A broken wrist is what we often call a Colles fracture. Despite this, it is the radius bone in the forearm that breaks and not the carpal bones of the wrist. The radius is the larger of the two bones ...

A Colles fracture happens when you fall onto an outstretched hand, breaking the radius bone near the wrist. After immobilization, physical therapy helps regain wrist motion, strength, and reduces scar ...

Management of Colle’s fracture depends on the degree of its severity. A simple cast or a protective splint may be sufficient to support the fracture if there is no displacement of the bone or if the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with nonsurgically treated Colles’ fractures, ibuprofen reduced pain without causing changes in ...

Colle's fracture is a wrist fracture which occurs within an inch of the wrist joint involving the forearm bone's distal end of the radius. The fracture runs transversely just above the wrist joint and ...

The Colles Fracture, named after Sir Abraham Colles, who first described the injury in 1814, is a fracture of the distal radius (the long bone of the forearm on the thumb side) and is the most common ...

Have you ever experienced a broken wrist following a fall on an outstretched arm giving rise to a swollen wrist which is so painful? This type of a fracture is called a Colles’ fracture, named after ...

The case report of a weightlifter who sustained a Colles fracture is described. Wrist injuries sustained in weightlifitng are reviewed. They highlight the need for proper instruction and supervision ...

From the Bone and Joint Department of the Lahey Clinic, Boston. Haggart — Chief of Bone and Joint Service, Lahey Clinic, Boston. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue," page 1179.