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5th metacarpal stress fracture

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so i have broken my metacarpals several times, (boxers breaks) for those who dont know what they are its the long bone in the hand from wrist to knuckle. my right hand has been bothering me lately, yesterday during bench i felt the all so familiar pop and super hot burn. i rebroke it, ie a metacarpal stress fracture. it made todays routine hell to get through. the 5th metacarpal is the hand bone connected to the pinky finger. looks like im going to be going easy for a little and wrapping my hands tight, i may even use a short soft cast to keep the weight out of my palm. this has happened to me before, seems to only happen when i get up in the heavy weight, over 330 and up

anyone else ever deal with this and what have you done

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I brome my wrist back in the day and still get a bit of pain when lifting. I find regularly icing helps. Considering its broken I wouldn't do anything that bothers it, id also be taking a ton of calcium supps in an attempt to heal the break faster. Just my 2cents good luck!