How to exercise after a wrist fracture

The fracture of the wrist is mainly a fracture of the distal radius, and the fracture of the distal radius needs to be treated conservatively with splint removal or functional exercise after cast removal. If the fracture is treated surgically, early functional exercise can be performed under strong internal fixation. The functional exercise after wrist fracture is divided into four parts, the first part is flexion-extension function, which is divided into two major parts: 1) flexion-extension function recovery; 2) rotation function of the patient. Flexion-extension function is divided into flexion as well as dorsiflexion function. Flexion function is the patient flexing the wrist joint with slow and continuous external force to passively move the wrist joint in order to restore the patient’s flexion function. The dorsiflexion function involves the patient straightening the wrist joint backward and applying continuous slow backward force to restore function. Rotation function is mainly the patient’s elbow joint flexed at 90°, placed on the lumbar side, with the shoulder sunken, and after sitting naturally straight, rotated forward as well as backward, while continuous and slow external force should be used to restore the patient’s rotation function.