Q: Can I Still Lift Weights Despite Surgery On Arm?
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aja85
on October 7th, 2007
New User
When I was 17 I broke my forearm and had to get surgery to fix it, where they put in plates and screws on my ulna and radius. Specifically I have 1 plate and 7 screws on my ulna and 1 plate and 7 screws on my radius. When my arm healed I lifted weights very seriously for about a year and it never posed any problems. I would feel a little amount of slight discomfort in the arm while doing my bicep curls, but as soon as I was done with my set it would go away.
Now I am 22 years old and I want to lift weights again. I want to know if there are any medical risks to doing so? If so, how probable is it that anything could happen to my arm? I have been lifting weights for about 2 weeks now, and I still feel the same slight discomfort while doing bicep curls. Aside from that it doesn't ever really hurt. However, I am still very paranoid about it and just want to know what risk I am taking (if any) and what are the chances of these risks.
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