I haven't had any broken bones (just a badly sprained ankle few years ago), but my brother has had a broken wrist last year while he was working: can it help you? I don't think it hurt so much because he drove himself to E.R., juggling steering wheel and gears with one hand (usually he doesn't make a fuss about things); the swelling came down in few hours; they've taken off his plaster cast after four weeks and he was completely ok two weeks after. I can't tell how it feel to have a broken bone (it was his, not mine), but I don't think he was too uncomfortable after few days, when he left for an holiday in Ireland alone with his backpack ( I don't know how he managed with that giant thing).
Simona
