Ok i broke my hand 2 1/2 weeks ago puching a wall and it came out a fracrued 5th metacarpal. my baseball team is doing really good right now and would be doing a lot better if they had me. If i wait untill the cast is schedueled to come off...the season is over and this is a once in a lifetime thing... so i have been debating whe to take it off or if i should the hand feels pretty good and is schedueled to come over in 2 weeks should i cut it off now or not?
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You should keep your cast on. I had a co-worker who had anxiety issues with casts, took hers off too early, and her arm never healed. She broke the same arm 3 times in one year. It needs to heal 100% or else you could break it again by doing something really simple.
what does your orthopedist say when asked?
your hand is more important than a baseball game.
wake up to yourself are you dull or something IT IS ON THERE FOR A GOOD REASON grow up if you take it off it wont heal properly and you will have major problems with pain and arthritis in the future. IF you take it off now you probably wont be able to play baseball for the rest of your life THINK CLEARLY
do not do that! if you arent totally healed then you would face a lifetime of trouble. Its a small price to pay to miss a season rather then to have arthritis and a deformed hand for the rest of your life..
of course not! Do you want to permanently damage your hand?Baseball lasts for a short time Life is longer. a damaged hand for the rest of your life is what you are risking by taking off the cast now.
NO. do not take your cast off if you want to risk the chance of never being able to play baseball again. Be sure to listen to the doctor
Only if this season is more important than the rest of your life. The cast is there to protect while the hand heals completely. After that the hand will need some strengthening and exercize before doing major work like playing ball. Taking the cast off prematurely could risk further injurt and limit your use of your hand later on as well as creaqting situations that can cause a lot of pain. All that said there is no reason not to ask the doctor to recheck and see if healing has progressed to the poing that you can safely have it removed.Please also consider getting some assistance with better ways to manage anger. You did well to hit the wall not a person or animal but you are worth a lot too and shouldn't get damaged by your anger.
I don't think it would be a good idea to cut it off. You think it feels good now but you are not moving and using your hand and wrist or even bearning weight like normal. You need time for your bones to heal and it normally takes 6 weeks for that to happen. It also sounds like you have an anger problem that should be looked at, guys who punch walls end up in bad positions, go talk to someone (counsler). You should take this as a hard lesson learned. There will be other games and bigger teams to play in the future, I put off knee surgery because I thought like you and wanted to get out there and play but only injured my knee got worse.
You need to wait to have it removed. Time to heal is very important.
trust me NO leave it on untill it saposed to come off. You could cause more damage if its not healed all the way and you will be stuck in a cast even longer than you really need to.
no you should not take the cast off yourself. 1st you dot know if its really to come off and you could damage your arm more trying to take it off. taking a cast off needs to be done by a doctor
No, keep it on. You won't be of help to your team if you play because that bone which has started to heal will refracture for sure at 2 1/2 weeks.. You see, even an operated metacarpal has to be immobilized for about 6 weeks before removal of the pin.
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