Is my arm ever going to heal completely?

[stringsturtle]

Got in a really bad accident last summer and completely severed my brachialis (muscle connecting to the deltoid and above the tricep), and partially severed my deltoid and tricep. I am not exactly worried about it because I have been having pretty drastic improvements in my strength conditioning leading up to now. The weird thing that I have noticed though is that where my brachialis used to be is now just bone and there really has been no change for about 4-5 months now. Has anyone had an injury like this?

[climb2core]

No.

If they had, they are not asking on a climbers board. Try your orthopedic surgeon and physical therapist that might actually understand your case and prognosis.

[clif]

i just read a story about a mergers and acquisitions analyst who always got a laugh out of the 'where's the fee event?' question from his bosses.
just cause it costs a lot doesn't make it good advice. maybe the guy just wants some shared perspective and not biostatistically trimmed pr.
a good outlook and a role model count for something.

i had some moderately serious trauma and 5 years later still notice skeletal-muscular (an sensory) improvement. good luck-

[climb2core]

i just read a story about a mergers and acquisitions analyst who always got a laugh out of the 'where's the fee event?' question from his bosses.
just cause it costs a lot doesn't make it good advice. maybe the guy just wants some shared perspective and not biostatistically trimmed pr.
a good outlook and a role model count for something.

i had some moderately serious trauma and 5 years later still notice skeletal-muscular (an sensory) improvement. good luck-

It isn't a cost issue. It is a knowledge issue. With an involved injury like that, you have to be involved on a level beyond the Internet to offer and type of meaningful advice. Do you really equate the opinion of an orthopedic surgeon who most likely operated on his arm, and a physical therapist that spent months rehabbing him to "biostatistically trimmed pr" (what ever the hell that is)? If all he wants is a group hug and to be told he will get better, then join the nearest Church.

[clif]

i love the secret knowledge that advanced degrees endow that go beyond the ability to read a book. if the experiences that a veteran ortho surgeon or pt have gained in practice mean something it seems it would be the feedback gleaned from the group hug

[climb2core]

Group hugs are great... as long as they are billable.

[stringsturtle]

I wasn't looking for a damn group hug thankyou! I was looking for people who have experienced this type of injury and who also climb, and since I have not had any real drawbacks from it in the past few months what would be the point of seeing a pt or a surgeon. Just trying to get some insight.

[clif]

http://www.intjem.com/content/4/1/46

rupture or completely severed prolly makes a diff. ripped off the bone is prolly different than either of those. i'd hire c2c

[stringsturtle]

I don't really know whether it ruptured or was severed could have been either, but what happened was that i fell on to my arm and the blunt force of the fall was what damaged it. but what i think is that it couldnt have ruptured all. those cases in that article are from lifting heavy weight. but that is helpful clif, oh what is a c2c?

[clif]

c2c is the guy who needs a hug