college. I was playing pick up basketball with some friends, and one of my best friends (he was the best man in my wedding) and I got into a bit of a scrum during the game. I was so pissed at him because of a hard foul that I contemplated hitting him, but punched a wall rather than decking my best friend.
Needless to say, boxer’s fractures suck.
James said
My first thought is that these kids are probably participating in some type of illegal ‘Fight Club’. Hence, “I fell”. I would think if it was just hitting a wall, the boys would be too macho and would rather be known for ‘hitting a wall’ as opposed to ‘I fell’.
Anderson Guy said
I did that… laid into a wall three good times, forgot there was CINDERBLOCK behind the wood paneling… absolutely destroyed the poor fifth metacarpal… (Yup, I’m 20, by the way, with some anger issues. ^_^; )
misty said
My son hit a kid’s head last night. I am pretty sure he has a dumbass fracture. But we haven’t got it xrayed yet. The dumbass told me he wouldn’t wear a splint or cast.
If his hand is fractured and doesn’t heal properly, he could have permanent disability from it – both in terms of shortening/malposition of the bone and in terms of abnormal finger rotation (where the fingers overlap when he makes a fist). I would suggest he get it evaluated.
H said
I have a dumbass fracture myself… thats what happens when you down too many shots at once and start punching concrete walls…
Danny said
I really did fall down some steps and into the front of my truck, my right hand must have hit the bumper just right because i have a boxers fracture, looks broke to me in the x-ray. How long before the pain subsides some what. and how long before i can use my hand to wipe my own a? never had this happen to me before. Hurts like help. I dont drink so i was not drunk and i dont take painkillers, so ouch.
H said
Im lucky mine wasn’t a knuckle break… mine was broken clean in the middle of the fifth metacarpal which is the bone connected to the pinky in the palm. So far its been 4 weeks now and i use coban wrap at school and a hand brace/splint at home. The swellings gone down but the bump where its broken remains and I cannot flex or move pinky without pain or clench fist. I heard the bone heals around week 6 but the pain and stiffness can last much longer. The doc said to go another 6 weeks after it heals before contact sports or heavy lifting. I’d say after a good two weeks since the break, most pain will be done so that you can do menial tasks such as wiping your butt or opening a door etc…
Max said
I actually did just get this kind of fracture from falling while playing football on the beach.
And the skeptical Dr. did ask me if I hit something.
Luckily I came down on my left hand and I’m right handed, otherwise I’d be completely useless.
Max said
Ah yes, and at first thinking I had dislocated my pinky, had my brother try to relocate by pulling. That hurt.. just a little.
jennifer pegram said
I went over the handlebars mountain biking a week a go. All my friends said that my hand was just fine so I put off going to the doctor until today. Well, It seems I have this same break but on my ring finger instead. The doctor says it is very displaced and I see the orthopedic Monday. What kind of treatment can I expect? It is in the exact spot as that picture, just on the ring finger.
Adonica said
I stumbled at work and my hand hit the metal door frame. I thought I had just slammed the space between my fourth and fifth knuckles; then I looked at my hand. My little finger was at about a seventy degree angle from the rest of my hand. I fractured my fifth metacarpal from mid to distal shaft with dislocation medially of the distal section. Still waiting to see the surgeon. There is a bruise on the tip of my pinkie.
Tyler said
I’m typing this with one hand thanks to my brawlers fracture. Got angry at a friend of mine and took it out on the side of his head. I told the truth in the ER though and the nurses and doctor I told all seemed suprised by that. Haha.
The pain the first night sucked I couldn’t even sleep. Now 1000 MGs of Hydrocodone every 7 hours is taking care of that!
Rage Infected said
I’m also typing with one hand, my good left, and using my index finger on my right rage-fractured hand. I fractured the pinky bone above the top knuckle. I’m on my four day of being a gimp.
48hrs of quitting smoking, overnight vandalism of my car, and a general collapse of civil living conditions in my condo complex, sent me over the edge. To save a wall at home, I ended up on my knees and left hand while projecting the open cocked shoulder of a right fist of fury into the carpet. For shame the floor boards nor underlay could absorb the rage induced punch as chalkboard, providing I didn’t hit the framing. I pulled up my fist to see the grotesquely submerged pinky knuckle and a big ball of swelling. I knew I had just made a big mistake and had to get to the hospital ASAP. Six hours later, the hand was put in a mid-forearm to finger half-brace. The brace is straight asides from a minor flex at the top knuckle.
