is it a sprain or a break? PLEASE HELP!

daisym6 | 00:21 Mon 12th Dec 2011 | Site Suggestions

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so i was at basketball practice and then i was pushed/fell over. It hurts alot!!!
i can type but it hurts sometimes. its a little puffy on the top it hurts on both sides on botom and on top i cant twist it or put ANY wait on it. it also hurts in the arm. i dont want to go to a docter and find out that i only need to wrap it ice it etc so please answer is it a break sprain fracture strain or what? should i play basketball? (it's on my right/writing hand) (i can write very lightly)

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With a fracture you would normally know the exact point at which the fracture occurred because:
(a) that's either the point which struck the ground with force or the place where you 'felt it go' when you fell ; and
(b) it's possible to point to, and touch, a PRECISE source of sharp pain.

With a sprain the pain is usually less localised and likely to have...

00:31 Mon 12th Dec 2011

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daisym6

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the uk

daisya

Curiouser and curiouser...

ummmm

Okay...get you now. You'd like it :-)

daisym6

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london my favorite book character is from there (yea i know pathetic!) alex rider have you heard of him author anthony horowitz plus i heard it was beautiful there

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like the uk? yes i think i would

daisym6

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i went to the doc and got some x rays and it turns out that the tendent might have gotten something wrong with it any way i might have to get a MRI if it doesnt get better. just a up date. :)

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