I think the hardest part after fracturing my olecranon SEVEN months and THREE weeks ago, was not the injury itself, which was annoying, but the residual weakness. This weakness has not merely affected my arm, but also my chest and back. One month after having had my metalwork removed, it’s finally safe to start rebuilding…
Well, the day has finally arrived. I’m losing my metal work! Which in many ways makes me think that I need to rename the site to something other than TitaniumGeek, and I won’t have an arm full of the shiny stuff anymore.
It’s been 5 months now since I crashed my bike, and fracturing my elbow, removing the end two inches of my olecranon. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation have gone very well, but for the occasional hiccups. As part of the recovery process, I have had an open appointment with the consultant in case of any problems –…
Swimming has been strongly advised to be an effective way to recover from my fractured elbow – however, my first attempts didn’t go every well, and frankly, I think I over did it!! FOUR months after my initial fracture and two months after my last swim attempt, I head back to the pool!
Although the metal work is currently backing out of my arm, and causing a little bit of irritation, the rods need to stay in as long as possible in order to get the maximum benefit to support the fracture. So that means starting olecranon fracture physiotherapy exercises – strength work directed at exercising and rebuilding the…
Pushing a little too far in the pool So my initial sessions at pool physiotherapy didn’t go that well. However given a good break from the pool, and a generally well moving arm, I thought now would be a good time to return to swimming after elbow fracture, although on a slightly bigger pool.
7 weeks 3 days post op… The last 4 weeks post op – crucially out of plaster – have been very interesting. Particularly so as the movement in my RIGHT arm has improved significantly. Almost more pleasingly is that the power in my RIGHT arm, both triceps, and biceps have begun to return.
5 weeks and 0 days post surgery. So far movement has been returning, slowly but surely. Fractured elbow swimming physiotherapy is the next step. Although it turns out pool physiotherapy is rather hard work, and not without its own issues…
Since the operation to have my elbow fracture repaired, I don’t think it’s an over statement to say that pain has been a prominent factor in my life. Especially whilst in physiotherapy, everything is about pushing just about as far as you can go. That is going to leave you a little sore. However in…
When dealing with an olecranon fracture rehabilitation, and crucially the functional aftermath, you learn a lot of little things to make life better. As the rehabilitation of the olecranon fracture continues, I have come to realise little things that have helped me. Things that I wish I hadn’t done, or crucially, things I wish I had…
James Gill