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PROXIMAL HUMERUS FRACTURE HOW TO

For more information on how to stop smoking, please visit this website. Smoking slows down the healing of fractures and may sometimes lead to it not healing at all. You should then be able to wash and apply deodorant. Lean forwards slightly to that your arm hangs slightly away from your body. To wash under your arm, lean forward slightly while your arm is out of the sling as if you were doing the elbow straightening exercise. Take these as advised by your pharmacist or doctor. These injuries are usually very sore and you are likely to need to take painkillers, especially in the first two weeks.

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You may find it easier to sleep more upright than usual, using pillows to prop you up in bed or in a reclining armchair. When dressing put the injured arm into sleeves first and when undressing take the un-injured arm out first, followed by the injured arm. It is easier to use front button shirts and pull-up trousers with an elastic waistband in the first few weeks. This must be worn 24 hours a day, except for when taking the arm out to wash and regularly exercise the arm. You will be given a sling to wear for six weeks. You may need some physiotherapy help you in your recovery once the fracture has started to heal. The aim is to regain good functional movement to perform your usual daily tasks. After this type of injury, some degree of stiffness is inevitable and you may not be able to fully raise the arm up above your head. Your full recovery may take up to two years. Once it begins to heal it is important to start to gently move the shoulder to reduce the stiffness. This break usually starts to “glue” together between 4 to 8 weeks following your injury. You have been seen because you have broken (fractured) the ball part of the shoulder or the area just below it. The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint. This leaflet explains how to look after your arm at home. You have been treated for a proximal humerus fracture.

$proximal humerus fracture$

Proximal humerus fracture