scaphoid fracture

[Sasso09]

i fractured my right scaphoid july 17th, was placed in an above elboe cast for 4 weeks, then 2 in a short arm, serving the first of 2 currently. Just wanted some feedback of people with the same injury... how long before i'll be able to bench??

[Doc.Sust]

4-6 wks

[Sasso09]

4-6 wks

sure hope you're right.... looking forward to lifting with you again

[RockyX]

damn bro how'd you break your scaphoid? Most people who "break their wrist" fracture that radius or ulna....you actually got the wrist bones

[Sasso09]

damn bro how'd you break your scaphoid? Most people who "break their wrist" fracture that radius or ulna....you actually got the wrist bones

playing hockey, do you happen to know anyone or anything about it?? just want to know about lifting, some forums people say they cant do pushups or press anymore, it scared the shit out of me. the scaphoid is the slowest healing bone in the body, due to poor blood supply.

[RockyX]

yeah no doubt bro, the carpals are not good bones to break! I don't have any personal experience with it, but I would listen to Doc. Sust, he seems to know his stuff. Maybe wrist wraps would help when you get ready as well?? Even just for mental support. Keep me updated though bro, I'd be interested in knowing how long it took until you were back to your normal workout routine.

[Sasso09]

no prob, the muscle atrophy already in 5 weeks alone is depressing, my right arm is 2 inches bigger than my left in the bi, and 1 near the forearm

[RockyX]

yeah bro I know the feeling, I had acl surgery in april...my left thigh is 3.5 inches smaller. VERY DEPRESSING. But the body has a way of catching up. You'll build it back up bro, just take the time and heal up, so you can come back and hit it hard.

[Sasso09]

thats crazy as shit 3.5?? that makes me a bit less suicidal, could be worse

[RockyX]

lol yeah. And I wasn't in a brace or anything, I was forcing myself to walk on it within a week, but anytime you get that kind of swelling and any sort of immobilization, there's no way to avoid atrophy. Its just sad that is goes so much quicker than it comes.

[Sasso09]

4-6 wks

i think i remember you telling me that you had wrist problems before, did you break this bone before???

[Fordfan01]

ur wrist should be alright i broke my scaphoid about 5 years ago it took a couple of months of therapy until it was back to almost 100% i have lost a little bit of movement in my left wrist but not much ur tendons are goin to be weak so make sure when u do start benching u dont go back super heavy right away are you going to be goin to phy. therapy or anything?

[Sasso09]

phy ?? whats that, therapy, i think they're just going to give me simple workouts to do at home, do you advise i get advanced therapy???

[Sasso09]

and thanks for that info, did you completely break it? or just fracture? was it displaced? and im assuming you acheived union? also how long were you casted,. sorry for the questions i just am really worried about some of the shit i've read

[Fordfan01]

no prob man i completely broke it i was in a full arm cast for 5 or 6 weeks i cant remember it healed very well and i would just talk to ur doc about therapy u might could just get some exercises like u said and be fine but i dont really have ne probs now except for a lil pain every now and then just let me know if u got ne more ?'s

[Doc.Sust]

sure hope you're right.... looking forward to lifting with you again

when your ready , let me know

[Doc.Sust]

i think i remember you telling me that you had wrist problems before, did you break this bone before???

no mine was worse. broke my radius

[Sasso09]

no mine was worse. broke my radius

my doc is telling me that the scaphoid is much worse to break than the radius, its much slower healing and causes alot more problems down the line. He actually said that i was unlucky for breaking that part of the wrist.


PS. right bicep 15 left 17.5

[RockyX]

I had always heard that it was worse to break one of the carpals as well?

[Doc.Sust]

^^^mine was also a greenstick fracture which means the bone came through the skin

[Sasso09]

^^^mine was also a greenstick fracture which means the bone came through the skin

ouch, you win the pissing contest :P, thats just sick ... how long before you achieved muscular normality??(symmetry) if you remember

[Doc.Sust]

it was so long ago and at that age, i could have cared less about muscularity or strength. cant remember

[Sasso09]

i've been out of cast since august 30th, its still very stiff and i have about 50% flexibility right now.

[Doc.Sust]

it will get better, give it time

[Mr Burns]

Hey bro, I fractured my scaphoid in october 06 and am only getting back to where i was benching previously, I do note however that I was treated by internal fixation by way of a herbert's screw which has been complicated by proximal prominance of the screw(poking its head a couple of mm above the bone) and increased cyst formation on the bottom of the screw.
There is about a 1 in 10 chance for especially 20-30yo males to develop a Nerovascular deformity or non bony union where the bones do not fuse properly due to the position of the scaphoid bone and the surrounding blood supply. I dont want to lower your hopes but dude this fracture is a major pain in the **** and i wouldn't say anywhere near 4 weeks till 100%. Its been 12months for me and a lot of pain still and i even had 6 months of intense occupational therapy(workers compensation so no expense to myself luckily).
Good luck but bro and dont go too heavy caus youll know by how it feels under weight and keep up plenty of flexion exercises........................