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Julius Hodge has a broken left wrist

Just read the link above - should have before -I was thinking he had a distal radius fracture, not a scaphoid #.

Scaphoid #s can take a while to heal and even if undisplaced he really shouldn't be playing for 6 weeks. Not so much due to pain, but because of the risk of fracture displacement, non-healing and future complications. Hmmm..... Hodge must be really desperate to play probably against doctors advice! Is he covered by workcover for this injury?

Just to clarify -

"Broken" is the same as fracture - but fracture is a diagnosis with a spectrum from a "bone bruise" - like when the knee has a direct impact vs a hard object and microscopic fractures occur to, at the other extreme, a displaced or "off-ended" fracture where the two bone ends don't touch. An example of this was Brad Hill's arm after the Abney incident.

Often "bone bruising" or a microtrabecular fracture can be managed with activity modification and rest, or a removable splint.

An undisplaced wrist fracture - the next "step up" usually needs a splint or a cast between 3-6 weeks.

Hodge could certainly play with a "microtrabecular" fracture, but this would need an MRI to diagnose - not an X/R.

Most likely he has an undisplaced fracture- and is taking a chance that it may displace or be slower to heal by playing - however, this is only a small chance. The pain will be manageable with pain killers. If he is healing well at 2 weeks post injury then it should be fine for a further 2-3 weeks splinting (removable cast) only.

I played for 2 weeks with an undiagnosed wrist fracture - and all was ok although I wore a splint when I played for 2-3 weeks after. That said my FT % went from 50 to 25 and I've never really recovered :)

Maybe he had a psych moment and had his wife or kid stomp on his wrist. Loser, and always will be

Broken bones Broken parts Broken threads Broken hearts
Broken words never meant to be spoken.
Everything is broken.

Looks like he topped scored in a narrow team loss again.

"give him a break" "open arms"....are you taking the piss???

In the medical profession, a broken bone = a fracture.

His hand slipped off and hit the wall.

Don't think so...article in paper by Grantley Bernard and seems straightforward.

There is no way he has a broken wrist.
With a fractured wrist, no matter how much pain you can cope with, its impossible to pass properly, catch properly and handle the ball.
Watching the game against Wollongong the other night, he seemed to perform all those tasks naturally.

He would be saying that its broken to find an excuse for his form slump. Or unless he has had to much fun in his special time..Whilst thinking of Kiki Vandeweghe.

Don't think so...article in paper by Grantley Bernard and seems straightforward.

Perth are all set to win in the gong and quite comfortably too

For all of those, me include who tipped them to be beaten by the bullets easily should be amazed.

a team who looked gone coming into the playoffs seem to have hit a purple patch at the right time.

Maybe Fisher can coach!!