Computer Wrist Guards

Help. i broke my wrist 48hrs ago roller skating. i’m in early 40’s am i too old to roller skate?

i got cast with no need for surgery. broken wrist care info from er was basic & generic but not great & office that put cast on didnt send any printed info home on how to care for broken wrist. they just gave appt date for next thurs.
it been 14 yrs since i skated last & i’m not sure i’m getting on skates again maybe if i wear expensive wrist guards. i dont like the modern skate music much anyhow its ok but different.
by the way the percoset & ibuprophen are doing much for pain & i can barely feel the ice through cast when i apply ice fro 15min.
are there any natural anti inflammatories / pain killers to reduce swelling?
i’d try searching myself it would take forever with 1 finger besides computer posture aint best for broken wrist right now. lol.

Motrin is the best thing to take right now to help with the inflammation. The Percoset is the pain reliever, in this particular case. You will eventually reach a point where the Motrin will do the job, but at the moment you mostly need it to keep things calm in your wrist. There’s no point to putting ice on your cast, really. You can’t get the cold through the thickness of it, as you already discovered. You could put it on your fingertips, but it won’t have a lot of effect on the poor wrist- just your fingers and hand. If you elevate the lower arm, you will do just as much good, using gravity to help pull some of the extra fluid back down out of it. I don’t think you are too old to skate, though perhaps a bit old to fall down! Seriously, if you can recall your old skating days, it’s always preferable to land on the buttocal area than the arms. We are much better padded there for the fall. I happen to be around your age myself and I still skate with my kids. I by no means consider myself too old, nor am I ready for the rocker just yet. When you return to the skates, just take it slow until all those muscles remember how to coordinate things. And of course, you and I are not exactly spring chickens now, so we do have to take it slower a little. There aren’t any “natural” anti-inflammatorys or pain killers that you would find truly effective. Aspirin did originally come from willow bark, but it’s really nasty tasting tea and the dosage is hard to gauge. The other most natural pain reliever is opium, illegal and addicting to boot. So just elevate your arm and give it a few days. The swelling ordinarily comes down in a few days and the cast will loosen up. Between now and then, get yourself some talcum powder- because before that cast comes off, it’s going to ITCH something fierce. My commiserations on the fracture, and a hope you don’t give up the skating. It’s good exercise. And if us oldies don’t keep skating, who is really going to show these young things how to truly dance in skates? Just remember next time you start to go down, swing those buns out to take the blow and keep your arms out of the way.

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