Anyone Here Ever Break Their Arm Before?

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Because I sure as f*** broke mine yesterday. I was at work going from one room to the outside and tripped over a slightly under knee high piece of plywood taped to the bottom of the door that I had no idea was there. I fell on cement and I put up both arms and guess I landed on my right one harder because that’s the one I broke.

How did d you cope with injury and how long did it take you to get back to baseline?

I just spent the day at the hospital, pharmacy, etc. I have to go to a bone specialist too but need my workers comp claim number before they’ll schedule me.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Broke my left arm playing hockey when I was 14. Was in a cast for like 6 weeks I believe. After a couple weeks I could use it for basic stuff. It was broken, not missing. Never felt I got back to 100% in it, but I didn’t do the exercises they said to. That said, I’m still like 99% in it.

[Display Name]

Damn, did you have pyro too? You Shockmaster’ed that shit. Best of luck with healing.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Dec 28, 2023 19:23:51 GMT -5 Display Name said:

Damn, did you have pyro too? You Shockmaster’ed that shit. Best of luck with healing.

lol I didn’t even connect the dots. I definitely Shockmaster’ed that shit.

On the plus side I’m honing my skills in typing exclusively with my left hand Mostly the thumb 👍

[Doo Doo Dickhead]

I've broken a lot of other people's arms, but never had my own broken.

[bibboid]

I broke my humerous in second grade back in 1973. It turned out there was a weak spot in my bone and once it healed it was stronger than it was originally.

I actually spent a full week in the hospital after they put a cast on it. I’m not quite sure why. Maybe that was just the way they did it back then. I spent a total of four weeks in a cast and another three weeks in just a sling.

[BlackoutCreature]

Closest for me was dislocating my shoulder. Still have some nerve damage in my left hand from it.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

So far I’ve made it to 37 without breaking a bone or needing a stitch besides when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Dec 28, 2023 20:54:16 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

So far I’ve made it to 37 without breaking a bone or needing a stitch besides when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

Man, I’m just a few days shy of 37 too. Although I have had stitches before. First bone break though.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Arm, no, but fingers and ribs on different occasions.

Generally, a bone break/fracture is 5-6 weeks in a cast, depending on which bone.
If you need a plate a'la Lex Luger, or screws or some other re-enforcement it might be a bit longer.
Ribs, you get the DDP tape.

Halo like Pitbull 1? Waaay loger, Also, avoid Shane Douglas...

An arm, or leg, break is, depending on which bone broken, among the 'easier' heals.
Fixate and let time take its course.

You will be able to do most things as before, but it will hurt, and hurt baaaaad if do it exactly as before or over extend yourself.

You also risk not healing properly!!

You will lose muscle mass.

When the cast comes off, yeah, it 'should' be ok to go back to normal usage, but I strongly reccommend a slow recovery with gradual physio therapy and some gym work.
My worst injury I haven't revovered from, 12 years later, because of how severe it was and I didn't treat it right.
Don't be stupid!


Painkillers?
My advice, don't take opioids if you can avoid them.
Addictive, and the numbing it does, in my experience, makes you somewhat reckless, risking further injury.
Man up and take it!


You will get better.
You will get stronger.

[J. Hova]

I've broken every finger and toe, dislocated my left knee, sprained about every joint, and broke my left wrist in three places when I was about 12. That is my closest frame of reference. Depending on what exactly broke and nature of same, you will be splinted or casted up for four to six weeks. They'll probably give you PT, once again depending on those same factors.

I don't remember the pain being too bad after a few days but this was also 25+ years ago.

It really is too bad you aren't younger, otherwise you might develop the ability to throw an amazing fastball and get signed by the Cubs. God knows they could use all the help they can get.

