Weight Lifting Boxer S Fracture

Ebraheim s educational animated video describes the condition boxer s fracture 5th metacarpal neck fracture.

Weight lifting boxer s fracture.

Boxer s fracture medical treatment the primary goals of treatment are to stop the hand from moving around so it can start healing and to help with the pain. A boxer s knuckle is a separate entity which is a tear of the metacarpophalangeal joint sagittal band that causes subluxation of the associated extensor tendon. A broken hand is not the same thing as a boxers fracture a boxers fracture is where the bone breaks and starts to twist around. 01 apr 2006 02 10 pm 7 b i c e p head.

Call your doctor or go to an urgent care center or the emergency room. A boxer s fracture is when you break a bone at the base of your finger near the knuckle or neck of the bone. One part of your rehab for a boxer s fracture is an exercise program. That bone is known as a metacarpal.

Your pt can assess your hand and arm range of motion rom strength and function and make recommendations to help you get back to your normal activity. A boxer s fracture may also be called fifth. If you have suffered a boxer s fracture then you may benefit from the skilled services of a physical therapist pt to help you fully recover. In general it takes 6 weeks for a hand fracture to heal and a further 6 weeks to reach near normal strength very heavy lifting and contact sport should be avoided until the fracture has solidly healed 8 12 weeks.

Boxer fractures are minimally comminuted transverse fractures of the 5 th metacarpal neck and are the most common type of metacarpal fracture.