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After getting the new plugs in the storm and looking forward to getting her out this weekend.................... fall over playing football and end up with a fractured wrist......... 6 weeks in plaster. !!! B*ll*cks.

Good job its my left hand !!!

Now how can I pull away in 3rd..... one gear is all I need

Did the same falling off a ladder into a flower bed only just missing a patio. Once I remembered who I was after the concussion and back at home I was on the bike within 3-4 weeks - had to cut a bit of plaster away to enable my forefinger and thumb to meet so I could grasp the handlebar and use the clutch lever.

Despite all the unauthorised 'exercise' when the plaster came off the muscle tone on the arm was like squidgy plasticine. Went swimming to wash all the dead skin away and began all the physio 'prayer' exercises and back to playing cricket the next season.

So heal well and be motivated ;)

mad how skinny and hairy your arm goes under the plaster innit.
and it itches like fook,
i used a telescopic aerial off a radio last time, tucked inside the cast for when i needed it

DO NOT cut off bits of the plaster. A friend of mine did this many years ago so he could use the bike. The bones did not heal properly and he suffers badly in cold damp weather.

Seriously it isnt worth it, of course it may gone like this anyway but his other bone injuries are fine.

Hope it all goes well, at least its not your drinking hand

I'm with Furrybiker on this, i have broken my right wrist 3 timses now ( scaphoid) and each time i have broken the plaster away to drive ride or roll fags and due to that i now suffer in my joints when its cold, its really not worth it,

In all likelihood there would be ache /pain with rainy cold weather anyway - As this is a very common complaint after any fracture. All you can do is take Ibuprofen and keep the effected area warm.