Conservative treatment of shoulder fractures can begin with muscle strength training after the acute phase, but shoulder mobilization usually takes about a month and a half.
Shoulder fractures usually take about one and a half months to heal at a basic level and more than three months to heal completely. Exercise can be started gradually after the X-ray shows that the fracture has reached the basic healing standard.
Patients with conservative treatment can’t perform shoulder lifting exercises within six weeks after injury, but can only perform active static contraction of upper arm muscles under the guidance of the rehabilitator, and draw circles on the horizontal plane, etc. After six weeks of review, if there is some growth of the bone scabs, they can gradually climb the wall and lift the shoulder activities.
The patient’s diet should be based on high protein, high energy, which can provide nerve cells and skeletal muscle cells to rebuild the material, need to pay attention to avoid forcible functional exercise, forcible functional exercise will make the skeletal muscle fatigue, is not conducive to the recovery of the bones, the rehabilitation training needs to be done according to the strength of the gradual and orderly progress.
It is recommended to carry out rehabilitation exercises under the guidance of a physician, so as not to cause damage to the organism due to unsuitable exercise methods and intensity.