Duhg

Scottland,

How long is the recovery time?

I broke my scaphoid playing hoops in February. I didn't see the doc for over 6 weeks. It hurt like the dickens when I fell on it snowboarding. And chopping wood. And throwing a baseball.

I am in a cast now and surgery is a possibility.

Why did they use the screw vs a bone graft?

Any info you could give me would be fantastic.

TIA

scottland

I figured I would follow up on this one as it's been a few months.

My surgery was in late April, my doc decided to go the internal fixation(screw) route, as he felt it would give me the best chance of healing 100%. After the surgery, I spent the next 6 weeks in a hard cast.

Then following the cast, I was given a soft splint to wear(which i didn't) for the next month. That pretty much leads us up to right now. I have about 75-80 of the range of motion I had, and my doc told me to start using my wrist for just about everything except weights and contact sports. It doesn't hurt at all anymore, but it's still somewhat stiff when i try to flex it all way. But I hear that's just from being stuck in a cast for so long. Long term prognosis is just fine.

On the bright side, I became really, really ambidextrous

sweeney017

Dude I hear you!!! If you take a bad spill go get it xrayed. I am still nursing an ankle I thought was sprained and I am going on 7 months now. I thought it was a bad sprain as well I got most of my motion back within the first week and then I started riding again. (Bad idea) It was just sore after riding so I didnt think anything of it.....well in may I went to the Dr. because it was still bothering me and go some xrays.....we found 2 hairline fractures in my ankle It still has not healed completely and they are talking about surgery.... no fun maybe even a season off

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