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I'm 39 and still recovering from a wrist injury from trying to learn snowboarding last year. One's body does not heal quickly after a certain age -- and beyond some point, I imagine it never really recovers from certain kinds of physical damage.

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When I was 38 I completely broke my left radius bone into multiple pieces at the wrist end while snowboarding at Squaw Valley. On the x-rays it looked like it was crushed into tiny pieces at the wrist. The doctor said I was lucky it had been reset so well, and that I probably would not get full range of motion again, but I was young so maybe I would. I said I was almost 40; he said yeah that's young.

I could still type, mostly, and was back at work (at EA) within a few days. The cast came off at 6 weeks, but it took years before I could do pushups without pain. I finally got the full range of motion back after several years.

Hope your injury heals fully.

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