Pro tip: it’s when you least expect it, you’re gonna get hurt.
Wiped out in the village in my ski boots on some black ice at my home hill. It’s pretty well lined up, but I am air casted and in a fair amount of pain ~30 hours later.
Anyone else had one of these? What was recovery like?
Ouch, that’s too bad. I assume you see the ortho next week?
I had a non-displaced distal ulna/radius fracture. Good news, that was one of my favorite broken bones. Was running in three weeks, on the trainer in 4. Could have been sooner but had no reason to push it. Hope recovery treats you well.
Crap - sorry to hear that. Best of luck with healing and getting back out there.
I’m going to NH to ski tomorrow. Fortunately not anywhere there’s a central village.
Need to find one here in the middle of nowhere.
Pro tip: it’s when you least expect it, you’re gonna get hurt.
Wiped out in the village in my ski boots on some black ice at my home hill. It’s pretty well lined up, but I am air casted and in a fair amount of pain ~30 hours later.
Anyone else had one of these? What was recovery like?
oh, man, sorry to hear that!
the dreaded trauma>injury
minimal displacement is good and leans towards conservative Rx *(ie no surgery)
pretty sure I did that one back when I was an intern-had to learn how to write with my left hand and do procedures lefty but it was a short fiberglass cast once I got in to see the doc then a splint later on
and healing time was pretty quick, on the order of several months–I wasn’t a triathlete then but able to do most stuff with minimal pain, as I recall, after the first week or so
I had a DRF 10 years ago and there are many variables that will affect your recovery. Is it displaced, do you need surgery etc. My experience was nondisplaced but bad enough the doctor’s thought it would move. So they gave me a choices surgery and short cast or no surgery and cast above elbow. I chose the long cast option. I was in a split for over a week for swelling, my first cast for a week, they replaced it with a second cast because the swelling went down, and the cast was too loose. I had the second cast for 6 weeks. I had it removed hoping I was done nope I had a short cast for 2 more weeks. I lost muscle mass in my arm as expected. I would say the worst part was I could not put my hand on the ground or my bars for a few weeks. I still remember the first time I went to climb in the pool I put my hand down on the deck to jump in and I fell over. I am sure it looked ridiculous. If I had to do it over again I would taken the surgery and had a short cast so I could still pedal on a trainer. I did run with my short cast on but a word of warning when you sweat you will itch and there is nothing worse than having an itch you cannot scratch. I hope this helps.
I’m non-displaced. Just hurts.
Also supposed to be skiing Alta-Snowbird-Snowbasin this coming week. Uhhhhhhhhh…
I’ve had one. Didn’t cast it. No surgeries. I became an instant connoisseur of wrist braces and creative ways to ride a bike without absorbing wrist vibrations. Mostly involving riding one-handed.
I’d still ski. Just stick to the easy stuff and if you have another freak tumble, tuck and roll. You’ll protect that wrist naturally. Ask me how I know.
Honestly, the two wrist sprains I’ve endured have been much more painful and slower to recover than the break(s). (I actually can’t remember if I’ve broken my wrist once or twice.)
Disclosures:
I’m not an MD. I am a former pro bobsledder. My sport risk assessment & orthopedic risk assessment is biased accordingly. 
I had one, hit a line coming off of a telephone pole mid thigh. The Orthopod who saw me was a clown. “Ugh, elbow stupid joint”. He went on to say that the elbow is a stupid joint and if they cast it that it might not remember how to extend. It hurt like a MF for a day or two. I had to have assistance putting my combat boots on for a few days. No running or swimming for a month but was able to ride on trainer in aero.