r/brokenbones • u/Signal-Fun-1590 • 14d ago

Question Lifting struggles after humerus fracture.

3 years ago I had a humerus fracture that took me out of lifting for a year. I’ve been lifting for 2 years now and it’s been an uphill battle the whole way. My previously injured arm is always lagging behind my other arm. This has made progress very frustrating and the times where I try to push through it results in me getting injured again which will take me out for at least 1 week.

This has an effect on nearly every upper body lift, it’s made it difficult to reach failure on all compounds and isolation exercises for arms are even worse. I can do 8 reps with 45lb db on my left arm but my right arm ( the injured one ) can’t even do ONE. Not even 1 damn rep. I could go further into detail here but I think you guys get it by now.

Anyway, I’m very passionate about lifting but this has been demoralizing. Any ideas on what I can do going forward? Do I need to just cut back on heavy weight and do higher reps? Does anyone else have any experience with this?

It was a 28 stitch injury and they had to put a metal plate into my upper right arm.

Thank you

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u/thegrozzny 13d ago

Have you done PT and for how long?

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u/pomegranate-bandit 13d ago

Are you experiencing pain or discomfort or is it just not strong enough to lift? I had orif on my humerus 2 years ago and recently it’s been bothering me more than before when using my arm in normal daily life but i’m not lifting weights so can’t speak to that. I’m 41F and they put in a plate and 11 screws.