Shoulder Fracture - Causes and Treatments

[@BackyardBirdy]

My 88 year old mother had a proximal fracture from falling on her patio. Normally it was bad enough, they would have done a shoulder replacement but due to her age they did not want to do surgery. After 6 weeks it had healed! We don’t expect her to get her range of motion back but she is doing her exercises. For her age she did really well but did need me to be there all the time to help her with everything. We rented a recliner but she grew to hate it after she slid out of it on the floor once, but it was good to have.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

So glad it worked out

[@mathtrixmusiclix4248]

I sustained a Galeazzi fracture at 58 from a high impact mountain bike crash. I also play guitar and piano, so this was tragic for me. God bless Dr. Ian Mayne @ North York general. As an engineer and mathematician myself, I couldn’t have asked for a more precise and fastidious craftsman than Ian. I had a plate and pins installed and frankly, it was miraculous. I worked like a dog on mobility and early ROM. Operation was a massive success. Thx Dr. Mayne!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

That is awesome

[@cathylaycock5598]

Open compound fracture to lower left arm in 1960. I was 7 and these were the days that you weren't sedated or taken to OR to reset bones. I was wrapped in a sheet and orderlys had to lay over me while family Dr pulled my arm back into place, then into a plaster cast. Mom and Dad said they could hear me screaming way down the hall in ER waiting room. So glad they take kids in OR now. I've never forgotten it!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow that's traumatic.

[@tiffanysmith7444]

I have a labrum tear which my orthopedic two months ago gave me Cortizone injection. I was able to move the arm, but the pain is still in my bicep 10 times worse at night feel like something is eating away at my muscles. You don’t wanna do anything else but send me to pain management try going to physical therapy. They always send me home crying like a baby.

[@kakman1958]

I had a fracture/dislocation of my shoulder about 30 years ago. Tore a piece of bone away but fortunately was still minimally attached. When reduced it went right back into place and didn't need surgery. Treatment was exactly what's discussed here. Sling for 4-5 weeks, gentle exercise increasing gradually. I'm sure it's now arthritic as it regularly gives pain but I keep it mobile with swimming. I can't throw properly - a shame because it's my dominant side. It still remains 'loose' - I can feel it move around doing certain things.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Sorry to hear that. And yes often it just does not get back to normal.

[@splootan]

Did it go back into place straight away...? Or over some weeks.... thanks

[@kakman1958]

@@splootan No, It had to be reduced in hospital with the assistance of a couple of DRs, a towel and some sedation :) They put a towel under my arm then kind of tugged and massaged it back into the socket. I recall it went back fairly easily but my understanding is these drug make you 'forget' what actually happens so it may not have been as simple as I remember.

[@splootan]

@kakman1958 I have something similar... fell duslocation and a fracture tiny bit of Glenoid, now in sling for 3 weeks awaiting the head of the shoulder to be sucked back into the socket... does that sound right!? Had an X Ray, and it's still not fully aligned...

[@kakman1958]

@@splootan I'm not a Dr so can't say what's right. The ball of my arm was behind my shoulder - no way it was going back without medical assistance.

[@GreggBB]

Great information! If you ever are going to follow what a physical says to do and not do, shoulder replacement is that time!!! It's the difference between being able to use your shiulder later in life or not being able to.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Agree Gregg

[@brendahuff5876]

Fractured my shoulder in a mountain bike accident three weeks ago. (68 year old lady trying to be too much of a dare devil) Next ortho appointment for new x-rays is January 9. Hoping the healing has been going well enough that surgery is not needed.

[@PeteNasia]

How r u now ?

[@brendahuff5876]

@@PeteNasia Bone is healed, still working on muscles and the "catching." But huge huge improvements. No surgery, just time and gravity for the healing.

[@stevstro4498]

Thanks for another great video guys! Any chance, and, in this same vein, you could have Dr. Haverstock in again to discuss rotator cuff tear causes, diagnoses and surgery in us "chronologically challenged" (age 65 & up)?

[@janiesoito4494]

You guys are great. Good video. My perspective as a former rehab nurse is that I hated to have patients with fx shoulders or pelvises. I couldn't touch them or move them without causing pain. There didn't seem to be enough pain medicine to make much difference.

[@chuckbolik7060]

I totally agree. I'm an OR nurse who fracture my Left shoulder. Very painful.

