What is the most common cause of broken wrists?
Thrusting out your hands to protect yourself when you fall.
So common is this that emergency doctors have even invented a snappy acronym for "Fall On OutStretched Hand": FOOSH. It's been around since the early 90s, and I certainly hope you have no cause to hear it after venturing out on Ontario's icy sidewalks today.
I don't know if there are any recommendations of what to do instead of sticking out your hands; it seems to me that if you don't do that you will end up with a Fall On OutStretched Nose.
Tuck and Roll. But you have train yourself to do this without thinking about it. Take some judo lessons.
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