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Elbow fracture

2018-05-04 15:36:20
Dear Doctor, Let me introduce myself as Sarath Chandra, Age-28, Resident of India. I recently met with an accident (On March 7th 2018) where my elbow got fractured .Now its been two months, so can I start doing exercises to my elbow for extension. Kindly suggest if full extension is possible or not in this case
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Your operating surgeon will tell the best

Answered2018-05-05 06:58:01

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usually we initiate exercises by 3 weeks. Its very subjective depending on fixation, quality of reduction and natur eof fracture

Answered2018-05-04 17:58:20

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Share your X-rays. In Elbow mostly start movements early

Answered2018-05-04 16:39:18

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