How long does it take for a child to recover from a broken arm?

Because children often run and jump without taking corresponding preventive measures, they are likely to suffer fractures due to collision with sharp objects. Fracture recovery is divided into several stages. During the healing period, you must be careful not to move around and do a good job of positioning to prevent local crooked growth. The second stage is that the wound has been unsealed and you must do corresponding exercises to avoid local muscle necrosis.

Rehabilitation treatment after fracture is generally divided into two stages.

The first stage, also called the healing stage

Two to three days after orthopedic treatment of acute injuries such as fractures or dislocations, the injury reaction begins to subside, the swelling and pain are reduced, and there are no other conditions that make it difficult to move. In general, rehabilitation treatment should be started.

1. Basic role of the first phase of rehabilitation treatment

1. It usually takes one to several months for a fracture to achieve clinical healing after reduction and fixation. During this period, the limbs are forced to be immobilized and lack stress stimulation. A certain amount of stress stimulation can activate local blood and lymph circulation, which is necessary to maintain normal tissue metabolism. The bioelectricity generated by certain stress stimulation can help calcium ions deposit in the bones, prevent bone decalcification, and promote fracture healing. Stress stimulation includes pulling and gravity on muscles and ligaments.

2. Maintaining a certain level of muscle contraction is the best way to promote muscle physiological functions, and can effectively prevent decreased muscle tone and muscle atrophy caused by forced braking of the limbs. Therefore, it is necessary to start proper training of the muscles in the injured area as early as possible.

3. Maintain proper movement of the joints adjacent to the injured area. Joint movement can stretch the joint capsule and ligaments and prevent joint contracture. Joint movement can improve blood circulation in the joints and promote the secretion and circulation of synovial fluid in the joints, thereby preventing and alleviating disuse joint contracture, atrophy and degeneration of articular cartilage, narrowing of the joint cavity, reduction in synovial fluid volume and intra-articular adhesion caused by long-term immobilization. During the intervals between exercises, pay attention to maintaining the functional position of each joint.

4. Fractures and dislocations often damage soft tissues such as muscles, ligaments, joints, blood vessels, nerves, lymph, connective tissue and skin at the same time, causing local hematoma. The compression of local hematoma affects muscle contraction and may even cause muscle reflex spasm. The compression of local hematoma obstructs venous and lymphatic return, causes venous congestion, massive fluid exudation and adhesion formation. If the muscle capsule and muscle fibers adhere to each other, it will seriously affect the muscle contraction and extension functions. When local hematoma pressure continues to increase, it will affect arterial blood supply and delay fracture healing. Rehabilitation therapy promotes the absorption of hematoma and exudate, maintains the range of motion of adjacent muscles or muscles, and prevents and reduces adhesions.