Is My Wrist Broken or Sprained Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Without pushing through pain, how much can you bend and turn the wrist?
It moves through its usual range comfortably.
Movement is nearly full but uncomfortable near one end of the range.
Pain or stiffness stops multiple movements well before their usual range.
The wrist is effectively immobile, locked, or too painful to move at all.
2. When you gently feel around the wrist without forcing it, where is it most tender?
I do not find a tender area.
Tenderness is broad and mainly over the softer tissues.
There is a sharply defined tender spot over or beside a wrist bone.
The area is visibly displaced, or bone can be seen through a wound.
3. If there is a wound near the wrist, what has happened since it occurred?
There is no wound, fever, spreading redness, or drainage.
The wound remains localized without increasing warmth or redness.
Redness, warmth, swelling, pain, or drainage is increasing around the wound.
I have fever, red streaks, rapidly spreading redness, or feel markedly unwell along with the wound.
4. What happens when the wrist takes a light everyday load, such as pushing up from a chair or carrying a small bag?
The wrist accepts the load normally.
There is mild discomfort, but strength and control remain steady.
Pain makes me stop or shift almost all the load to the other hand.
The wrist gives way, cannot take even a very light load, or produces intense pain immediately.
5. What did you experience at the moment of injury?
No notable sound, unusual sensation, or immediate pain.
A mild pull or ache, and I could continue what I was doing.
A pop or snap with immediate pain, although I retained some use of the hand.
A crack or grinding sensation followed by immediate inability to use the wrist or an obvious shape change.
6. Which description best matches how the wrist problem began?
There was no distinct incident, and the wrist currently feels normal.
Discomfort developed gradually after increased or repetitive use.
It began after a twist, ordinary fall, or direct impact.
It followed a crush, high-speed collision, fall from height, or similarly forceful event.
7. How does the wrist affect ordinary tasks such as holding a cup, turning a handle, or using a phone?
I can perform them normally without pain.
I can perform them, but I notice mild discomfort or compensate slightly.
Several tasks are difficult, and my grip feels clearly reduced.
I cannot securely hold light objects or use the hand for basic tasks.
8. How have swelling or bruising changed during the first day after the problem began?
Neither appeared.
A small amount appeared and has remained limited.
Swelling or bruising became more noticeable over several hours.
Swelling expanded rapidly, became very tight, or spread substantially into the hand or forearm.
9. What sensation do you have in the fingers of the injured hand?
Sensation feels normal in every finger.
There was brief tingling that fully resolved.
Tingling or altered sensation returns intermittently or affects part of a finger.
Numbness is persistent, spreading, or affects one or more fingers substantially.
10. Which statement best describes the pain pattern?
There is no current pain.
Pain mainly follows use and settles fairly quickly with rest.
Pain also occurs at rest or repeatedly disturbs sleep.
Pain is severe, persistent, rapidly escalating, or difficult to control.
11. Compared with the other hand, how do the injured-side fingers look and feel?
Their color and temperature appear the same.
They are slightly puffy but retain normal color and warmth.
Their color or temperature seems somewhat different and does not quickly normalize.
They are pale, blue, unusually cold, or becoming increasingly discolored.
12. Which description best matches any skin injury around the wrist?
The skin is intact.
There is a small superficial scrape.
There is a deeper cut, but it is not gaping and bleeding has stopped.
There is a deep or gaping wound, visible bone, or bleeding that will not stop with firm pressure.
13. Since the injury or discomfort began, how has it changed?
It resolved, and normal activity is comfortable again.
It is steadily improving, with only minor symptoms remaining.
It has stayed about the same or gradually become more limiting.
It has worsened quickly or function has dropped substantially over a short period.
14. Looking at both wrists side by side, what do you notice about the injured one?
Its shape and size look unchanged.
There is slight puffiness, but the usual wrist outline remains clear.
There is marked swelling or bruising that changes the usual outline.
It looks bent, displaced, or visibly out of its normal position.
15. After comfortably supporting the wrist, how well can you move the fingers?
I can fully open and close the hand with usual control.
Finger movement is complete but mildly uncomfortable or stiff.
Movement is clearly reduced, or the fingers feel noticeably weaker than usual.
I cannot move one or more fingers normally, or weakness is rapidly increasing.