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INJURY TITLE
| Scaphoid fracture |
INJURY OVERVIEW
| Very common fracture of the hand. Usually caused by a fall onto an outstretched hand. The difficulty here is that the pain can settle very quickly and so you may not think of getting it looked at for a while, at which point the facture is called a ‘latent fracture’. |
INJURY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION
| The scaphoind is a small bone in your wrist. It is on the thumb side of your wrist and can be felt quite easily (show this).
An injury to this can be very painful and complicated. The problem is that if the bone isn’t afforded the chance to heal, it can become very difficult to manage. Surgery can be required to prevent the bone from dying. This is very much an absolute worst case scenario, but it is vital that if you think you may have done this injury, you get it seen to quickly. |
COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
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HOW IS IT ASSESSED
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GENERAL TREATMENT
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WHICH HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO CONSULT
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PHYSIO X |
MEDIC X |
PODIATRY |
Put an ‘X’ next to each health professional that most commonly deals with this injury.
i.e. tennis elbow would be Physio and Medic as injections are common, whereas for muscular LBP it would be Physio and not Medic as they would just refer them to a Physio.