You may not realize this, but your fingers, wrist, and hands are most fragile parts of your body, although they are compiled of 27 bones each and there are 6 easiest ways to break your finger, hand or wrist with little pain.
Growing up as an athlete, involved in a number of very different sports, I’ve had my share of broken bones. I remember being a kid and thinking it was so cool to have a bright colored cast to show off at school. However, I never really considered the pain of a broken bone that required that “cool cast.” That is until, I broke my wrist while roller skating at a friend’s birthday party when I was 8 years old. To be honest, I don’t remember much of the pain, but I do remember that it hurt a lot and it was a dull, numbing pain. But, after crying because the doctor only had white cast material (and a few phone calls and a special order later) I finally got the cool, grape colored cast I’d always wanted. Years later, I broke the other wrist learning to snowboard in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. This time around, I decorated my arm with a light blue (Carolina blue, in my opinion) cast.
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If breaking arms wasn’t enough, I later broke a bone in my foot attempting to play soccer barefoot, which I’ve learned is not a very good idea. For this one, I didn’t get a cool cast, but it did put me on the bench for my soccer and gold teams at the time, which I did not enjoy at all. Surprisingly, the largest number of bones are in our feet and hands and those bones are also among 6 easiest bones to break in our body.
While, for me, the pain of broken bones was very noticeable, some people don’t notice at all when they’ve broken a bone. Depending on the type of injury, the healing process can take from 6 weeks to several months, and some breaks even require serious surgeries including, pins, screws or even wires in your body.
Just to show you the examples how easy is to break some of your body parts, we compiled the list of 6 easiest ways to break your finger, hand, or wrist with little pain, with the help of bodybuilding and other forums such as Reddit and Blurtit.
6. Slamming
How many times have you or someone else slammed the car door only missing a hand by inches? Depending on the circumstances this mishap can definitely lead to a broken bone as there’s a 96% chance that your hand will end up in cast.
5. Sparing
This is one of the most common ways of breaking finger, wrist or hand with little pain. This is because you must tighten your already pressured hands with bandages before putting on your gloves. Therefore a break can be very unnoticeable.
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4. Arm Wrestling
Who doesn’t love a good arm wrestle to show off your strength? Since your hands are already under pressure, you might not feel cracking, when pushing your hands against your opponent’s, leading to an injury.
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3. Sports injuries
If we were to take a look into every sport in which you can end up with broken finger, wrist, or hand, the title ’’6 easiest ways to break your finger, wrist or hand with little pain’’ wouldn’t be sufficient. Regardless of whether or not a ball is involved, one wrong hit or catch in sports can lead to a broken bone.
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2. Multiple hitting
This is the most obvious way of breaking your finger, hand or wrist with little pain, as the process is slower. Every time you hit your hand against an object, or multiple objects fall on your hand, the bones are gradually becoming weaker and weaker, until they start cracking before they completely break.
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1. Cracking fingers or wrist
Many people have the not-so-great habit of cracking their fingers. This is why there are many cases of breaking a finger or a wrist without even realizing it, until you become unable to hold some heavier object in your hands. This is actually the most common and the top of the 6 easiest ways to break your finger, wrist or hand with little pain.
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