[@margaretreilly3931]

Hi Docs, Your videos are so helpful! I fractured my shoulder last December 20th. No surgery required but a very painful injury including significant rotator cuff involvement. First visit with the Ortho, he noted it could take up to 9 - 12 months to heal. THEN he mentioned my age as a factor 😢. I’m 72, but hate the reminder😊. At any rate - he was right on. I’ve had months of PT. I have made progress but still a painful injury.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes the first while is brutal

[@ok4u2nv]

​@@TalkingWithDocs One of the most overlooked fractures by physicians is a fractured coccyx. Generally patients are told that it will heal on its own, but when it doesn't then patients have to decide if a coccygectomy is a surgical option available in their area. Not alot of surgeons actually do this surgery.

[@cayhudnall8106]

I had a horrific fracture of my shoulder last year. I tripped and hit my shoulder on the edge of a brick column. Had a reverse shoulder arthroplasty. Most painful thing I have ever had in my life! Due to great OT treatments, I now have complete range of motion😊

[@louisebakerlifeandwellness3391]

Thank you for sharing and giving us hope of an optimistic outcome

[@zahirkarimullash420]

Now I am having the pain of shoulder fracture. Thanks for help.

[@barbaramiller5625]

Hi, I am 85 and two nights ago. I fell putting a fitted sheet on my bed. I fell on porcelain tile. I went to emergency when they finally got to me. They gave me a pill for pain and then they decided to do a reduction. try to get they said it was dislocated, one guy pulling on it. The other guy is massaging and working and trying to get it in and all of a sudden he says wait a minute this doesn’t feel right we better send her to imaging there was a dislocation but also there was a fracture about 3 inches down From the knob at the top, but it was only aboutb 40% across. It’s a good thing they stopped when they did trying to put it back in. They could’ve easily broken that shaft, but I haven’t seen orthopedic yet trying to get in sometime😢 this week as I say, it happens Sunday night now Tuesday night very late. I love your videos. I wish you were my doctors. Thank you.

[@nightdipper5178]

Good video! I broke off a piece of the humerus that had ligaments attached, that connected it to the shoulder. This resulted in a hole in the capsule of ligaments holding the ball in the socket. I suffered recurrent dislocations, where the ball would end up in the lower part of the arm-pit. I needed to push/fanagle the ball of the humerus back through the 'hole in the capsule', back into the socket on a semi-regular basis, it hurt. Anytime my elbow was above the shoulder the ball was at risk of coming out. I finally had it fixed after six years of this happening, I did not know I had broken the humerus or my collar bone until this point. My doctor performed the Bristol Method if I remember correctly. The acromion process was moved so that my muscle (bicep?) now holds the ball in the socket when I extend the arm. The piece of broken humerus was too small to reattach or broken for too long, to fix the hole in the ligaments. The Bristol method had less of an impact on range of motion than pulling the capsule of ligaments and stapling them to fix the hole. Since I was an athlete the Bristol Method was a better option from a range of motion aspect. After all this was done and I healed, I ended up tearing all the ligaments holding the collar bone to the shoulder in another incident. My doctor was not happy that I screwed up his work.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Oh man that is tough

[@altudy]

At the age of 69 I broke my first bone five weeks ago. I slipped and fell heavily at home landing on my left side. The pain was excruciating but it didn't occur to me that it was anything more than a bruised muscle which would resolve itself after a few days. Two weeks later and still in pain with limited arm movement, the penny dropped. After a visit to A&E and then the fracture clinic I was treated for a greater tuberosity fracture with minimal displacement. Hoping for a reasonable recovery of shoulder and arm movement as I live alone.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Best of luck!

[@jackiefilby3830]

Hi I'm 64 fell 2 weeks ago the pain is still unbearable having 3rd xray next week arm is in sling it's a fractured head shoulder x

[@debbiewhite3602]

I had a fractured shoulder during the height of COVID. Thank goodness I didn't require surgery.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

That's lucky

[@louisebakerlifeandwellness3391]

Thanks for the video, I fractured and dislocated my shoulder 3 weeks ago, don't feel like I've had enough attention from any doctor as the service where I live is kind of inadequate. I am constantly confused between moving it, not moving it, keeping the sling on or not, whether its a good idea to take antiflammatories or not (as the hospital advised), what i should and shouldn't be doing. It still feels extremely fragile and the last couple of days got worse. Before that it felt like it was improving and getting stronger. I can't bear the thought of not making a full rehabilitation... I am not so old and have always had a busy, active lifestyle. What can i do?

