Broken arm, exercise suggestions?

arenad
arenad Posts: 142 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I fell down some stairs last night and broke my right arm. I was doing the shred. That's a no go now. I walked at a brisk pace for an hour today. Anyone have any either suggestions I can do besides walking?

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  • dvisser1
    dvisser1 Posts: 788 Member
    Broken forearm, so cast is below the elbow?

    Walking outside, recumbent exercise bike at the gym, stairmill at the gym or up and down real stairs (carefully.... ;-) ). Any and all lower body strength training should be good. If not a gym member, lunges and standing leg lift (forward and to side) will strengthen your quads, hamstrings and hip flexors. Abs and back in the form of situps / crunches, prone leg lifts and superman for your lower back are all good.

    A greenstick fracture of one of the bones in your forearm I believe is about 6 weeks to get the cast off. After 3-4 weeks you could see if your arm can take the shaking of jogging, but you're going to have to wait a few weeks from now to try it.

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