“How long does it take for a wrist fracture to heal?”
I fractured my wrist after a fall from the scooter. It has been about 4 weeks since then, but my doctor has suggested to keep the plaster on for another 2 weeks. How long should it ideally take for a wrist fracture to heal?
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Wrist fractures and bones in general take 6 weeks for bone healing and then 4-6 weeks for the muscles and surrounding soft tissue to heal and regain good function.
6 - 8 weeks
Your doctor is correct. It usually takes around 6 weeks for a wrist fracture to heal. At that time, it is usually healed enough to begin motion. However, complete healing can sometimes take up to 12 weeks.
Total healing time can be as long as six months. However, most typically, six weeks in a cast is adequate.
This is a very broad question and there are several important pieces of information that are critical to know. Factors that I need to know to better answer are what bone is broken, how old you are, do you smoke, was the fracture displaced, did you have surgery to align the bone, etc. If you are relatively young and healthy and had a non displaced distal radius fracture (the end of the large bone at the wrist), don't smoke, the bone can heal typically between 6 and 8 weeks. On the other hand, if you broke your scaphoid bone, which is common in falls in younger people, despite casting and not smoking, the bone may not heal at all. My suggestions are to follow your doctor's advice, as he or she has the ability to examine you for tenderness, look at your X-rays, and know your history.
Depends what kind of fracture. Normally 6 wks.
It normally takes about 6 weeks for bony fractures to heal depending on the type of fracture and age of the patient as long as healing is not delayed due to extenuating circumstances.