[@jackkip]

I fell several years ago. As I was going done, I reached out to grab a chair. My arm jerked back. Immediately it hurt. Next day I went and got an X-ray. It showed nothing. Then two weeks later when it wasn’t getting better, my PCP sent me for an mri. Turns out I had a fracture of my greater tuberosity and a small tear in my Supraspinatus. By the time it was diagnosed, not much to do. Eventually started PT and it finally started to feel better. Plus it first bone to break. Luckily it only took me 56 years ☺️

[@TalkingWithDocs]

That's lucky. Kind of 😀

[@gregoryglen4090]

Thanks Docs. And now I only watch your channel since the Jays are driving me crazy!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Seriously how do you lose 4 such important games with that effort?

[@botodeov57]

Thanks Doc....BTW: this fracture looks painful..it hurts just looking at it...ouch...never had a bone break TG!....As always thanks to docs for the info and your guest doc Dr. Haverstock...You guys are the best!!! :)

[@Phishion]

Its really painful. Thankfully my only bone break

[@nancygenova4670]

Thought i was going to pass out and throw-up at the same time. Black ice. I wear boots with steel spikes now if there is any snowy icy weather. I worked my heart out in p.t. and have good range of motion but not 100%.

[@PeteNasia]

Feel off my motorcycle last Saturday in Cambodia Go Thailand for operation on tue im 59 with osteoporosis. Is operation the best option ?

[@erhan734]

Great info. Thanks!

[@murphyarmstrong3163]

I fell off a telephone pole and broke my clavicle and dislocated the shoulder. An old bone doc who smoked cigarillos while he treated me taped me up over the shoulder and under the elbow, so the weight of the forearm levered the shoulder back up and in. My arm and shoulder were completely immobilized taped around my chest for something like 6 weeks. When he finally untaped me I had this skinny little-kid’s arm that I couldn’t lift my hand above my waist. Another 6 weeks of hours each day tossing a baseball against a wall and I was back to normal. That was 45 years ago and it’s never caused me a problem since.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow that's awesome

[@louisebakerlifeandwellness3391]

Bless you, thank you for sharing that

[@deborahlinton9635]

Have you guys been talking to my Surgeon? My proximal humerus happened Feb and it was brutal. I still don’t have anywhere near the previous range of motion yet. And a total lack of decent pain meds due to the opioid crisis isn’t helping. But I digress. Thank you though.🇨🇦

[@TalkingWithDocs]

It's rough Deborah. Hang in there!

[@shivananddeshpande8480]

Very good and very useful informations. Thank you drs.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Always welcome

[@EphesusD]

@TalkingWithDocs Are the pins and plates permanent and if so does this exclude you from having an MRI?

[@Beruthiel45]

Things must have changed in ten years. 😳 In August 2014 I went outside to turn off the backyard sprinkler at 11pm and tripped and fell and hurt my right shoulder. Off to the nearest ER at midnight, had an x-ray and told at about 2.30am that I'd broken my shoulder\humerus, but there was nobody on staff to put a cast on till morning. At 7am I was placed in a huge white heavy cast from wrist to shoulder and told I must sleep sitting up for 6 weeks but I'd get a call in a couple of weeks from the bone clinic. I had to use a sling to hold the cast weight. Never did hear from the bone clinic. However, that was forgotten about because in that 6 week period I was diagnosed with stage 3 NHL and when I did get to the bone clinic to see if my cast could come off at the end of 6 weeks, I had to wait for someone to say "okay" after a quick x-ray. Hooray, I got a yes. They cut off the cast and my arm had withered. One of the several doctors hovering about said to another one that he'd have replaced that cast with a lighter one after two weeks. My referral to the bone clinic hadn't gone through from the ER apparently so I was overlooked. No idea what kind of break I had but I'm right handed and have no residual weakness, just get an occasional twinge if I'm under the weather. I've made it to 78 and a half thus far so I shouldn't complain too loudly. Nobody ever mentioned physiotherapy either. I might go online and sign up for the AB Healthcare records system and find out what kind of break I had. NHL took precedence and I never looked that up either. Sometimes no news is good news, or in other words, what the eyes don't see the heart doesn't grieve over. 😉

