Broken Forearm Recovery

[Punt_Road_Roar]

My 4 yo son broke his ulna and dislocated his radius about 4 weeks ago now, but just yesterday he went back to the docs and they did any xray and everything was perfect so he now no longer has to wear a cast.

I noticed today that he has very limited strength in his hand, struggles to give a thumbs up and his wrist is very limp. I have never broken a bone in my life and not sure if this is normal for a young boy 1 day out of having the cast removed?

Has anyone here broke their arm or know something about recovery times when the cast comes off?

 

[betchsta]

My 4 yo son broke his ulna and dislocated his radius about 4 weeks ago now, but just yesterday he went back to the docs and they did any xray and everything was perfect so he now no longer has to wear a cast.

I noticed today that he has very limited strength in his hand, struggles to give a thumbs up and his wrist is very limp. I have never broken a bone in my life and not sure if this is normal for a young boy 1 day out of having the cast removed?

Has anyone here broke their arm or know something about recovery times when the cast comes off?

Seem he is so young & what I've learnt doing cert 4 in fitness, If he has lost strength in his hand, Buy a stress ball and get him to squeeze it and that will help regain strength in the areas and will help restore it back to what it was after a few weeks of doing it daily or any light hand exercise will see benefits.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

I noticed today that he has very limited strength in his hand, struggles to give a thumbs up and his wrist is very limp.

If i was you i would get the doctor to check his strength because your son might need to see a Occupational Therapist for Rehabilitation

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Recovery time for one of our local players was 6 weeks

 

[MarcusP2]

If the cast immobilised his wrist and hand he wouldn't have used those muscles in a month. I'd give him a few days to see if the strength comes back.

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

Thanks for the replies, he had a full cast on so I am hoping its just his muscles being very weak. I have booked him back in to see the Doc on Monday just in case.

Just freaked me out a bit last night when he couldnt hold his thumb up and it was all limp.

 

[Dan Moody]

Don't sweat it mate, my 13 year old dislocated his elbow when he was 2. Took about 4 weeks before he was hanging off the swingset and throwing stuff around again.
If he's in no pain then he's fine.

 

[Aquamarinejewel]

Thanks for the replies, he had a full cast on so I am hoping its just his muscles being very weak. I have booked him back in to see the Doc on Monday just in case.

Hope all goes well for your son. Having had a full cast for a similar injury a few years back...I had to visit the physio for quite a few sessions after the cast came off to regain the full mobility back due to muscles being a bit weak. A child will heal much quicker.