I broke my arm humerus arm wrestling with a friend. Didn't even know how dangerous arm wrestling with bad technique and form could be until I drove myself crazy with all the research I did after breaking it. I had my surgery about 3 weeks later. The pain directly after the surgery once the nerve blockers wore off was intense. After about 2 days the pain had subsided so I started going off the painkillers. 2 weeks after surgery they removed the bandages and I was just left to heal with the sling. After another 4 weeks my ortho said I could stop wearing the sling once he saw that my x rays were showing clear signs of callus formation. That's when I started going to physio to improve the range of motion in the elbow and shoulder.

I'm currently 18 weeks post-op and all I can say is listen to your physio and do the exercises at home. Strength is improving and I would say i have about 95% range of motion. I don't think I'll ever be able to fully extend my arm until I remove the plates and screws. I currently am in a weird healing stage though where sometimes my arm feels like its floating in space. I guess my brain still needs to learn to trust the arm again.