[@danielleshay1972]

Hi docs. Could you please discuss a broken patella? After my 2nd knee replacement surgery, I was walking to my room one day when I heard this horrible CRACK and the pain was immediate and horrible. On my 6th surgery, they finally amputated my leg and I feel 80 percent better. Thank you

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow so sorry to hear that. We can add patella fracture to the list for sure

[@babtoronto]

Thanks for this video. Currently, I'm experiencing subluxation of the right shoulder. Could you do a video on subluxation of various joints and what you can do to stop the excess movement of major joints. Should I use a sling? Should I tape it and if so, where? Taping has worked very well on my patella. Hey, the Chicken Dance is very important in my world!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Hi bab. We can add it to the list. The mainstay of treatment is physio but taping may help

[@VYNLRoSe]

I need surgery this Tuesday and I’m so scared this is the most pain I’ve ever been in. I’m in a sling currently and the first x ray was a greenstick fracture. But a day ago my we got the news that my humerus broke all the way through and is shifting to a bad position. As of writing this comment the pain is excruciating. The doctor said that I have to be in the sling from 8-12 weeks. This injury was cause at school because I was attacked from behind.

[@texaspatty4697]

Attacked?? You should talk to a lawyer.

[@lwaliz]

It's hard to believe people have such diverse experience with the same fracture. I fell walking up the stairs onto the landing and had such excrutianting pain I could not move at all. The emergency ambulance took me to the hospital, fracture of the great tuberosity with minimal displacement. For the following 2 weeks every move I made was horribly painful and now it's 6 weeks later, still wake up to pain every night. I don't get how people can start moving that arm so early or how someone does not even go to the doctor for weeks. I had to be scraped up from the floor and given a strong painkiller already in the ambulance before arrival to the hospital.

[@Joy21090]

Broke my sacrim 20 years ago and haven't been the same since.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

It's a pain in the butt for sure

[@jasbirgrewal-wu8fk]

Good morning doctor I have a hairline fracture on my left shoulder from last 5 days I am wearing a sling but the pain is getting worst at the start of the treatment my doctor said x-ray is not required we will check after 10 days but the pain is getting worse should I consult to someone else

[@nadirarizwan2410]

so what is the right treatment ..operation , exercises or just to wear a sling? please help

[@naomioconnor4107]

I have broken wrist and ankle as well as dislocated shoulder on three different occasions. Did not receive therapy after any.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow

[@artsandeducation7716]

That's really..really well, thank doctor, I got a lot of knowledge about shoulder fractures. and what's the treatment.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Glad you liked it

[@gwynnda4838]

My shoulder just dislocated 2014 no fall or injury, it was put back in place in the ER.I have had repeated PT. The dislocated shoulder froze and I still don't have range of motion.I wonder at 65 what treatment should I seek to stop the pain and be able to use my shoulder without it dislocating

[@Ronlawhouston]

I took Flowmax. It caused me to get dizzy and fall. I fractured my humeral head. It was very painful!

[@maryjoyb.martin2021]

I had a fracture/dislocate shoulder,its 1month to be exact ... What treatment should i do ..

[@andrevillaflor3920]

Is it common to have a endema on hands while wearing a cast? My mom fell and had 3rd proximal humerus fracture.

[@Pratikkami]

I got fracture my shoulder when Playing football but I can do pullups round my hand but only I felt pain when push up ..what should I do ?either treatment or home workout for shoulder❤

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Make sure the bone is healed. Then physio either at home or with a therapist

[@miketrebert7788]

I broke my collar bone in a car crash - lucky I didn't break my neck. A couple of decades later my son was riding my bicycle over a speed bump in a bar parking lot took a dive and broke his collar bone. Could be a genetic problem but he was drunk. On a bicycle. He still has a metal rod in his collar bone, I had mine strapped up for a while, as I rode my motorcycle. In other words, intellectual deficiencies can cause fractures. Thanks Docs, I'm counting on your intelligent videos to improve my brain activity.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We will do our best to keep that up 😉

[@surelygracekamtaura1209]

Thanks again

[@sondrascholz7251]

I broke my humerus below the shoulder on May 17, 2023. The xray taken 2 weeks after showed the bone closing at top and about 2 inches apart at the bottom of the break. Today on January 25 ,2024 xray shows the exact same thing. At the 2 week mark I feel the Orthopedic Dr. knew what was happening instead kept me in a brace for 2 months and released me without an xray said it was just going to take a long time to heal. I am 84 is there any way to solve this issue.