I opted for no medication even though I wasn’t offered that luxury. I figured to take the pain like a man and not wear a dress, seeing how I did it by testosterone overload and added to the burden on medical staff. I also didn’t bother anyone to drive me to the hospital and drove myself, thank goodness my car was an auto though or I would have simply took a taxi. Of course my tank was almost empty and I had to stop in and fill up the car. I almost blacked out at the gas station, but a few cups of cold water got the static out of my eyes.
The hand doctor set my appointment for two weeks and this disturbs me. This is two weeks wasted if the bone fracture is poorly aligned in a mere guess calculation from the ground zero break. If the hand specialist needs to re-break the bones, this will be indeed two weeks well wasted. Or if the doctor figures on surgery with pins or wires, I’ll be gimped for many extra weeks.
I’ve read medical reports that a small percentile, if any, of patients claim perfect recovery. Almost every report tells of a likely submerged pinky knuckle and a bump over the break. Aesthetics is one matter, but furthermore, it’s likely that the pinky arc is gimped due to misalignment/bad rotation. I don’t know if this falls under malpractice, but the overall scenarios of the infamous ‘Boxer’s Fractures’ are widespread in certain demographics areas (large urban settings) and should be a mere text book repair. Granted, I type ignorantly as I’ve never taken Med studies and I know nothing about the field. It’s my hand though and I’m scared of it being permanently deficient from a lack of proper care.
I’ve already lost my job to the outcome of my stupid rage outburst and I doubt that I can find another job to pay my mortgage that requires only one hand seeing how most of the job seeking population have two hands. I’m more depressed than usual due to living in fear about my hand and regret/loathing about the initial incident. I am fully aware that the outcome is entirely my fault, but I seek compassion from a doctor along with the money paid for a repair job. I don’t want a gimped hand to regret for the rest of my life along with sequential pain from malpractice. I don’t think my fellow gimps above can disagree. I’m going to prod around and see if I can visit another bone doc before the two weeks. I need my hand, I’m right handed. Thankfully, I had always used my left to wipe my butt. I can’t even fill out a job application form, never mind signing my name. I’m an newly unemployed web designer that can’t even sweep someone’s warehouse floor. Ah well, maybe I’ll be forced into a cretinous telemarketer job to make ends meet. Needless to say, I’m smoking like a factory from stress while friggen cigarettes are eating into my near maxed credit.
I’m atheist, but I actually prayed that my hand will fully recover. The old foxhole story. Alas, luck will rightfully take it’s course one way or the other and hoping for a pleasant end is futile at best.
Diana L Hastings said
Sorry but you are wrong. These fractures can happen from falling. I have a typical “boxers’ fracture”- broke my fifth metacarpal when I fell on a slippery dive boat. My hand went straight into the water tanks. And, no, I wasn’t angry at the time, just a little sleepy from the boat ride and not watching my step.
It’s been four weeks now and I just had the cast taken off. My fracture looked just as bad on x-ray as it did when I had it casted. My pinky and ring fingers are still horribly swollen. So I still have to wear a splint for most of the time.
Maybe most of these injuries are caused by punching, but I can tell you for a fact, because it happened to me, and also a 14 year old kid I know who fell off of a trampoline- that they can also occur with a fall.
So don’t always think the worst of people. Unless you KNOW for a fact how it happened- you could be wrong. I’m just saying…..
Roger Rabbit said
yeah, so im one of those kids your talking about, i got into a little brawl with a kid at school, i dominated to say the least, kinda got him with a knee, but aside from that, we got done and we were all good, but i noticed my hand hurt, but i sucked it up so i wouldnt look like a wuss, so i just iced it slightly and thought it was good, i went through a dance later that night, marching band all day the day after that, then another day after that, till i finally realized the slight swelling/pain wasnt going away, im typing with TWO hands right now by the way, and anyway, i went to the doctor, and it went exactly as at the top
thank you
-how’d you hurt it?
-(me)-i fell
-(doctor)-blank stare
i thought i had him fooled, but im pretty sure he knew what was up (considering i walked in with a black eye) so now im stuck wearing a splint for what he says should be about 1-2 weeks, but yeah, so i was just wondering, i have minimal pain as of the moment, only when i make a fist or try to straighten my fingers, its on my middle finger or whatever you’d call it, just like in the picture only on the middle finger, he said it is probably fractured, so ya, i was wondering, if i should have too much to worry about? cause i mean if feels fine for the most part, not really any pain, but it just feels irritating cause i cant stretch it out and whatnot, so, yeah, if someone could get back to me
-dan
Lynne Cordero said
Thank you doctor for offering us such a fine display of intelligence. I’m sure your ego has been sated. Now, if you had any sort of social intelligence, you would of course, understand that not every patient is going to readily admit that they’re suffering some form of abuse at home. Then you would have realized that posting a blog like this, is indeed a bit narcissistic, and pointless.
