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Agreed these views are quite limited. Nothing seems displaced; can convince myself of some cracks if I try hard enough but again nothing that needs work. The wrist (carpal) bones are always hard to assess from XRays but there's nothing obviously fragmented etc. I'm a facial surgeon but have done years in general and plastics, don't quote me on this! T

^ ditto: I also am not an orthopaedic surgeon.

my expertise are because i've broken 15 bones. 5 in my face, 2 arm, 1 tibia, 1 rib, the rest were in my hands. the hands were done when i was younger so my experience with reading my own xrays is literally adolescent.

with that said, in my unprofessional opinion, nothing displaced if anything. i circled what i find curious. circled the thumb nubbin just because it is simply curious.

bones take 6 weeks to heal completely. bone bruises can feel like a break, but you can usually get full grip strength through the pain. a proper break will make your hand want to go limp if you try and make a tight fist, even after a week.

immobilise your hand within reason for the next 3-4 weeks (do not ride bikes, from experience, you will displace anything that isn't already and that means surgery to straighten it). then only light pressure and whatnot for the final 2-3 weeks.

the window for a doctor to do anything to straighten displaced fractures is inside a week, after that they would have to rebreak it, which is also very unpleasant. otherwise they're just going to wrap it in a cast.

I think the middle finger tiny fragment is what the doctor here diagnosed (but my Spanish wasn’t really good enough to follow exactly).

Weird thumb thing is just my weird thumb, zero pain around there so I think it’s good.

Nice foot

Trick question - that's a foot.

[Edit] joke literally just been done, I see. I can ill contain my shame.

Oh shit dude, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but.... I am counting.....I think....10...yes, 10 fingers.

(8 fingers + 2 thumbs before anyone pipes up, gotta dumb it down for the laymen)

I've seen enough of my own x-rays to have some idea, but never a wrist one.

I see a bunch of red circles. Clearly signs of inflammation. You should take 2 paracetamol and call your doctor if pain persists.

Might want to get vision checked out- there’s clearly only 2 red circles, and one I’m not too sure about.

Im loving the left thumb bean.

Thumb little bone bit is called a sesamoid bone. It's not a break. The other areas are undisplaced fractures, just cracks but not needing of surgery. Just rest.. T

2nd metacarpal may be a fracture, the rest are just nutrient foramina.

sesamoid bone

very cool, thanks for the edumacation

based on this, that wee lil floater off the 3rd metacarpal head is likely also a sesamoid bone
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Distribution-of-Sesamoid-Bones-in-the-Hand%E2%80%94A-Study-Ting-San/983c6745f98ceb066c8c711cf4efab934f641917

Does anyone have experience with lower back pain? My ego got the better of me and I tried to shoulder press a lil more than I should of. The following day I had an ache and now 11 days on I'm hobbling around. Fresh out of bed I feel good but worsens as the day progresses. I'm reluctant to see a GP as I don't want to take an appointment away from someone with a more severe ailment. Any ideas.

If you have the money, because it is expensive, just go straight to the physio.

NHS physio will be 12 weeks away minimum in my experience (8 months for a mate to see an orthopaedic specialist)...after your GP referral. Thats if you dont get referred for a scan first...might have to double that time if thats the case.

Or it might go away eventually.

(Sorry you probably know all this just frustrating innit)

What @Stoo61 says - GPs, for all that they are good for, are at best just going to refer you for a long wait, particularly as it sounds like you have a muscle strength / weakness problem, rather than an acute injury.

A proper physio* will assess you for anything that might require medical intervention, in any case.

My current lower back problems are caused by lifting - my QL (and sometimes the spinalis) keeps going into spasm, sometimes flooring me.

OHPs are fun, as when my shoulders hit the limit, my back twists and then cramps up.

My treatment plan involves working on my lower back extension - hip hinges and pelvic tilts, progressing to rack pull deadlifts and shallow squats - building strength and awareness of extending my lower back under load, and getting to the point that it enables me to do the real lifting with my glutes and hams, while keeping a solid frame.

I also do a lot of hockey ball work - warm up and activate the lower back with tilts and hinges, then use a hockey ball to dig right in and release the muscles that are locking. It's a strange sort of nice agony.

* not an osteopath, and 100% not a chiropractor. They might be able to address the pain, short term, but they'll do nothing for anything systemic, and a chiropractor could just damage you.

Thanks for the info. Normally my OHP's are ok but I decided to add 20kg rather than my normal 5kg. My form went to s**t and here I am.

I'll do some research into physios and go from there.

Being someone who rarely gets injured or ill it really is a struggle losing your health.

You can often self refer for an NHS physio so skip the GP entirely. Have a look on your borough and your GP's website. You might be waiting a while though and depending who you see it may vary from getting you back to full fitness to just being able to walk ok.

On osteopath/physio I wouldn't rule out all osteos so quickly. The osteopath I'm currently seeing is much better than the physio I was previously seeing. Majority of my sessions are still assessment, strengthening, exercises and stretches with the goal of long term improvement. It's worth asking them how they work.

Anyone had whiplash? What's it like?

I think I got whiplash from a fall down the stairs once. Didn't seem too bad at the time of the fall, but when I woke up in the morning I actually couldn't move my head or neck at all - really freaked me out! Unfortunately that's the main thing remember, I couldn't tell you how long it took to recover.

can't turn/twist your head or move your upper body very quickly. your muscles were overpowered despite their tension and were pretty much hyperextended. often it's accompanied by a concussion, so be careful.

I fell. Landed on my back. No bang on the head. Back sore, neck wasn't so bad yesterday but worse today.

Will assess in the morning.

yep, take some NSAID anti-inflamatory meds (ibuprofen). and take it easy for a week. put some hot cloths on the muscles to soothe them and draw in some bloodflow.

if it persists and doesn't start to get better, hit up your GP if they're responsive, and they'll hopefully give you a more robust muscle relaxant. but that is unlikely be necessary.

Find a physio. They tend to take necks seriously, and will make sure that it's nothing to serious. Tears in major vessels can happen, and can be pretty devastating. Do not try an osteopath or chiropractor, as they could cripple you or worse.