I was on a climbing trip to the Lake District (UK) years ago and late on Saturday after a days rock climbing we were walking home over wet grass, I slipped and put my left hand down to stop myself rolling down the steepish slope. I felt a sharp pain in my wrist and our first Aid person said " sprained", That evening ,in the pub a Doctor( experienced in expedition climbing trips, had been to the Himalayas and the Caucusus etc)agreed,"its a bad sprain, keep it strapped until you get home then rest it for a coupla weeks" Well i got home Sunday evening, but on Monday had a bad cold and went to see my Doctor on Tuesday morning, he noticed the elastic bandage showing below my sleeve and asked about it. He suggested" purely as a precaution" I went to the local A&E for an Xray. the doctor there was leaving after his shift to go sking in Austria and was making a lot of bad jokes about Mountaineering injuries etc. He came in after examining the Xray almost wetting himself laughing and said" you silly prat, you have been walking around for 3 days with a broken wrist" he promptly put my arm in plaster from knuckles to elbow for 6 weeks!!!!. I told him I was going to Cornwall in 2 weeks on a walking and camping trip, he said "shouldnt be any problem so long as you are careful and keep it dry" and I did too