This is some advice written after my recent experience!

My daughter decided to do some gymnastics off of the lounge in the 5 minutes I went downstairs to feed our animals , she is 4 years old. There was a blood curdling scream and I raced back upstairs to

find her holding her wrist and yelling that it stung. I popped an icepack on it for 20 minutes. I got her to move her hand and wriggle her fingers. She could do this but said that it hurt. I took her to the local clinic as i thought she may have broken something. There was no swelling and the nurses didn't think her wrist was boken. On and off she said it was a bit sore for a cople of days, but nothing to worrry about. On the third day she fell over at school, landing on the same wrist. She screamed ( she is not a kid to carry on) they put ice on it and she was fine. When they told me what had happened, I took her back to the clinic, again they told me after examination thath they didn't think it was broken. I asked for an xray referral as I didn't want to sit in emergency for 6- 10 hours and wanted it checked just to be sure. I booked her in the following morning and drove  ( we live 2 hours from the hospital) in for the x-ray then waited for the results. It turns out she had a fracture. Despite the fact that she could move her hand, wriggle her fingers and swing off the monkey bars, her wrist was broken.

She has now been in a cast for 4 weeks. My advice is that if your child has persistant pain after a fall, it is a good idea to follow it up. My daughter showed no real signs of a break  as she didn't really complain of pain unless it was immediately after a fall, ther was no restriction of movement, but for the odd comment that it hurt a bit. Kids are resiliant, but it is a good idea to err on the side of caution! Especially if you have a daredevil dude like mine!