Travis W. said
haha ill add my name to the dumbass list. i punched a wall about 3 or 4 times. first one was the hardest and hurt like hell but, i was drunk and my angerness wasnt gone so i threw a few more. now it hurts and is swollen because my 5th metacarpal is broken. im lucky im a cook so i believe ill b able to work with one hand for the most part :p
Simone said
I crash on a racetrack with riding a superbike and I had this fracture.
No punched. and my hand was flat open.
Simone
Patrick said
I have a bad leg and my knee often buckles going up or down the stairs. I got a boxer’s fracture falling up (yes up) the stairs when I struck my knuckle w/o a completely clenched fist on the top stair of my back deck trying not to break my face on the stair below it. Being unsuccessful at breaking my fall I got a fat lip on contact. Of course I got the same arrogant comments I’m seeing here from the doctors on staff because it looked like I was in a fight.
Things are not always what they seem.
dan said
I got a boxers fracture to the 5th Metacarple of my right hand a few years ago by punching a table really hard.
All the people who think boxer’s dont get this fracture only drunks are plain stupid. When a boxer throws a punch they dont know where ( or even if) it will land. They are just hoping it will. Undefeated world champion Joe Calzaghie has had terrible problems with his hands throughout his career.
It heals after about 6-8 weeks no problem exept it looks different to before. All these nurses are supposed to help people not ask sarky questions. In my country (uk) even if i broke my little toe by kicking a puppy in the face, the NHS would help me (for free) if I wanted them to. Rant over.
Brandon said
I know how u feel i broke mine inthe same place utmine was more out of place to the side write me back if u have a myspace its bdconne2 or at yahoo its the same ijust go my cast off last monday and i so glad to have got mine off i hit a steel door but i punched it wrong and hit it with my pinky nuckle and jamed the knuckle back so hard the bone snapped and i had to call my mom so she could take me tothe hospital. please write me back i would like to hear your story
sincerly from someone who knows how u feel,
brandon
Hogit said
I’ve been in pain now for 5 weeks due to my “boxers fracture”
yes, I fell down my porch steps while trying to feed the neighborhood stray cat. As the story goes I broke the fall with my closed fist. RIGHT…..NEXT TIME THIS “Dumb-Ass” get’s mad at her husband, I will hit him instead of the soild stone wall!
I certianly learned a lesson…..flesh is much softer then concrete!
NHL said
Hello everyone. I play hockey and I was recently in a fight during a game. I didn’t manage to get my opponents helmet off before I started firing rights. I hit him at least eight times in the hemet and face. After the fight I was examined, and x-rayed. The x-ray showed a fracture at the fourth and fifth. I am healing great and this is what I was told to do to increase my healing rate. I immediately took two advil (ibeprofen) to reduce the swelling. I took 400mg (two regular strength advil) with food twice a day until the swelling completely went down, and the pain ceased. Immediately after the injury my hand was iced until the x-ray. This also helped to reduce the swelling, but when ever icing to reduce swelling of an injury never continue to ice the injury after 24hrs from when the injury took place. Any longer than 24hrs and the icing will cause more damage than good because the blood cells are being slowed down by the cold and the rest of the swelling will be deeper where the advil will help. I am curently doing easy exercises like making a fist and opening my hand I do not over do these exercises just enough to feel it gently. I am healing quickly and I should be back on the ice in no time. So if you have a boxer fracture it is not the end of the world. Don’t be embarassed by how it happened a lot of people go through this injury, just learn from it and move on. To all those who have posted on this site and are part of the medical feild, stop trying to make people feel bad for incuring this injury. You are an embarrasment and should consider a different profession. You are in the business of helping and healing. Don’t take it out on others just because you are bad at your job. You shouldn’t make it any more obvious than it all ready is that you terrible at what you do. We already know.
Ethan said
I assume I have also suffered a boxers fracture. I was jumped by threee guys on my way out of a local bar and it was all i could do to defend myself and in the process even though i was trained in boxing and mixed martial arts i caught one of the guys across the mouth wrong and i am guessing i broke the 5th there was severe pain late that night early the next morning followed by swelling. It has now been 5 days and the swelling has gone down but I have a large knot at the base of my knuckle and it is very tender to the touch I have been keeping it wrapped with an ace bandage and taking advil. I have not and will not seek advice or treatment from anyone “practicing” medicine when your done practicing maybe. you are all nothing but arogant greedy people who instead of tryng to help people only look at us as “dumbasses” and dollar signs . You need to understand somtimes people dont have a choice and every now and then somone just needs a good right hook to the head. You should be thanking people like me and the others above we are sending lots of business your way. and the dentists to because after my “brawlers” right hook that guy was missng some teeth. Which is what ended the fight so heres somthing all you cowards need to write down SOMETIMES FIGHTING DOES SOLVE PROBLEMS! I promise next time those guys will think twice about trying to mug somone. So stop your ranting why the hell do you care what really happined your still going to get your pay check.
