Scaphoid Fracture
A comprehensive overview of a non-displaced scaphoid fracture in a baseball player
Therapeutic Rehabilitation:
Rehabilitation is to restore to a normal or optimal state of health. The process of rehabilitation is based on principles of conditioning, but includes some important modifications. Rehab is not a cookbook. Each athlete is different so a rehab program is created based on each individual athlete. The only limitation to rehabilitation is your imagination.
10 Objectives to Rehabiliation:
1. Structural Integrity
2. Pain Free ROM
3. Flexibility
4. Muscle Strength
5. Muscle Endurance
6. Muscle Speed
7. Muscle Power
8. Integrated and Coordinate Movements
9. Agility
10. Cardiovascular Endurance
Return to Play:
Since the athlete is a baseball player he would not be able to return to play until 6-8 weeks when the bone is healed and the cast is able to come off. For other athletes who does a sport that is not so much upper extremity can return to play 2-3 weeks post injury with the cast wrapped in padding.