Hand fractures can usually be removed from a cast in about a month. Wrist fractures, there are several bones in the wrist that are more difficult to manage, the navicular bone of the hand. Boat bones, curved, small boat-like bones, take longer to heal. If a bone is fractured in this area, a cast is needed for two months or even four months. Most fractures of this type require surgery. With the exception of the finger bones, moon bone fractures, which take longer to heal surgically, need to be fixed in a cast except for these two bones, which is usually enough for one month. The fracture of the navicular bone of the hand is indeed a special site, medically called the nasopharyngeal fossa. The very important feature of the fracture of the navicular bone of the hand is the swelling and pressure pain in the nasopharyngeal fossa. Clinically, fractures in this area are more likely to be missed, including by specialists, and the rate of missed diagnoses is higher. Experienced physicians are able to detect pain and pressure in the wrist area of the patient, especially near the nasopharyngeal fossa. Sometimes very minor fractures, where the pain is not obvious, require pressure to that location. Fractures can be troublesome to heal, so don’t take it lightly, as if it’s not very painful. If you think there is no problem, but it is not well after a month, then you will see that the doctor has fractured the bone, and then you will have to go back and fix it in a cast. The fracture of the wrist must be taken seriously, even if it is a sprain of the wrist joint, it needs to be treated actively, go and communicate with your doctor.