Fractured humerus - rotator cuff injury too?
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Hi,
I fractured my humerus in a mountain biking accident about 5 weeks ago and am starting to be given a wider range of exercises to do in order to try and regain use of the arm - lifting the arm against gravity with the other arm, lifting it out to the side in a rocking the baby type motion, and pushing the forearm out to the side with the elbow against my body.
I understand discomfort is to be expected - what I'm not sure about is what kind - for me the pain is shooting / grating pain in the the dip between shoulder and collarbone, rather than the location of the break just below the neck of the humerus. It's been mentioned that I may have rotator cuff damage as well, and I was wondering if this needs to be confirmed / treated or managed separately?
I fractured my humerus in a mountain biking accident about 5 weeks ago and am starting to be given a wider range of exercises to do in order to try and regain use of the arm - lifting the arm against gravity with the other arm, lifting it out to the side in a rocking the baby type motion, and pushing the forearm out to the side with the elbow against my body.
I understand discomfort is to be expected - what I'm not sure about is what kind - for me the pain is shooting / grating pain in the the dip between shoulder and collarbone, rather than the location of the break just below the neck of the humerus. It's been mentioned that I may have rotator cuff damage as well, and I was wondering if this needs to be confirmed / treated or managed separately?
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