[@chrismclaughlin1082]

My doctor had to break my humerus bone to get at my lipoma. Can you do a video on lipomas?

[@mikebennett7261]

One of your best

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks Mike

[@TorgerVedeler]

Good summary. I broke my shoulder as a kid and was in a brace. A few years ago I broke my scapula when I was turning a valve. For that I had my arm in a sling for a while. Now, I’ve got Osteogenesis Imperfecta, so does this mean my healing time after such a fracture would be longer?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes it would.

[@bstewartexecutivecarcare3797]

What about chronic dislocated shoulder surgery, have you ever heard of the Putty/Platt (sp?) procedure?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes. It's more complicated as the shoulder is stuck

[@ElleBug197]

I’m 4 wks post falling; proximal humerus fracture w/rotator cuff tear. I’ve always handled pain relatively well; however, this is kicking my butt. Is it the break or tear causing such pain at this point?

[@lnzeeee]

I’m in week 3 after ORIF PHF surgery.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Hang in there!

[@lnzeeee]

What’s your thoughts on going back to work after ORIF PHF?,when?

[@anacee]

I broke my humerus two weeks ago and I am supposed to wear a Dessault bandage for four weeks. Would you agree with it? Thank you

[@micaelagaspar3434]

Me too humerus broken, they have me in a loose sling. Going on week 2, it worries me my ortho doesn’t give a shit

[@mikebennett7261]

Perfect,thank you

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Welcome

[@soniamsbr2012]

My 95 year old mother had a proximal fracture from falling on her room , it was 2 weeks with pain . at night is worse. what can she do to the pain?

[@kcoco7551]

what about selected cryotherapy? and at what point?

[@gofasters1]

I had an AC separation when I was 18. Then I went in the Marine corps 4 months later. I definitely felt the pain return with all the pull-ups and push-ups.... Today 30 years later, I have a distinctive knot sticking out the top of my shoulder haha

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yeah the bump stays but function is usually pretty good

[@vickiepatterson1748]

Excellent presentation Docs!👍 This is very beneficial information for everyone! I've only had one fracture in my life and I'm thankful it wasn't a shoulder!😋 I think a fractured shoulder would effect more things than the chicken dance. Some people talk rambunctiously with their hands and with some people, talking involves their shoulders too! Can you imagine people being stifled from having a broken shoulder!?!😮 It would be funny and tragic at the same time! Thanks for sharing another great video!

[@TalkingWithDocs]

God point Vickie. Yeah it affects a lot for sure

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Broke my upper humerus bone twice from falling backwards with my arm behind my body. Not sure it was high enough to count as "shoulder". Pretty simple fracture with obvious loss of function and pain. All I needed was a sling and time for everything to heal up

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow that's unlucky to do twice

[@danielcohen99]

Any loss of mobility?

[@ChrisCapoccia]

@@danielcohen99 nothing permanent. Everything healed up fine

[@omarorozco2828]

Doctors is it possible to relocate your shoulder physically or munaly

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes but if broken it is very hard to do

[@TKing-ql8vn]

How many months it takes to recover because its been a month and can't even lift my arm to my head 😢😢

[@annettesmith472]

Have a 3D image of mine which is quite cool. Basically the ball snapped off and to the side. Every time I had an X-ray I got told I’d done a good job of it 😬 They decided not to do surgery but did say I’d probably end up needing a shoulder replacement down the track. I slept 6 weeks in a chair. I only went to physio twice but did all the exercises the specialist said to do and physio suggested. In a way I was lucky as I seemed to have a bit of a pinched nerve so the pain wasn’t too bad. Had a hell of a bruise though 😋 Three years on and about the only thing I can’t do is lift it as far above my head as my other arm. Can put behind my back like the other and wash my hair etc. At my 3 month final specialist visit he said I couldn’t have got a better result with surgery. Basically I tend to forget about it till I go to grab something high and it won’t go that far 😋 and occasionally it will ache if I use it a lot lifting stuff of a day.