[ayumidah]

Dec 28, 2023 20:54:16 GMT -5 YAKMAN is ICHIBAN said:

So far I’ve made it to 37 without breaking a bone or needing a stitch besides when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

Same. Good luck to both of us in maintaining that record lol

[Cyno]

I broke my wrist when I was 6. And then I broke both my ulna and radius near my wrist last year. Took about 6 weeks for the bones to heal plus physical rehab to regain strength in my arm. I also needed to get carpal tunnel surgery about 8 months after the fall because the bones didn't reform like normal and messed up the nerve where I was losing feeling in my fingertips. My orthopedist said that I should've had surgery on the fracture when it happened but the hospital didn't.

I'd say my arm is about 90% functionality, but the flexibility of the wrist will never be 100% again. Hope you're luckier with your break than I was.

[cosmo]

I was in a car wreck twelve years ago and shattered the heel bone in my right foot. Because I was terrified and didn't consider the future, I declined getting any surgery to fix it, instead just wearing a brace on it for a few months. Now my foot is kinda crooked, my ankle can swell to the size of a softball depending on the weather, and I've walked with a cane ever since.

I was also in another car wreck at the beginning of this year and dislocated both shoulders when the airbag deployed. A few months later, I screwed them up again. I have no recollection of what happened this time, but from what I've been told, I apparently had a seizure in my sleep, fell out of bed, and dislocated both shoulders a second time. They've also either healed back wrong (or I seriously f***ed them up and nobody did anything to fix them), because now I can't raise my arms any higher than straight ahead of me without causing myself a lot of pain.

[Soultastic]

Broke my right arm at school when I was 8, an older kid tripped me as I was running and I had a hard fall. School nurse called be a crybaby and used bandages to hold a single wooden stick against only my right thumb. She then refused to call my parents when I asked. I spent the whole day in horrible pain and being forced to write stuff down with my left hand.

Luckily my dad is not a complete f***ing dumbass, unlike the school staff, so as soon as he saw me he took my ass to an actual hospital where I got proper help.

Honestly my 3 months in a cast were not that bad. Obviously it's different when you're a kid, but if it happened again I'd just ask others to help me immediately. No sahme in calling up family, friends or even a stranger on the street when you're in trouble.

I mostly remember the following month being a pain though, as I had to do some rehab to get the thing moving properly again.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Arm no but I broke my collar bone a couple of times as a kid so know what it's like to be deprived of use of your arm for a substantial amount of time.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Not sure of the pain, the pain I experienced was somewhere around zero on a scale of 1-10. I’m not “f*** that didn’t hurt!!!” I mean, it didn’t hurt. Ever. I did pass out in the hospital after they took the cast off, but for pain. Nothing. Not even when it happened. I knew something was wrong, skated off the ice, my dad was running the gate and said “I think I sprained my wrist” he looked at at the huge divot in my arm and said “Yeah, maybe…we better go to the hospital” which was a welcome change from his “Gonna have to saw it off!!” From when I sprained my ankle when I was like 5.

I’m prone to passing out with injury, it’s happened a lot, but arm, wasn’t until the cast came off.

[pinja]

I haven't. I've dislocated my left kneecap half a dozen times, have broken my right little finger and my right metacarpal bone. I also have almost broken my tailbone while landing on a rock with a plastic sled as a child. The closest I got to breaking an arm was in a wrestling match. I was on the ground with my arms outstretched. My opponent rolled with his full body weight over my right elbow. It cracked and tore, but I guess nothing was broken. Still don't know what happened, because I never went to a doctor, which was a huge mistake. The immediate pain was immense and I couldn't put my arm straight for at least a month.
Best of luck to you!

[Dr. T is an alien]

Yes, but I don’t remember it. I was in the process of turning when my mom went into labor. Her body tried to push me out sideways. Somehow we both survived. I don’t know if the process had any permanent effect on her body (it’s possible she couldn’t have any other children as I was her only child). For me, I apparently broke in excess of 40 bones during labor, though the only obvious permanent effect is that one shoulder definitely sits lower than the other.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Thank you for all the insights (liking posts to show appreciation, not to be a prick about your injuries).

I’ve been going in circles all morning trying to make an appointment with an orthopedic clinic. Such a headache.