Functional exercise after clavicle fracture surgery

When treating any disease, we must pay attention to the maintenance of the body after treatment. Functional exercise after clavicle fracture surgery is particularly important. Clavicle fractures are very harmful to the body, and after this type of fracture surgery, patients need to rest in bed for a long time. At the same time, they cannot do strenuous exercise, eat more light food, and avoid eating too greasy food to avoid other effects on the body. So what are the functional exercises after clavicle fracture surgery? The following is a detailed introduction.

method:

1 After the fracture is fixed, you can make a fist, extend your fingers, spread your fingers, rotate your wrist, bend and straighten your elbow, rotate your forearm inward and outward, etc., with the largest amplitude possible and gradually increase the force.

2 Two weeks after the fracture, you can squeeze a small ball with your hands, tie a sandbag at the wrist joint to increase resistance, lift your shoulders horizontally and rotate forward and backward.

3 Three weeks after the fracture, you can increase the weight of the sandbag, do bending, straightening, and rotation exercises. You can also lie on your back on the bed, support your head and elbows with your hands, and do chest-lifting exercises.

4 After the external fixator is removed, bend your hand and then swing it back and forth. You can also place your bad hand on the wall and climb up, gradually increasing your height.

Causes and types of fractures: The clavicle is superficial and prone to fractures. Fractures are often caused by indirect violence. When falling, the hand or elbow touches the ground, and the external force impacts the proximal end along the forearm or elbow along the upper limb; it is more common to land on the shoulder, hitting the outer end of the clavicle and causing a fracture. Most cases occur in children and young adults.

Fractures caused by indirect violence are mostly oblique or transverse, and are mostly located in the middle section; for example, when falling, if the hand or elbow touches the ground, the external force will impact the proximal end along the forearm or elbow along the upper limb; it is more common to land on the shoulder, hitting the outer end of the clavicle and causing a fracture. Fractures caused by indirect violence are mostly oblique or transverse, and are mostly located in the middle and outer thirds. Fractures caused by direct violence vary depending on the point of force, and are mostly comminuted or transverse.

There is local swelling, subcutaneous bruising, tenderness or deformity. The displaced fracture ends can be felt at the deformity. If the fractures are displaced and overlap, the distance between the acromion and the manubrium of the sternum becomes shorter. The function of the injured limb is limited, the shoulder is drooping, the upper arm is pressed against the chest and dares not move, and the injured elbow is supported with the healthy hand. The deformity of greenstick fractures in young children is often not obvious, and they are often unable to report the location of pain, but their heads are often tilted toward the affected side and their jaws are turned toward the healthy side. This feature is helpful for clinical diagnosis. Sometimes fractures caused by direct violence can puncture the pleura and cause pneumothorax, or damage the subclavian blood vessels and nerves, resulting in corresponding symptoms and signs.