Radius and Ulna Shaft Fractures: Treatment, Complications, Anatomy and Clinical Features

[@simrannarang6609]

Thankyou for the simple explanation. If the goal is for early mobilisation should we wait for hard callus to form and then start exercise ie 5-6 weeks, and if we do mobilise before the hard callus formation does the gentle rom puts the bone into risk of getting fractured again?

[@PharmacologyOrthopedics]

You are welcome, thank you so much for watching and commenting;
the duration of the period to start joint exercises after a fracture depend on a lot of factors e.g. patient age, sex, comorbidities, severity of the injury ...;
- but generally speaking, if the patient was treated NON OPERATIVELY for radius/ulna shaft fractures then: gentle shoulder exercises are started the next day (since shoulder is not immobilized in these injuries) , gentle elbow exercises are started after around 4 weeks and gentle wrist exercises are started after around 6 weeks
- if the patient was treated OPERATIVELY for radius/ulna shaft fractures then: gentle shoulder exercises are also started the next day (since shoulder is not immobilized in these injuries), gentle elbow exercises are started after around 2 weeks and gentle wrist exercises are started after around 4 weeks

[@simrannarang2246]

@@PharmacologyOrthopedics Thankyou.