just went from long arm cast to short arm cast...

MillyTheKid · 11-04-2009, 09:31 PM

and my elbow is really stiff. are there any stretches i can do to get it back to shape faster?

EndoGlo · 11-05-2009, 08:48 AM

What part of your arm did you break?

MillyTheKid · 11-05-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by EndoGlo

What part of your arm did you break?

wrist but my cast went halfway up my bicep and my shoulder is stiff.

JoNo · 11-06-2009, 02:56 PM

You should try to give gentle range of motion to your shoulder and elbow.

Elbow = Bend it as far as you can and give a little over pressure with your other hand to try and get your forearm to touch your bicep. If you can already do that and it still feels stiff, roll up a wash cloth and but it in the bend of your elbow and do the stretch again. For extension just try and lock out your elbow and gently overpressure with your body until you feel a stretch (like giving yourself an armbar). With your wrist still casted you can't supinate and pronate but once you get it off that wil help too. As well as a bunch of wrist stretches.

Shoulder flexion, extension, internal and external rotation, abduction and horizontal adduction and circumduction are the motions of the shoulder joint. I would websearch those and see how to stretch all of them.

MillyTheKid · 11-06-2009, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoNo

You should try to give gentle range of motion to your shoulder and elbow.

Elbow = Bend it as far as you can and give a little over pressure with your other hand to try and get your forearm to touch your bicep. If you can already do that and it still feels stiff, roll up a wash cloth and but it in the bend of your elbow and do the stretch again. For extension just try and lock out your elbow and gently overpressure with your body until you feel a stretch (like giving yourself an armbar). With your wrist still casted you can't supinate and pronate but once you get it off that wil help too. As well as a bunch of wrist stretches.

Shoulder flexion, extension, internal and external rotation, abduction and horizontal adduction and circumduction are the motions of the shoulder joint. I would websearch those and see how to stretch all of them.

alright thanks. ive been having my brother put me in armbars for it as a light stretch. to loosen up my wrists ill proably do the wanderlei thing haha.