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 ...

Colle’s fracture mostly occurs as a result of vehicle accidents or when people fall backward onto a hardened surface with outstretched hands. This fracture occurs at an inch or two proximal to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new study showed that patients who suffered a Colles’ fracture are six times more likely than controls to ...

Question: I broke my wrist a year ago and I got the all-clear from my surgeon after it had healed over the eight weeks. I was never given any instructions to do physiotherapy, just a couple of simple ...