Too much falling makes the wrist go snap

I thought I'd save the condo association a little money and prune the crabapple trees in the front yard (the same ones mentioned in a small Chicago Tribune article last fall -- they're still alive). This was April 14. Coming down a seven-foot ladder, I missed a rung and fell. The first thing to hit the ground was my right hand, and while it made a troubling snapping sound and hurt afterward, everything still seemed to work. It wasn't until three days later that I saw a doctor, who sent me to the hospital for X-rays. Turns out I cracked the end of my radius. Fortunately, it's very minor fracture.