How long can a distal radius fracture recover?

A distal radius fracture is a wrist fracture. After it is fractured, its rehabilitation process includes the healing of the fracture and the recovery of some functional exercises of the wrist. If it is a general conservative treatment, that is, we often say that small splint fixation, or plaster fixation, the fixation time generally takes months to half a month. After months to half a month, we can carry out corresponding X-ray examinations. These examinations require removal of external fixation and then examination. We will know the fracture healing situation through X-ray, the doctor will determine whether your wrist needs some corresponding functional exercise according to the healing situation of your fracture. If the surgical treatment, such as internal fixation of the plate, because it is fixed firmly, after the operation, we can exercise the extension and flexion function of the wrist. After two or three weeks, we can exercise the wrist in many directions. But overall, wrist fractures take about three months to heal and recover function, and the total process required.