Aug 29th I had a non-displaced distial radial fracture. A week later it was casted by my primary doc. It kept swelling at the bottom of the cast, pushing my cast up and causing severe pain. 5 weeks later the cast came off (1.5 weeks ago), break healed nicely. Been to physical therapy 4 times, and done my home exercises now as well and wear a simple splint when not doing pt.
But I am still in horrible amounts of pain, can barely move my wrist in any direction. When I do anything with it (sometimes nothing with it as im still off work) it swell horrible, up to double in size from my elbow to my fingertips.
My PT doesn’t seem concerned, but after 10 days out of my cast, 7 weeks after the break, this is starting to worry me. Should I be pushing to see an orthopedist? Should I be pushing for an MRI, or is this all normal?
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My cast was removed two weeks ago that was for my broken olecranon of the ulna (that means the tip of elbow- the part you notice when your elbow is bent)..
I had my arm in a cast for three weeks and when it was removed I still couldn’t bend my arm at the elbow more than half-way up. I should be able to touch my shoulder. Also after the cast was removed my hand was puffy and painful. After one week the puffiness went away and I have sharp pains all over my hand, wrist and my shoulder of that arm.
How long will it take to get the muscles limber again and what exercises worked for you or someone else who broke their elbow?
My 12yr old daughter dislocated her elbow and fractured her wrist and elbow. She just had her cast removed on Monday but is in lots of pain, even to the touch, on her elbow. The Otho. said she needs to have physical therapy but i don’t think she could handled the pain. She is usually never a baby about pain so i’m really concerned. I don’t want to overreact if this is normal.