Past wrist injuries?

[awsomepossum]

Hello I recently broke my scaphoid bone and was wondering if y'all have as well? Other wrist bones count as well. How has this effected shooting big bores / contenders/ shooting in general?

[camp]

Broke my wrist back in 1984, use to bother me alot shooting big bores, now only bothers me when its cold out

[ascast]

broke my skull about '86, right side. high power was too much for a couple years, but got back to normal

[725]

Got some torn ligaments on my strong side wrist. I still manage to shoot as good as before (for whatever that's worth ) It just hurts and sometimes I drop stuff.

[BNE]

I broke my right scaphoid sometime in my youth. Didn't even know I did it at the time. I went to a hand doctor when I was 28 for a different issue and he felt my wrist and asked me when did I break my wrist?!?!

Long story short, it had never healed correctly. He went in and screwed it back together and used bone from my wrist to patch it. After a couple of months I could use it normally. He feared that I would lose some range of motion in my wrist, but 20 years later, it thankfully has not deteriorated. For a long time it would bother me when I did a lot of repetitive motions with that wrist. I also had a ganglion cyst that came up on the opposite side of my wrist. I think it was related, but the Dr. was not sure. I finally had that removed and it never came back. I don't even think about either problem now. Another weird thing mentioned above is the two year time table. Something happens after two years. I have had a couple of bone related injuries and the pain or weather sensitivity seems to disappear after 2 years.

All that being said, make sure it is set correctly. Often they do nothing for it, which is fine if the bone is not separated like mine was.

[charlie b]

No broken bones, but, shooting heavy loads a lot I got pretty severe tendonitis in wrist and elbow many years ago. Nowdays they are both a bit sensitive to weather. I went to softer recoiling pistols and mostly rifles.

[marlinman93]

Broke my right wrist lunate bone in 1971. It never healed correctly and I lost 85% of the movement in the wrist. Certain positions of my wrist are very painful, so shooting pistol grip stocked guns is easier for my wrist. But I've learned how to do a modified grip position on straight grip stocks also, and get by. After many decades I learned to ignore the pain and discomfort, as I wont let it dictate what I can or can't do.

[Harter66]

I didn't break any wrist bones which surprised the bone/joint doctor a lot . I did however chip the long tip off the ulna and crushed the wrist end of the radius . Don't get off the wrong side of your motorcycle in the bottom of a wash in the desert and it's not a problem .

Anyway it's healed up , 8 yr now . It let's me when I shouldn't be doing that to it , it lets me know about low pressure fronts , usually about 0230 during my zombie sleep . It doesn't care much for the 357 snap but gets along well enough that long sets with an XD or BHP are not a problem . It'll take everything that the Ruger 45 Colts will dish out .

At first shotguns with American grips were challenging but it was rehab rotation that was the issue not abuses of the joint . The straight grips of the 92' and 1895 Marlins are about the most comfortable at this point but there's no discomfort .

[Brett Ross]

I broke both bones in my right wrist when i was around 12 , this was back in the early 70s. I lost much of the twisting motion in it over the years. like marlin man I have trouble griping a stock and have grafted pistol grips to a couple rifles and shotguns. I find shooting cast boolit loads in my others (I just use the trigger guard as kind of a short grip) works but is not practical for a full power loads. The thing i really hate about it, is that it makes a lever action unshootable for me and I would love to have one in 45-70.

[marlinman93]

Brett, I've been able to shoot lever actions as long as the lever moves easily. I use two fingers to work the lever, as I can't have three fingers in the loop and bend my wrist enough for full travel. Sometimes even my index finger will do the trick, as long as it all goes smoothly. If it's a bit sticky, I use my thumb in the loop to open the lever.
A couple of my Ballard rifles have the same loop lever style as my Marlin lever guns had, and I can still use them with my modified grasp on the lever. Like the Rigby in my avatar.

[thegatman]

Got tendinitis from shooting my 44 magnum with stout loads. Had to dial it back.

[Leadmelter]

Ditto on the tendonitis. I have tried gloves, grips and one of those wrist watches that absorb recoil. Some combo will help. Have of my lunate bone is dead but I keep blasting away. If the pain and numbness is too great, find a reputable hand surgeon for you medical options.
Leadmelter
MI

[marlinman93]

Ditto on the tendonitis. I have tried gloves, grips and one of those wrist watches that absorb recoil. Some combo will help. Have of my lunate bone is dead but I keep blasting away. If the pain and numbness is too great, find a reputable hand surgeon for you medical options.
Leadmelter
MI

My lunate bone died completely 4.5 years after my accident at work. Prior to that it was never diagnosed, and doctors were skeptical that anything was even wrong. Since the bone lost circulation it took that long to go dead and even then the doctor missed it on xrays. The last visit the doctor told me he couldn't see a thing wrong, and when he went to put the xray back in the envelope there was a note from the xray technician that read, "Check lunate bone!"
He pulled the xray back out and chuckled. He would have totally missed it if the tech hadn't pointed it out. "Practicing physicians!"
Later another specialist told me they could put a plastic bone in my wrist if it got too painful, but that would wear out and then they'd fuse my wrist. The injury was 1971, and I've never had either procedure done. I can't imagine anything they'd do that wouldn't end up worse than leaving it as is.

[awsomepossum]

Thanks for all the info. I've been in a cast for a week. Blood supply is good but the fracture is 2mm apart. Getting an x-ray in 3 weeks to see how it heals. I hopefully don't need to get rid of the 357 herrett

[Tom Herman]

Best of Luck on your recovery!
Sounds like you just need time to heal, and you should be doing well.

-Tom

[marlinman93]

Maybe it's time to learn how to shoot with your off hand during recovery? Then you'll be ready regardless of the outcome.

[Texas by God]

What I did was put up the shotguns and used little guns on the uninjured side til I got better. Mine is a shoulder injury and time is your friend. Save the Herret for next year. I have tennis elbow on both sides but work through the pain on that buisness.

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[robg]

A drip leaked into my wrist joint 30 years ago lost movement and gives me gyp but not when shooting .