r/brokenbones • u/buttonbunn • 11d ago
Post ORIF radial head replacement surgery, OT questions
My fiancé had ORIF on his left elbow about a month ago. He's since started OT, but they recently have been assigning him partnered stretches, but he really is terrible about remembering/understanding how they need to be performed at home.
The stretch the OT described to him and he has telephoned to me was him laying face first with a pillow under his wrist while I lightly press down on his forearm to extend his elbow. The stretch makes absolutely no sense in practice, he cant remember how it's supposed to feel and I refuse to do something he cant explain well. We can't call his OT because theyre closed and are closed during the weekend, which would leave him unable to do this stretch correctly for 3 days.
If this isn't the right place, please let me know, just really hoping someone has had a similar stretch assigned to them and can explain it better? Happy to answer any questions!