[@jsand8301]

Left arm broken twice (bicycle and rough housing), couldn't say radius or ulna. Left jawbone broken once (bicycle, separate to arm accident).

[@darian5428]

docs is there anyway to regrow articular cartilage?? how about treatments coming next year or at least soon in a few years?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Not yet. Lots of people working on it

[@ashmariee3426]

So you guys have like virtual visits? I need advice

[@LaTrec9]

Good job 👏 👍 👌 🙌 😄 😀

[@AbdullateefShaikh-d1s]

Shoulder fracture cure for without operation please answer me

[@robertporter-ij9li]

i have a factured humerus and have to have surgery to fix it

[@CarlaBabwah]

I have a broken arm, go therapy but no movements in the arm..the bones were moves out of place and was broken..i am really getting fedup..this happened in oct 2023..

[@TalkingWithDocs]

It can be stiff even with physio. Hang in there

[@maryshimp2664]

I fell had to have my husband call 911 to get me down our stairs. The sling the ER gave me was useless. The Orthopedist the next day put me into an immobilizer for 4 weeks. Moved onto a sling for 3 weeks. Now at PT

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Hang in there Mary!

[@UserSmile7077]

A couple of fractious including ribs swollen spleen. a total dislocation! My arm was totally hanging all I could do was scream the pain was the most unbearable thing I ever felt. Ambulance came I was going into shock, they literally administered morphine it did absolutely nothing! They were racing me to the hospital (screaming) it was a doctor in the hospital that walked in while they were x-raying me this guy literally saved my life!! when they wheeled me back stopped at the nurses station he was so mad, I heard him say stat before we have cardiac arrest. The next is the surgeon and the anesthesiologist are talking to me I needed surgery. the orthopedic surgeon would not let me start anyting 8 weeks and I wound up having a mini stroke while doing Rehabilitation. I can know longer Drive .. I literally woke up they had me on my stomach with my arm out I seen the doctor lift his hands immediately and they put me out again I woke up with full oxygen mask my upper body was fully wrapped my oxygen they said just for a few seconds went down in the upper 80s😳 I literally have post-traumatic stress from it.. I woke up on my couch have no idea how I was taken out of the hospital under anesthesia. When they finally we're able to get me on the phone the next morning they were in a panic wanting to send an ambulance for me to bring me back to the hospital to reevaluate and admit me. The orthopedic surgeon said who is in practice with five others they have never seen this happen except two 300 lb football players never in their career to a small person like me. Frozen shoulder more so much Mobility

[@chrispotts9710]

I’m 35 and was in a car accident and have a mid broken humerus drs will not give me any pain meds but tell me to take Tylenol and Motrin

[@austeinwayneodiem9026]

I had an accident in motor and I have the same but I can control my shoulder back

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Hope it gets better

[@terrylepine4347]

Had a fractured radius and ulnar close to elbow now I have no rotation my arm was told the bones now how to heal but not always knows the pattern 🥺

[@gokugamingph9243]

my humeral head has a fracture, I checked up with the doctor and they said I will have to wear an arm sling for 2 months. The next 4 months I consulted the doctor again they say my fracture is healed. But my shoulders had limited range of motion with some pain. Can u help me what the correct treatment my shoulders? I'm 26yrs old from Philippines.

[@rumelynmanacap8788]

Hi,are u ok now?

[@robsargent8611]

You haven’t lost your touch Paul 😂 great information Brad and Paul 👍

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks 👍

[@cynthiawhisker1244]

I’ve broken my sacrum, 2 metatarsals and then my knee cap all in the past 8 months. Ugh.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Wow be careful Cynthia!

[@Phishion]

Had this some years ago. First few nights were hell. You can lay on your back no problem but like every half an hour you wake up in pain because you tried to rotate in your sleep.

[@Phishion]

Still not as painful as salmonella tho

[@sirajsugrashifa]

My hand fracture right side pains when I lie down to sleep

[@sherrimorrill8772]

I am 6 weeks out from this break. Gets better each week. I started PT at 2 weeks, and every time I start new exercises, it aches for a day or so. Still sleeping in the lazy boy. 🙄

[@damightyshabba439]

Im 50 now - and looking at this video because I broke my shoulder AGAIN last week . I broke it the first time at 14, again at 36... now at 50. (I have a mental thing so I "fit"... once in a while it causes damage) I have both lower back and upper back damage, and my left arm is... a joke. On a good day, I can use it, but normally... not so much. Looking at the graphics for this video... maybe I just need a muslcle graft? All the xrays show now problem, so.... maybe I just need to transfer muscle onto the joint?