Gaston said
The name of this site is “White Coat Rants”.
Expect to find some ‘rants’ or shared ‘horror stories’ if you peruse this site.
If you are offended by anonymous Health-care professionals ’spouting off’ about things they have seen or been ask to take care of to by people coming into the ER who are less than honest about how they injured themselves, then you should consider web-browsing someplace else.
This forum is for the professional to post things that that ‘Standard of Care’ prevents them from saying to your face, despite how they really feel.
As for a career change, I’m absolutely CERTAIN every professional here has contemplated it more than once after dealing with enough patients in the ER that exhibit poor insight coupled with a rampant sense of un-earned entitlement.
Give them a break. This is their forum to mouth-off if they like.
nannabolt said
I was looking for explanations has to how my 4 year old grandson has one of these fractures.He can’t remember falling and he certainly hasn’t been punching anyone.My daughter and myself noticed his swollen hand on putting him to bed,we took him to a&e the following morning because it looked no better,only to be informed he had a boxers fracture and because he couldn’t remember how he did it we were quizzed for about 1.5 hours,my daughter was very upset that they thought she could have hurt her own son,we wouldn’t hurt him for the world.She calls him her little world.Eventually they let us go after strapping his fingers together with a don’t go punching anyone else as there parting words.
Andrew said
I received this fracture to my right pinky. I of course, hit a hard wood door instead of someone awhile in a heated argument. My hand is in a soft cast (which isn’t really immobilizing my pinky and ring finger) and isn’t at a 90 degree angle like I have seen. I will be following up with an ortho sometime soon.
For all of you yelping about pain, you must either have some crushed bone or are just have a seriously low pain tolerance. I have minor discomfort as if someone is compressing the spot behind my knuckle, but it isn’t anything worth noting. The PA moving the needle around the area of my knuckle last night hurt more than my finger does now.
SomeDevil said
Most health “professionals” I have had to deal with are indeed greedy, arrogant, pricks. I too suffer because of this fracture… and I am not shy in admitting I have a temper. That’s why I told the truth in the ER and really didn’t care what they thought of me that night. However, when one is treated differently because of the way they obtained this fracture- it speaks in volumes to the pathetic state of our healthcare system and those who staff it. It was indeed like a dismal circus-watching the 3 “healthcare professionals” attempt to set my bones and finish my splint. One of them actually complained about HER OWN “hand pain” while trying to hold my hand in place… all the while constantly bickering with the other two supposed “professionals” in the room. Took at least 3 tries to set the splint…
I understand the need to rant, after all these “whitecoats” have to deal with the weekend and overnight stupidity that comes with said fracture…
But to rant in such a holier than thou tone is fiercely non-professional- and one would be wise to seek out employment elsewhere… Truthfully, how hard is it to land an overnight shift as a nurse in an ER somewhere?? These “whitecoats” are acting like its “Brain Surgery”-hahahahaha… Grow up.
Gaston said
SomeDevil,
A better question is “how would you KNOW what it is like to deal with winners like you in the ER?” and [...], “why is it so hard to KEEP professionals in an overnight shift as a nurse or a doctor in an ER somewhere?” The turnover is significantly large enough for hospitals to be CONSTANTLY recruiting new ones, and most professionals can’t do it for more than 10 years before they burnout. You can cite the long hours and constant stress of the endless siege of sick and dying people, but mostly it’s from putting up with crap from an ENDLESS stream of [difficult patients].
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ER nurse said
Well Gaston in response to your question:
“Truthfully, how hard is it to land an overnight shift as a nurse in an ER somewhere??”
