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Broken hand
I broke the 5th metacarpal in right hand punching a wall. The break is very small at the shaft. I can make a fist and move well. The pain is when I try to pick things up or push or bump it. When can I go back to normal activities seeing how much I can already do?
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Dear Sir,
These are called boxer fractures for the same reason, since the displacement is small, you are not having trouble in working or moving, but since the bone is broken, it needs time to heal, so it will need something like 3 weeks to heal and about 6 weeks to return to normal actiity.
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