08-24-2018, 07:17 AM
My son had a displaced fracture of the elbow when he was four coming off a trampoline.
The doctor is right of course being in a cast for six weeks it was really terribly painful to try to get him to straighten his arm.....
Lots of therapy never got it straight until he was out getting his tonsils out.... then they manipulate his elbow while he was asleep .....that was the best thing that happened..... finally got it back within a few degrees of being straight.
One thing they told us which I still remember don't worry about bending it you have lots of big muscles that will make that happen.... just worry about getting it straight.
The doctor is right of course being in a cast for six weeks it was really terribly painful to try to get him to straighten his arm.....
Lots of therapy never got it straight until he was out getting his tonsils out.... then they manipulate his elbow while he was asleep .....that was the best thing that happened..... finally got it back within a few degrees of being straight.
One thing they told us which I still remember don't worry about bending it you have lots of big muscles that will make that happen.... just worry about getting it straight.
