question: Hi, I am an active, 50yo female who had a fall last week resulting in a collas distal radius fracture to my R wrist. I attended an Emergency Centre at a local hospital where they performed a biers block & reduction and strapped it in a back slab (open / split cast to allow for swelling) and referred me to an orthopaedic surgeon for further assessment in 7 days time, the delay being to allow for swelling to go down. I see the surgeon tomorrow afternoon. In the past 2-3 days though, visible & tender bruising has appeared and is seemingly still getting worse across the back of every knuckle of all fingers & thumb . Is it normal for such bruising to be appear 4-6 days after the fall ? No pain or evidence of injury to fingers, thumb or even the palm of my hand was noticed on the day of the fall