Broken arm recovery

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by wayne3280, Mar 4, 2009.


  1. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    Not strictly boxing training, just wondering if any of you have ever broken your humerus and how you went about building the arm back up.

    I can feel how weak it is after less than 2 weeks in a cast!
     
  2. GPater11093

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  3. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    :lol: Indeed.
     
  4. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    How did you manage that?
     
  5. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    Arm wrestling in The Mill! Hadn't long started, I was actually winning and then there was the most almighty popping sound and everyone thought the table had broke. I didn't know what happened initially but kind of gradually lost control of my arm. Alcohol numbed the pain...
     
  6. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    That's happened to me, I was arm wrestling in school when I was about 15 and I dislocated my elbow and chipped the bone, I was in plaster for 6 weeks, but I'd rather do what I did than break the humerus - that sounds nasty.
     
  7. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i broke mine and ****ed up my radial nerve too.it took ages to get full feeling back in my fingers.i was off work for 5 months but the day i went back i boxed that same night.the bad news was/is that it wasn't set properly so its got a bend in it.
    it looks like i've got a good bicep and shite tricep.
    that was 31 years ago and it has never given me any trouble.

    good luck
     
  8. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    The reason the Dr didn't want to operate was exactly that - to avoid the risk of nerve damage. It looked ok in the initial xray after the cast so he said he'd sooner wait and see. Think there'll be a slight kink in mine but not much. It's nice to hear about a full recovery even with nerve damage though. Cheers!
     
  9. cheech

    cheech Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Be a man... rip off the cast and start hitting a boxing bag. Life is too short to waste.
     
  10. wayne3280

    wayne3280 Active Member Full Member

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    Can't bend my elbow much so I'll only be able to throw hayemakers. Thanks though, I'll give it a shot. :thumbsup
     
  11. Storamin

    Storamin New Member Full Member

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    so sayeth the teletubby. :rofl