There are numerous potential causes for lower leg pain ranging from benign, mild muscle strains to more serious conditions like blocked blood vessels. In the end, while knowledge is a powerful tool, be sure to get your lower leg pain evaluated by a doctor. You deserve to get started on your journey to recovery as soon as possible. Sources:
Avoid driving or operating machinery. This is particularly important if you have broken the wrist of your dominant hand. It is unsafe to drive in a cast and your doctor will likely tell you not to drive. 1  Although it is not illegal to drive with a wrist cast, use sound judgement when deciding whether to drive or not. in 10 broken bones in the United States is a broken distal radius. A broken wrist can happen when you fall or get hit by something. People at particularly high risk for broken wrists include athletes who play high-impact sports and people with osteoporosis (thin, fragile bones).
A wrist fracture is a medical term for a broken wrist. The wrist is made up of eight small bones which connect with the two long forearm bones called the radius and ulna. Although a broken wrist can happen in any of these 10 bones, by far the most common bone to break is the radius. This is called a distal radius fracture by hand surgeons (Figure 1). Some wrist fractures are stable. âNon-displacedâ breaks, in which the bones do not move out of place initially, can be stable.