I've been sorta quiet...

[Artista]

Maybe you should consult with a more contemporary ortho about participating in some type of athletic activity while you are healing. My ortho is in his early 40's and specializes in sports injuries. He knows that I am normally very active. When I broke my humerous, he told me to participate in any activities within my pain free range. I hiked on the weekends and participated in my regular fitness classes during the week. I worked my good arm with heavier weights as usual and made concessions to my injured arm like doing bicep curls with a 10 oz soup can. I also worked my lower body extensively. The doctor and his staff were astounded by how fast my arm healed and how little muscle I lost in my shoulder. I attribute the fast healing and muscle retention to staying active and keeping my blood circulating.

[Bike Writer]

Oh geeze Zoom, I feel for you. That's one big dang cast and I hope you got a sling with that. Stinks having to sleep in a position you don't like, it kinda feels like you wreck your good nights sleep. However wine and...ehem...other activities...may make up for that.

I tend to agree with seeking out another opinion on the activity allowed and I do believe that being/keeping active helps with healing, BUT only if it doesn't cause pain. When I was recovering from heart surgery I was cleared to ride a stationary bike about 10 days post surgery and I rode outside on my real bike at the 4 week mark. The breastbone is a whole different animal than an arm bone and since I am no Doc I'd make sure that one or two more Doc's agreed on a level of activity before I proceeded with it. I had different weight lifting/pulling/pushing restrictions along the way and if I unintentionally violated that I knew about it right away. Don't hurt yourself further.

Hopefully the time will pass quicker than you think it might.

[tealtreak]

Maybe you should consult with a more contemporary ortho about participating in some type of athletic activity while you are healing. My ortho is in his early 40's and specializes in sports injuries. He knows that I am normally very active. When I broke my humerous, he told me to participate in any activities within my pain free range. I hiked on the weekends and participated in my regular fitness classes during the week. I worked my good arm with heavier weights as usual and made concessions to my injured arm like doing bicep curls with a 10 oz soup can. I also worked my lower body extensively. The doctor and his staff were astounded by how fast my arm healed and how little muscle I lost in my shoulder. I attribute the fast healing and muscle retention to staying active and keeping my blood circulating.

Triple ditto! I was in a car wreck and had a cracked sternum and many cracked ribs- broken fingers, many stitches and soft tissue rips ......My youngish athletic ortho had me at PT and doing what/when I could right away and I healed very quickly (: