title: Recovery after fracture of the distal radius.
abstract: Stretching exercises are an important part of recovery after sustaining a fracture of the distal radius. However, from the patient's perspective, painful stretching exercises can be counterintuitive after injury. Stretching exercises are straightforward and do not require a significant amount of coaching. It is ultimately the protectiveness, passivity, and sometimes a sense of futility that require coaching. The key for the provider is to empathize with the difficult and counterintuitive nature of the recovery process.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Arjan G J
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bot
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D010147:Pain Measurement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000503:physiopathology