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I had bad accident in Indonesia with a truck.
My left wrist was in 6 pieces, both hands had 10 fractures and long bone between wrist and elbow was completely cut.

My wrist was so badly damaged that I had to fly to Europe to get it operated.
Roughly 3 months later I had fixed my bike and I continued my RTW.

Now 2 years later I still have titanium support and 10 screw in my wrist. Wrist is a bit stiffer than other one, but does not cause any bigger problems.

After surgery I trained my wrist around 6-8 hours every day. Lot of twisting to get as much movement back as possible. Also squeezed rubber ball all the time to get strength back.

Just do not give up and do all kind of trainings with your broken hand.
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In 2008 I had a high side on a back road in Tennessee that destroyed my left wrist. I had a couple of surgeries and rehab, which was painful. The accident was in October and by April I was back on my bike. The first time I got in traffic, my hand locked up from the constant clutching and declutching but that went away. You need to keep up the therapy and continue to move your wrist around, Even now, I feel like it gets stiff If I don't move it around. Good luck.
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Many thanks for your replies with words of encouragement. My physio begins next Wednesday, so I hope I will be given more exercises to carry out and get some flexibility back in the wrist.
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Yup, entirely possible to relocate the various controls.
I ride with one arm, my left so have the throttle, front brake and clutch on that side. I have a Suzuki Sv650s. In a sense it's good physio riding anyway. Good luck
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Many thanks for your replies with words of encouragement. My physio begins next Wednesday, so I hope I will be given more exercises to carry out and get some flexibility back in the wrist.
I hope you've not waited too long to begin Physio ... the sooner you can begin the better. As time passes it becomes impossible to break down scar tissue and to restore 100% flexion and strength.

You'll get back from Physio what you put in ... see what Hemuli says about doing 6 to 8 hours work a day. Work hard at it and don't give up. But if you've waited too long to begin ... it will be a tough long road back.

My Doc's had me into Physio as soon as I could hobble into the facility and I had home visits before that.

Good luck, heal fast!
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There are plenty of mods that can be done that will enable you to keep riding. If the therapy doesn't work out or you are unable to operate the controls with that hand you could try several different mods. Here is a great site explaining different mods that can done.

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Apolgies for resurecting this post. Unfortuntely the bones in my wrist “have not healed in a correct enough position”. The surgeon is now advocating I undergo a radioscapholunate fusion, which I believe (thanks Google) is pinning bones into place. The benefits appear to be, less pain and more strength and the disadvantage is a possible loss of movement or not regaining any more movement than I have already achieved.

Has anyone undegone such a procedure and what effects did it have for you, good or ill?

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Some good advice has been given here. What TheTraveler said might be a good way to go depending on how well you rehab.

You might seriously consider a foot clutch and hand shifter ... with the throttle and front brake lever relocated to the left side. This would make the only requirement of your right hand to be holding on to the grip. Another good option, considering the use of a foot activated clutch lever/cable would be an auto-clutch which lets you put both feet down at idle and in gear. EFM Auto Clutch is a good place to start looking.

I have full use of my hands and feet, and I still have a foot clutch and hand shifter on my Shovelhead ... just cause I really dig it. Right side of handlebar is just a grip and nothing else. I have been thinking about adding the EMF autoclutch as well this coming summer.

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Apolgies for resurecting this post. Unfortuntely the bones in my wrist “have not healed in a correct enough position”. The surgeon is now advocating I undergo a radioscapholunate fusion, which I believe (thanks Google) is pinning bones into place. The benefits appear to be, less pain and more strength and the disadvantage is a possible loss of movement or not regaining any more movement than I have already achieved.

Has anyone undegone such a procedure and what effects did it have for you, good or ill?

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