What causes the pain for people suffering from a colles fracture?

Trauma to the nerves: The process start when patient fall and continue by damaging the skin and the tendon and the nerves and the bone. These injuries cause swelling , the bone bleed from inside to cause pressure on the nerves, which cause the pain. When the swelling go away the pain cause away.

Primarily swelling: Primarily swelling cause the initial pain after a colles fracture. Secondary reasons such as tethered tendons or stretched nerves due to the deformity can also lead to pain. Also compromised blood supply can lead to pain, and in the presence of rapid swelling, numbness, pain on passive stretch of the fingers may indicate an impending emergency needing immediate medical attention.