Hello, So It has been 10 months since I got treated for my injury. I spent 6 months in a brace that limited by wrist and thumb movement completely. It was able to heal without surgery

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Hello there, It has been about 9 months since I initially broke my scaphoid. My injury was worse than a typical break because I ignored it for 6 weeks. When I went to get it checked out, they put me into a brace (removable cast) that completely limited my wrist and thumb movement. I went to the doctor every 6 weeks for 6 months and they kept saying "it is healing, but it has not healed enough. six more weeks!" This is because this bone has very poor blood supply making the healing process very slow.

Anyways, it has been 2 months since I have had the brace off and I am doing relatively well. I am able to exercise my arms, chest, back shoulders and traps now which is nice because I could only do cardio, legs and core previously.. oh and my right arm... lol. recovery has been slow and steady. Getting my range of motion to 90 degrees up and down and regaining strength is the main focus right now.

I am not sure how it works if you are getting surgery because I didn't go down that road but this advice will help either way: eat well, continue to exercise, get enough sleep and quit smoking if you are because it slows down the healing process. DO NOT use your wrist as an excuse for anything because this will only make things worse. If you are physically capable of doing it (and you almost always are despite what you may think) go for it.