I punched a wall about 2 weeks ago. I was swollen for a couple of days. swellin has gone down, had X-ray done, told there were no breaks....I still feel some pain on the middle top of my hand and towards the pinky side. Painful to make a grip. does anyone know about bone bruising, tendons, joints, or anything else it could be? Or am I ok and it's just be slow healing
2006-12-07 08:30:01 · 9 answers · asked by cacaca13 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
You bruised the muscles in your hand and possibly wrenched the ligaments as well. There is alot of innervation in your hands, so you are going to feel this alot longer than say stubbing a toe. Because there's less blood flow to tendons and ligaments, they heal slower. Because there are more nerves, there is more pain. Because there is more pain, your body reacts with inflammation....oddly enough this causes more pain. There may be an off chance that you have a hematoma, those hurt...alot. Just take it easy, when it feels particularly swollen and painful, take Tylenol, ice your hand for 20min at a time, and keep it elevated (before, during, and after icing it).
2006-12-07 08:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by rod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, I punched a concrete wall in anger once when I was in college, broke my right hand's last two knuckles. It hasn't healed right and up until now my last two knuckles swells up like a pingpong ball after hitting a punching bag with about 4 to 5 powershots. And when I say powershots, I mean putting all my weight behind the punches. Moral of this story, always wear wrappings and gloves when practicing punches on hard surfaces and never hit a concrete wall in anger. Besides the fact that walls don't hit back, they don't feel your punches either. You're better off practicing with a live opponent.
2016-05-23 04:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Are you sure the x-rays were negative? Did they take three x-rays of your hand or a single view?
What it sounds like you have is known as a Boxer's fracture. It's a very common injury when punching a solid wall and your symptoms are spot-on for it. What it is is a fracture of the metacarpal bone of your small or ring fingers (or both). To best image it, you need 3 x-ray views of your hand. If there is significant angulation of the bone that can't be reduced (chances are this isn't the case for you), you may need surgery to correct it. If there is a non-diplaced fracture in the bone, you simply need a splint or cast.
Ligament or tendon injury is unlikely given what you're describing. I'd have the x-rays repeated and get splinted if there is evidence for a fracture. Make sure they take three views (antero-posterior, oblique, and lateral).
2006-12-08 05:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by tiredsurgeon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since everyones healing process is not the same,you could be a slow healer or,it could just be somthing else,I dont know about. Keep,regular check ups scheduled to the docters if possible and see about taking some pain killers.
Happy healing!
2006-12-07 08:34:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at the link below for what is known as a "Boxers Fracture." Get re-checked for this. This is the most common injury from punching a wall.
2006-12-07 08:48:41 · answer #5 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is good you punched the wall instead of a person but you have a problem. See a doc for the hand and head.
2006-12-07 08:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by FrogDog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had an x-ray and there were no breaks then I'd say it's just still healing up......I never have understood why people do that to themselves....the wall always wins!
2006-12-07 08:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by Tallulah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did that too and dented my locker in lol, it healed after about 10 days. dont worry
2006-12-07 10:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is broken. Get it re-xray'd. Might not have shown up at first.
2006-12-07 08:38:18 · answer #9 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