retired_2symonds

A friend of mine broke her wrist and she kept hurting it again when watching I Am Legend because she was jumping at the scary bits. That was only a few days after the incident though. Can you imagine how that would feel while running.

I've broken my wrist and it's very painful when it's not strapped up and supported. Even the slightest touch or twist and it's agony. I still played football when I had my cast on and was OK, but you can see why medical staff won't recommend playing football for a while.

There is also the chance of making it worse and I don't think players would be allowed to play football with a cast on their arm anyway. Heavily bandaged then maybe.

retired_coffeescentedcoffee

Haha, this is true! But American Footballers are pretty tough. Our "soccer" boys are a little less so. </BLOCKQUOTE>

I dop hope that was sarcasm.

retired_stefjay

^ Why? Rugby Players/American Football players are much tougher than our little ballerinas.



Fractured wrist is something that needs time to recover, because if it does not recover properly, it can completely wreck your wrist for the rest of your life.

Emm

The issue isn't not being able to protect the fracture.

The issue is being able to protect the fracture without covering it in a substance that might cause injury to an opposition player.

I remember Gary Lineker wearing a ligh-weight cast in the World Cup in..... (Spain), (somewhere anywhere), and there was a big deal anout whether it would be allowed with regards to the damage it might do if it caught someone across the face for examnple.

I've got a feeling that his cast was made of foam in the end and not the hard substance that we would expect.

As for playing with a broken wrist, it's not the same in every case as there are many small bones in the wrist area that might gat cracked but which wouldn't be as big a deal as some other bones in the same area.

I never broke my wrist, but broke my scafoid, (bone behind thumb), playing rugby and just got on with it.

I also broke bones in my right hand, (bones behind the fingers), 3 times in 1 season and never missed a game. It maybe wasn't the smartest move in the World but back in those days you just popped a couple(ish) of pills before each training session/match to allow you to do the contact and paid the price afterwards.

God that was a hard season.