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Wrist Fracture
- Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
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Prevention & Expectations
What can be done to prevent the injury?
Injuries that cause wrist fractures can sometimes be prevented by:
To avoid wrist fractures in elderly individuals, the home should be made safe to prevent accidents. Ways to increase safety include:
Intriguing new research done in older individuals with arthritis found that brisk walking or weight training improved balance in those individuals. Improved balance could very well help avoid wrist fractures from falls.
Bone loss, which increases a person's risk of fractures, can be slowed by doing 30 minutes of moderate weight-bearing exercise a day. Weight-bearing exercise includes low-impact aerobics, walking, running, lifting weights, tennis, and step aerobics. A person doing moderate exercise can talk normally without shortness of breath and is comfortable with the pace of the activity. The 30 minutes a day can be done all in one session or broken up into smaller time periods.
Individuals can lower their risk of bone fractures following osteoporosis by: