Viewer Comments: Broken Hand - CausesViewer Comments & ReviewsBroken Hand - CausesThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What was the cause of your broken hand?
Comment from: Female (Patient)
Published: August 23
I tried to take a photo while riding my bike at 18 mph and crashed. That's about stupid as texting while driving. Also bruised my chin, legs, and will probably lose a tooth.
Comment from: crasito, 19-24 Male (Patient)
Published: August 15
I broke my hand when I crashed my dirt bike. The accident happened in 1990 and the bone is still broken.
Comment from: cerealkiller1124, 35-44 Male (Patient)
Published: August 01
Stupidity and poor control of my temper caused my broken hand. I decided to punch an upright, deep freezer. Related Reading: broken hand
Comment from: susie, 45-54 Female (Patient)
Published: June 22
I was at work and I was cleaning under a meat slicer and the whole thing fell straight down on top of my right hand and wrist, breaking my hand.
Comment from: 13-18 Male
Published: June 21
I broke my hand when I tried to catch a fastball.
Comment from: ian Clarke, 35-44 Male
Published: June 16
I fell off a motorcycle and the clutch lever snapped over my left little finger causing a small fracture to the distal phalange and left it slightly dislocated. The hand specialist seems to think the best course of action would be to fuse the two bones together therefore losing the ability to move it. I did the injury about 3 weeks ago now so other options are no longer available.
Comment from: sunflower, 65-74 Female (Patient)
Published: June 14
I broke my hand when I fell off the sidewalk.
Published: May 02
I broke my hand when I punched a solid wall.
Comment from: 25-34 Female (Patient)
Published: April 18
I hit a 55MPH softball at the batting cage with an aluminum bat. My hand hurts so bad right now that I can't breathe!
Published: March 10
My hand was broken when it got slammed into a car door.
Comment from: Sillyarb, 19-24 Female (Patient)
Published: July 21
While at a friend's with a balcony, we got somewhat adventurous and climbed onto scaffolding that was just outside. On my return jump to the balcony, my feet met wet wood and slid out from under me. I landed on my behind and my right hand... A metacarpal broke in two places, but the bottle I was holding with my left survived. Must Read Articles Related to Broken Hand
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Like any person I could only take so much. After some infuriating 'conversations', I punched as hard as humanly possible a solid brick pillar cemented into the ground. This chipped a piece of brick off and consequently my bone too. Pillar: one, hand: zip. I completely snapped one bone in the wrist in half and another bone bowed up, I think a meta carpal, lucky it wasn't compound fracture, and my knuckle has a fracture running down the finger bone.
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