![]() ![]() Other causes include a hard blow directly to your palm and motor vehicle accidents. Participating in sports that repeatedly stress your scaphoid bone, such as shot put or gymnastics, can also cause a scaphoid fracture. Wearing a wrist guard is an easy way to prevent these injuries. The force puts a huge amount of stress on this small bone, which can cause a fracture.įOOSH injuries occur in many sports, especially things like skiing, skating, and snowboarding. When you fall on your hand, all of the energy produced when your hand hits the ground travels to your forearm through the scaphoid. When your wrist is less extended, the radius bone takes the force of impact resulting in a distal radius fracture ( Colles’ or Smith fracture).Ī FOOSH injury commonly affects the scaphoid because it’s the main connection between your hand and forearm. The farther your wrist is bent back, the more likely it is that your scaphoid bone will break. ![]() The angle of your wrist when it hits the ground affects where a fracture happens. When it causes your wrist to bend back farther than it’s meant to go, a fracture may occur. This protects your face, head, and back from injury, but it means your wrist and arm take the full force of the impact. When you sense you are about to fall, you instinctively react by cocking your wrist and extending your arm to try to break the fall with your hand. FOOSH stands for “fall onto an outstretched hand.” It’s the mechanism behind many upper limb fractures. ![]()
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