Hmmm let me see. I have to have a college degree, pass boards to obtain my license, and then put up with whining, no paying, little wimps like you that lie about beating up the “three guys that jumped me” because you arent man enough to tell the truth about your injuries.
jay said
Back in 2004 i went to a bennigans with some coworkers after work for some drinks, they had the good ole 2fer special goin on.Sounded like a great idea at the time. well long story short i got totaly smashed blacked out and at some point found it necessary to punch not only a car,but then finished it off with a brick wall.i didnt feel anything that night but the next morning my entire existence was that of a giant throbing hand. my ring finger was fractured and my pinky was dislocated the only way to keep the pinky in place was to have 2 pins temporarily put into my 4 and 5th metacarpal and wear a cast for over a month. my poor hand will never be quite the same,but it did heal well the doctor did a good job from what i can tell. all i can say is to much alcohol has a real way of turning me into a raging dumbass.
Vladimir said
I trained kick-boxing for a while, and a few other martial arts. Boxer’s fracture is mislabeled. And I have never injured my hand in a fight.
What is ironic however, I did break my 5th metacarpal when I sliped on ice this february. I did slip. I was holding car keys in my hand at the time. When I fell I didn’t drop them, hence the closed hand. I also had a nasty cut on my palm from the keys.
So don’t say it doesn’t happen(albetit not that often), but true, most people hurt their hand by hiting someone or something.
To all who do contact sports: make sure you constantly put mild stress on your fist during practice(bag, wall, whatever), but don’t over do it. If constantly strained, bones grow stronger. Read Wolf’s law on the subject.
Regards,
Elomeda Hai said
I haven’t been to the doc yet but a few nights ago I had a little party and got a little buzzed, my best friend who had had a lot more then I had wound up blacking out and getting suicidal, I was buzzed enough to get pissed because I was drinking whiskey. Well he decides he wants to go for a drive to cool down which is the last thing needed, he wouldn’t listen to me and just go lay down, he insisted on driving, he was yelling, screaming, and crying. Basically in an emotional up-roar. He fought his way to his car so I jumped in the passenger seat because I know him well enough that if someone is in the vehicle with him and he thinks in the least he could be a danger to their safety he won’t drive, and it worked, he just started yelling at me to get out and that he wasn’t worth anything and that no one cared for him. I wound up getting pissed and why I decided this I don’t know, I wanted to hit him so bad but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it because I wasn’t drunk enough and he’s my best friend I jumped out of his car and started punching mine…. Needless to say my hand’s been hurting since the event which is 3 days passed now, it’s swollen and I can kinda pin-point the pain to my fifth metacarpal… I can bend my ring and pinky fingers but not to straighten them completely or curl them completely, so I believe this is the infamous “boxer” fracture… if anyone can tell me otherwise please reply.
Elomeda Hai said
Oh yeah and my palm is completely bruised and my finger’s are bruised just below my knuckles… which actually looks pretty wicked. lol…
i feel stupid said
this is the third boxer’s fracture i’ve had in my life and let me tell you, they are a pain in the ass. the first one was when i was thirteen and i was pissed of at my coach. so instead of throwing a punch at him i walked away and punched the padded wall in a seperate gym. needless to say it wasn’t padded enough and i developed a boxers fracture. the second time i cannot remember what happened as i was too inebrieated. this time while at the gym and never have punched one of those bags before (the big heavy one) i was completley unaware of how solid the thing was and developed a minor boxers fracture. im actually thinking about treating it myself though.
Jynxed said
I have fallen on my fist a couple of times. Once when I was skiing at Whistler and I hit an edge. My balled fist ended up beneath me and that resulted in a few separated ribs. The second time I was on my skateboard and hit a rock. I again ended up balling my fist and landing with it between my ribs and the metal edge of a ramp. Again I suffered a separation.
My hand hurt like hell both times however my ribs took the focus. As for breaks of the hand I couldn’t say but I can say balling a fist before landing does indeed happen.
james said
I love how some dumbass doctor has decided that there is only “One Way” to break your hand in a certain spot. I happened to break my hand in that spot with a closed fist and not punching anything but since there’s no way I could have done that…I’ll spare you morons the explenation.
Everyone’s a frickin’ doctor these days.
mom said
Not quite accurate. My son had an extensor tendon injury a few years ago and has made a fist whenever he falls for the past three years to protect the tendons. He fell off of a skateboard last week and has a boxer’s fx. Yes, I am sure he fell because I saw it! Noone can say “always and never”, life will prove you wrong!
JJ said
Why wouldn’t you just tell the doctor the truth? I recently did this to myself, and I am no youngster. Stupid thing to do, punching inanimate objects, but even dumber not to level with the medical professional. What’s the point of seeing a doctor for anything, and not letting him know honestly what has been going on, otherwise how are they going to help you. Best advice, man up and admit your mistake. I have certainly learned my lesson, and now know there HAS to be a better way to express emotion.
js said
That’s funny. I broke my hand exactly in that spot from biking into a parked car.