Elbow Replacement

After an elbow replacement, patients are typically allowed to engage in light activities and daily living tasks as tolerated, but should avoid heavy lifting and high-impact activities for several weeks. Physical therapy is often recommended to help regain strength and mobility. It's important to follow the surgeon's specific post-operative instructions and attend follow-up appointments to monitor progress. Always consult with your healthcare provider before resuming any activities.

After elbow replacement surgery, physical therapy typically focuses on restoring range of motion, strength, and function. Initial therapy may involve gentle passive and active exercises to promote mobility, followed by more active strengthening exercises as healing progresses. Patients are usually guided on specific stretching and strengthening routines tailored to their recovery goals. Consistent follow-up with a physical therapist is essential to monitor progress and adjust the rehabilitation plan.

This depends on the type of fracture, the severity, age of the patients and several other factors. In general, children's fracture are stable by 3 to 6 weeks but complete healing only occurs after many months.

Some can last up to 24 hours it depends.

Usually in the case of an elbow replacement that is the result of arthritis you can expect to spend 2 nights in hospital. the procedure itself takes 2-3 hours, you wake up with a drain inserted in the area of the surgery. this is removed the next day. they keep an eye on you for another night and if there are no unforeseen problems redress the wound on your elbow and send you on your Merry way. with a fist full of pain killers and antibiotics. A week later you have the stitches removed.

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I am not sure. I am a carpenter. I had my right elbow replaced. Needless to say, swinging a hammer with any force as I used to was inadvisable but I am still able to do most of the things that I used to do. I admit though that I take care not to put excessive strain on it. The thing is only glued in place wit epoxy resin, and re-fixing it is not a popular pastime among surgeons.

This procedure is known as an ulnar nerve decompression
The ulnar nerve is a nerve supplies sensation and strength to partof the hand and forearm. when it become compressed or trapped between bones of the elbow. remedy this situation a procedure called Ulnar nerve decompression is performed. different procedures can be used to relieve the entrapment of the nerve at the elbow. The nerve may be simply decompressed. Or it may be decompressed and moved to a new location. Or A medial epicondylectomy which entails the removal of a bony prominence in the elbow that which may be pressing on the nerve, may be performed. I had the epicondylectomy done as part of an operation involving an elbow replacement so I can not give you an impression of the surgery. However I had the operation about two months ago and immediately after the op there was very strong tingling in and around my pinkie the ring finger and up that side of my hand, I still feel a slight tingling most of the time at present but it is getting constantly better. I have also noted that the strength in that hand has improved considerably.

The elbow joint is a hinge joint. When it has been replaced with a prosthesis there is always a lot of bruising and swelling as a result not to mention cuts that need to heal properly. the fact is that it leaves the whole area rather sore and sensitive to move. therefore as the swelling goes down and the wound heals. the elbow will need to be deliberately moved repeatedly to the straight position and to the bent position with the aid of the other arm to loosen it up and get maximum flex back out of it. In my particular case the damage to my original elbow was such that I even have to get my hand turning properly again and need to exercise the hand and fingers to get the muscles and coordination back in order. The process's can be tedious but don't loose heart, Persevere, I am finding improvement in movement strength and comfort every day.

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within a couple of weeks I found that the swelling and most of the discomfort from the operation had gone and I was getting a fair bit of use out of the elbow already even without any particular phis therapy. the only thing necessary once I was able was to just gently straighten and bend my arm as far as was able with the aid of my other arm. the same applies with the radial movement of the hand, just turn the palm of your hand to face upwards and flat out as if you are expecting some one to put something in it. repeat these movements as often as you can handle and you ill find the arm will be just about back to normal within a couple of months. I had an ulnar decompression and this caused numbness in the pinkie side of the hand this is also constantly improving.

I had a complete elbow replacement and nothing is earmarked to be taken out. Perhaps you should have a word with your doctor.

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