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[quote=Anonymous]I shattered my wrist and had surgery and was in traction for 6 weeks.  I was cleared for cardio two weeks after surgery,  I started with the recumbent bike and then did elliptical and spinning.  I didn’t have a plaster cast after week 2, I had  removable splint/ brace for the traction. The main issue was making sure I didn’t get the brace too hot and sweaty.  I could take it off and do the recumbent bike but on the elliptical or spin bike I needed to keep the brace on, so I had a huge fan on me so I wouldn’t get the arm too hot.

The risk of falling or bumping into something is the issue, but maybe not too much if you have a cast.  If you have a waterproof cast you can really do anything, if it gets too hot you can wash the inside (by putting water in it). When my son broke his arm in two places he had a full arm cast with his elbow at a 90 degree elbow, I got him the waterproofing.  He was cleared a week later to swim on swim team in it. Didn’t slow him down one bit,  I’ve seen kids play soccer in casts, I think the issue was other kids getting hit, but not the player wearing the cast.  So if you have a plaster cast, you have some protection .  But you can’t put weight on it, even with a cast, so things like yoga or Pilates you can’t use that arm.  I would stick with cardio for now.[/quote]

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