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lilpossum1

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Pretty sure I broke my hand
« on: February 20, 2015, 05:27:45 PM »
So I think I broke a bone in my hand today when I whacked it at work. Any idea how long it takes a partially cracked hand to heal up enogh to bowl? And yes, I will probably go get it checked out tomorrow

 

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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2015, 05:37:42 PM »
Bowling should be the least of your worries for now.  If you hurt it at work go get it checked today so there are no problems with a work comp claim. 

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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2015, 05:43:25 PM »
Any work related injury, act on it quick.

as far as how long your hand will heal? no one will know. you need to get x-rays done that's for sure.... 3 views of you hand: PA, OBLQ, and Lateral views ;)
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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2015, 05:48:26 PM »

Will Workers Comp cover wacking off at work?  :o
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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2015, 06:06:22 PM »

Will Workers Comp cover wacking off at work?  :o

bust'n a nut at work? oh no...sink too close the white thrown?

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lilpossum1

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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2015, 06:10:18 PM »
Hahaha! Workers comp... I work for my dad on the farm. That's really likely...  Hoping I don't have to take up being a wrong handed bowler for the rest of the season. I had to work my last 4 hours left handed. That is a trick in itself. I don't want to go to the emergency room tonight. The gang shooting wounds should be rolling in about now. And sadly that is not a joke.

lilpossum1

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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2015, 06:11:55 PM »
Should have used "banged" instead of "whacked." The conversation would be more in my favor lmao

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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2015, 06:32:38 AM »
So,

 You banged your hand while whacking it?  ;)

 Seriously though, I think most clean breaks can heal in 6-8 weeks.
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Re: Pretty sure I broke my hand
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2015, 07:02:38 AM »
Much will depend on what bone was broken.  There are a lot of them in the hand.   

Having gone through that though back in 2003 and rushing the rehab (hey, we were losing the Tour), I can tell you that it is NOT going to be worth it for the sake of league bowling.  I still have occasional pains more than a decade later.  The fracture I had was in the cluster of bones near the wrist...the actual location was not pin-pointed until an MRI was done after the original set of x-rays. 

All of that being said, I was able to throw competently within a matter of a few weeks, although it was about five weeks if I remember right before I rolled a full three-game set in a league environment.  Tournament barely two months later and the US Open the following month.  I still remember Jeffrevs comment from the stands towards the end of the third day of that one...It was late in the day on C squad and I'm having to drift the ball return and had the front seven or eight and you hear 'broken hand, my ass' immediately after my shot. 

BUT...the next week in Terre Haute, there was not enough Vicodin in the bag to mask the pain.