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Seven Signs You Fractured Your Wrist in a Fall

A fractured wrist is one of the most common injuries that can happen in a New York or New Jersey slip and fall accident. Typically, wrists become fractured or broken when a person slips or trips and tries to stop his or her fall with their hands. The weight of the person’s body and the angle at which the wrist is bearing the weight can cause the fracture or break.

Why You Need to Treat a Fractured Wrist Promptly

Fractured wrists that go untreated can cause continued pain and discomfort. Bones that are not set by a doctor may heal with an improper alignment that can affect a person’s ability to move his or her wrist and a person’s ability to perform everyday tasks.*

How to Know if You’ve Fractured Your Wrist

Since the consequences of an untreated fractured wrist can be serious, painful and long lasting, it is important to recognize fractured wrist symptoms and to seek medical treatment as soon as possible after a fall.

Symptoms of a fractured wrist* include:
  • Significant pain
  • Pain that increases when you close your fist or squeeze something
  • Swelling
  • Bruising
  • Stiffness or the inability to move your thumb or any of your fingers
  • Lack of feeling or a feeling of coldness in your fingers or thumbs
  • An obvious deformity

How to Get Help After a Slip and Fall Wrist Injury

If you’ve fractured or broken your wrist in a slip and fall, then you may incur significant medical expenses, lost time from work, and pain and suffering. You may be entitled to slip and fall damages from the party responsible for your fall. Contact a New Jersey injury lawyer at Hofmann & Schweitzer for more information about how to recover the damages that you deserve. You can reach us at 1-800-362-9329 or via our online contact form.

*Source: Mayo Clinic, Broken Wrist/Broken Hand

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