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Anybody fractured an elbow?

Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:46 pm
Posted by jscrims
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:46 pm
Just got the diagnosis of a fractured elbow. Have to go see an orthopedic next week. What should I expect. Doc in the box said no cast but ortho would know more.
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
14288 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:48 pm to
Yep, avoid cast and splint at all cost. Should just be sling. Once that scar tissue starts building in there your elbow will be frozen.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:49 pm to
quote:

Anybody fractured an elbow?
yes
quote:

What should I expect
sucks. Felt like it took forever to heal.
Posted by High C
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:51 pm to
Broke mine rather severely in 1972. They tried simply casting it first, but I ended up having surgery to have pins put in.
Posted by baytiger11
Member since Jul 2020
1549 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:51 pm to
Yea had a piece of bone chip off into my joint so I couldn’t rotate my forearm. Dr had to remove the chipped piece but thankfully no hardware.

Like Leastbay said keeping movement of the joint is key. Shouldn’t have a hard cast.

I can almost completely turn my palms up now.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 2:56 pm to
Yes. Was in a cast for a while. Good as new. My break was in 1993
Posted by GeauxOn
Texas
Member since Mar 2014
196 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:04 pm to
Depends on what part of the elbow, I just finished PT for a fractured radial head last week. Was in a brace that allowed movement for 6 weeks, then had PT for 6 weeks. Really wasn't an issue at all, first couple of weeks be used to doing things with one arm. Thankfully I was a professional with that as I had shoulder surgery on the same arm earlier in the year.
Posted by RATeamWannabe
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
25946 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:06 pm to
That kid from Georgia just fractured a leg
Posted by HogWalloper
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:18 pm to
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Posted by High C
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:27 pm to


I fractured my femur near where the medial collateral ligaments attach in the image. One of the more painful injuries that I’ve had.
Posted by TDsngumbo
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Member since Oct 2011
41596 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:32 pm to
No but I stubbed the shite out of my pinky toe this morning.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
11431 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:34 pm to
Yes, wore a sling.

Depending upon location of fracture determines surgery or not
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:35 pm to
It sucks when you get out of the sling and have to work to get your range of motion back.
Posted by brightside878
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
1563 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:39 pm to
Why yes I have- radial head fracture with minor displacement.

Cast for 2 weeks then a high tech braced that allowed more degrees of motion every 2 weeks, then PT. It took me 7 months to open it all the way again
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:41 pm to
I did after falling during a xanax binge. I dropped a les paul in the process of this which damaged the body. That bothered me more than the elbow.

My whole elbow was multi colored bruised in a circumference of about 5 inches around my left elbow.

I just wrapped it up and powered forward till it got better. I dont remember a lot from those years, but I remember that bring painful.
Posted by Festus
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:43 pm to
I did. No cast. Went to Dr. Mark Field. Excellent elbow ortho. Referred there because he supposedly fixes LSU pitcher elbows.
Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 11/7/20 at 3:44 pm to
quote:

What should I expect.
Posted by tygerfan1
Member since Aug 2008
2271 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 5:52 pm to
If you’re in BR area I suggest Dr Field or Dr Ahmad
Posted by tiger rag 93
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Member since Oct 2007
2570 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 5:56 pm to
3 bones make up your elbow, so it’s really tough to say what to expect without more info. Did they give a specific bone that was broken?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54038 posts
Posted on 11/7/20 at 5:58 pm to
I'm not knocking the thread, OP, but the front page of the OT looks like that of an Orthopedic Surgeon board. Just weird that it all got posted at once.
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