hand bones- maul injury

[WadePatton]

anybody ever stress-fracture one of the bones in the back of your hand? pretty sure that's what i did last year-swinging a maul and sledge. also irritated the rotator cuff, but that faded--in three months or less.

but the hand keeps getting re-injured--directly affects gription and well, just about all things done with any force. it's just a sharp pain...not a nagging or acute thing.

wondering if anyone had done similar and "got over it" eventually or was forced to seek surgery.

really don't care for the surgical route--but am quite sure that's all the docs can offer. with the inherent risks...

 

[Marc]

Stress fractures can heal on their own, if properly rested.

Did he refer you to PT?

 

[sly13]

Never any stress fractures but I did pull a muscle in my chest that hurt for about a year before it finally healed.

 

[Wife'nHubby]

My BIL stress fractured his ankle. No surgery needed as he ended up wearing one of those removable boots for awhile and now all is well. Have a doc check you out before you do permanent damage to your hand, okay? A couple of weeks being immobilized is better than lifetime damage.

Shari

 

[myzamboni]

I've had De Quervain's tendonitis on the back of my thumb (it's a shooting nerve pain). I thinkg it was from grabbing splits by the ends one-handed. I hop to never have stress-fractures.

 

[Woodcutteranon]

I think a common bone in the hand that gets injured from swinging sledge hammers is called the Hamate bone. I know a lot of MLB baseball players break this bone from swinging bats and have to go on the DL. Sounds like a good Google search.

 

[banjobart]

It is time to start sawing bigger rounds into halves and quarters to avoid the impact stress on the hands from mauls and sledges. I think wood and fiberglass handles absorb shock best. Do not pick up a steel handled monster maul again. Just a thought or two here.

You could start a hamster and guinea pig farm, too. Lots of free litter.

 

[freemind]

When I was 16, I ran a pitchfork through my left foot.

It was left festering into infection for almost a week before I was taken to the doctor. I almost had to have my foot amputated. They never x-rayed it, but I know now that I had broken one of the bones in my foot.

It never has healed properly. I can rebreak it if I jump down on the foot hard enough. I kills for about a week, and then starts feeling better.

I have had this for about twenty years now.

 

[AIM]

All I can say freemind is OUCHHH!!!!

Pitch fork in the foot makes me limp just thinkin about it.

By the way. I live just down the road from ya in Montpelier, Ohio.

 

[J.W Younger]

anybody ever stress-fracture one of the bones in the back of your hand? pretty sure that's what i did last year-swinging a maul and sledge. also irritated the rotator cuff, but that faded--in three months or less.

but the hand keeps getting re-injured--directly affects gription and well, just about all things done with any force. it's just a sharp pain...not a nagging or acute thing.

wondering if anyone had done similar and "got over it" eventually or was forced to seek surgery.

really don't care for the surgical route--but am quite sure that's all the docs can offer. with the inherent risks...

being a mechanic for the past 40 years I am very fimilar with hand pain.If you spray it real good with wd-40 and it seems to help for a while yer probabely dealing with joint problems.If theres no change you may have a fracture, I m no doctor I just watch House on TV

 

[freemind]

All I can say freemind is OUCHHH!!!!

Pitch fork in the foot makes me limp just thinkin about it.

By the way. I live just down the road from ya in Montpelier, Ohio.

True, I can think of more pleasent things than a pitchfork in the foot. Stuff happens.

Been to Montpelier many a time. I used to live on Nettle Lake about 6 years ago.

 

[WadePatton]

cool, thanks for the broad spectrum of replies.

will look into a couple of things yall mentioned...and see how much an office visit is going to be, or at least a home x-ray kit. i'll give it a few days "minimum exertion" and see how it gets.

and don't use a heavy sledge on a short stick neither nohow not much or as little as possible-or wind up with hand/shoulder issues in short order.

 

[jerseydevil]

I went a little crazy with a sledge and wedges one day and I swear I got shin splints in my wrists! Took a while until it went away completely.

 

[ROOTSXROCKS]

Broke the ventricular bone in my one wrist 10 years ago and had a piece of glass in the other wrist further back and it still hurts like I have been crucified at times with both wrist feeling like a spike is still in there.

Time to justify a powered splitter, It can't "get Better" It will only ebb and deteriorate till you just can't use it.

 

[Longshot]

being a mechanic for the past 40 years I am very fimilar with hand pain.If you spray it real good with wd-40 and it seems to help for a while yer probabely dealing with joint problems.If theres no change you may have a fracture, I m no doctor I just watch House on TV

Interesting........I know a guy that has been spraying his deteriorated knees with WD-40 for years. Avoided replacement surgery, while maintaining mobility :dunno:

 

[link523]

broke a thump in a splitter when i was 16!!!!!!! it was stuck there till that big piece of oak split

 

[piper]

had a motorcycle wreck three years ago i rember holding onto the handle bars with all i could, but not for long my right hand was not broke but could not grip any thing for a long time. couldnot shake hands with visitors hurt to much . took over one year to get most of my strength back in that hand.