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A few weeks ago I had a scaphoid operation to repair an historical broken wrist. I came out of the plaster cast a few weeks ago and have been wearing a splint on and off since. We are going skiing in a couple of weeks (woohoo) but my wrist is still a bit tender and I don’t want to risk damaging it. Any recommendations for wrist armour, braces, some sort of reinforcement please? Not sure my current brace will fit under my ski jacket and / or gloves.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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One of those wrist braces with a metal bar down the forearm? Don't think you'll get anything more slimline that offers the protection you're after
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Be careful, as you risk breaking your arm instead!
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This. Anything that really stops your wrist breaking is just going to transfer the forces higher up causing a different injury.
There is also the suggestion that putting wrist protection on leads to people putting their hand out to brace falls. When actually you want to be doing the opposite, tucking it in and letting your elbow/upper arm take the impact. Yes easier said than done!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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NO advice, but two years ago I broke my wrist and four bones in my hand, dislocated my elbow and thumb in November, I went skiing on the first week of January, had my cast removed and wore a hand brace and one of my husbands gloves to facilitate the brace, while I was terrified of a fall, all was well, but skiing on hard pack was painful. vibrations were to be avoided. But if you can leave it for a few weeks to recover it's all the better for you. ( I told the doc I was going to the canaries and wanted my cast off so I could swim, ) nuts now that I think about it. But no way was I going to not ski when in a resort with my family.
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After a wrist fracture from snowboarding, I wore a support for the next 2 or 3 years, about 10 weeks of skiing, without injury.
It was a cheap and simple support that skateboarders wear. Leather with a plastic support built in, Velcro straps to adjust fit around wrist. Without that on, my wrist was painful when skiing, gardening, in the gym, etc.
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I had a pretty bad break a few years ago and use the Dainese Hector 13 for my wrists these days. The support is on the top of the wrist, rather than underneath. Anyway, they're comfortable and the only thing I'd add is that you might need to size up in glove size, as they can prove tight to fit under some gloves, although obviously you could check this with your existing gloves first (I use mittens normally and they fit better under them for me anyway). Totally anecdotal, obviously, but that's all I've got to add to the conversation.
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Plastic skating wrist guards should offer some support and fit under gloves.
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I fractured my scaphoid first time boarding. Since then I've used level fly gloves and had no issues, I swear by them they're the most important bit of my kit.
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Anything that really stops your wrist breaking is just going to transfer the forces higher up causing a different injury.
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Nah.
They are known as travelling breaks and if you're getting one of those, with enough force to break an arm bone, it would've left your wrist like a bag of bits - frankly you are probably better off with the arm break.
The basic simple neoprene with a plastic stay in it would probably be better than the full biomex ones as a skier assuming you'll be wanting those pole things.
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I’m actually pretty good at falling after several years of playing judo not very well. Which is probably how I broke my wrist in the first place. I’ll have a look into the suggestions.
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