[@ClareHarrison-qi3bw]

Ooh ... a little notice before video of surgical procedures, thank you. Or make it blurry like a 1970's romantic advert! Wondered if the trauma of the damage from an accident and/or the intrusion of any surgery automatically means arthritis later, or not necessarily?

[@kimberlyjohnson5923]

Mine was all scar tissue and I had to go to a deep tissue massage therapist to get my rotation back

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes good idea

[@kubotajordan9502]

Hello Docs this is a really great video I've had 2 rotator cuff repair surgeries L & R . The right one needs doing again from being lackadaisical & thinking I'm a human fork lift . Just wondering what the doc going to say what needs doing have never had a fracture there hopeful good out come . I bet Dr Paul does the chicken dance when he is tearing into some yard bird wings would like to see a video of that LOL you all have a wonderful weekend .

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Thanks Jordan. "Tearing into some yard bird " 😂

[@lanamolczyk5139]

I was surprised it wasn't casted.

[@juliaking3002]

I am 5 weeks into this fracture. Thankful it's been bad but not like breaking my femur😂😂

[@aaronyrd]

i broke my shoulder like 2 weeks ago

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Sorry to hear that

[@Ve-suvius]

And preventing fracture. Strength training, Vitamine D3 and K2. Eating prunes , yoghurt etc. Weak bones break easier.

[@paulkoza8652]

Agree, but comes a time in aging that there is not much you can do about it. The body is not infinite.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Good advice

[@Ve-suvius]

@@paulkoza8652 True. But when keep on weight lifting you are doing an older body way more good than being sendentary. Use it or lose it is the motto. Too heavy weight can destroy cartilage in the joints. So it's a fine line between doing enough to stay strong , and too much and wearing out your joints prematurely.

[@Ve-suvius]

@@TalkingWithDocs thank you.

[@denisestoraceblaskovic707]

Laying on the couch now. Broke at least 2 ribs. Ugh

[@paulkoza8652]

Painful. And there is nothing you can do about it.

[@Joy21090]

I'm so sorry. Wishing you a speedy uncomplicated complete recovery. MAKE SURE TO DO YOUR LUNG EXERCISES! No matter how miserable they are, it's vital to avoid pneumonia.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Rib fractures are so painful

[@Angel.7.62]

I was fighting in the street with someone that had a good 100lbs on me, turns out when you knock them out and they fall on you while your turning it breaks you shoulder, and has the ball of your shoulder slide up your collar bone.

[@user-po7iv4ni3o]

I've broken a few bones, but luckily no fractures 😉

[@paulkoza8652]

Consult your dictionary. They are one and the same. I think you have a misplaced reference.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We assume you were joking. Yes fracture, break, crack. Same thing

[@greenidguy9292]

I love your content and the jokes, I’m so happy I found the two you as you always have solid advice. I was wondering if the two of you would consider doing a video on collagen peptides. I looked through your library and didn’t see one. Thank you both for the great advice.

[@bw6078]

Shoulder fractures must be terrible. I don't think arm movement would ever be normal again.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Agree.

[@ZenHulk]

Makes me wince. Last day of 7th grade 1982, free day. We were playing touch football, i threw the ball to a guy i knew, he caught the ball stepped in a sprinkler hole tripped hit the ground right on his shoulder and bam, dislocated. He screamed the whole time waiting for an ambulance. I will never forget that, even though i spent 22 years in the Coast Guard.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Yes there is a certain bone chilling scream for sure

[@horrorgaming1799]

Only 41 here not old.😊 Can it make your hand hurt drs?

[@TheGosgnach]

I know that shoulder fractures can be very serious from what I hear..

[@TalkingWithDocs]

We agree!

[@jf.c.2804]

Broke right shoulder playing football. Never been fight since.

[@deborahneumann7246]

Chicken dance lol hhahaha

[@TedJedTBD]

As a 61 year old, I fell out of a wheelie bin! 🤦‍♂️

[@horrorgaming1799]

Using toilet paper is hard to do help?🙂