Anyone ever fracture their humerus?

I used a similar joke. She gave me the stink eye

I fractured my humerus playing football and the pain was so intense I passed out taking a standing x-ray. They put me in a sling with a very wide and thick ACE bandage to wrap around my upper body to hold the arm in place for 10 weeks (thank goodness it was fall and getting cooler). The other option was an upper body cast, so sling it was. pain sucked hard for a week and a half and only meds will let you sleep. Gets better eventually of course, but it is slow. rehab was a breeze. she will be in a grove in 10 days and on the mend. Best of luck!

Lol
Not even close

I fractured mine right in the middle playing basketball my senior year of high school and it hurt like hell. I opted for surgery to salvage some of my playing career and it was rough the first week or so then got a lot better. I never had to be in a cast which was great and I was back playing about 8 weeks later, although not at full strengh.

It looks like the doctor went overboard with screws - I have a titanium rod with 2 screws near the top and one near the bottom. This was 13 years ago and I still have the rod and I've had very little issues since.

he can see what he wants to see. I wish they were that big

What’s that mean? Sorry, I’m not up on my Orthopedic talk these days. It’s been years

Ah good point. I’ll def let her know and I’ll see what she wants to do.

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It means the articulation is off. My honest opinion is the surgeon did a poor job. I’m not sure if this is going to heal and she will be severely limited when it comes to range of motion.Think of it as the ice cream is still off the ice cream cone and it is not lined up correctly. Ice cream equals the humeral head and ice cream cone is the shaft of the humerus

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The alignment and reduction is excellent, though this is just a single view.

The surgeon impacted the shaft into the humeral head to stabilize the fracture prior to plate and screw fixation, which significantly lowers the risk of fixation failure. Attempting to pull it out to length would leave a significant bony void at risk of varus displacement.

To the OP, the surgeon did a fine job by that single X-ray. I treat hundreds of these a year. It's a long recovery potentially, but most people regain excellent overall function though probably a bit limited from before injury.

How the hell do you do that at a water park? I’m taking my boys to one on a Friday and need to know.