Can you break your wrist by bending your wrist down.?

Question: In football i was running the ball .. i landed and another guy landed on my wrist. he bent my hand down. i dont know if its broken or i just pulled something. my wrist is swollen, but i put ice on it and it went down a little bit. i can move it a little bit, just up and down, i cant twist it that good.

Answer: Get it checked by a doctor; just because you can move it doesn't mean it's not broken. The wrist is very complicated, and if it is broken, you do NOT want it to heal wrong. At the very least, that could mean having to have your wrist surgically broken and reset; at the worst, it could mean a life-long impairment - not something you want for either hand! Compared to that, an x-ray and (maybe) a few weeks in a cast is a small price to pay.

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