What is the best way to get range of motion back after a broken bone?

Are you sure the range of motion is limited by the break, and is not ligamental? You may need a brief course of Physical Therapy.

I’d get back on the PT. And ask them about things you can do after the sessions are over.

You should go back to physical therapy. Call the Member Services number on the back of your health insurance card if you have health insurance, and they will advise you. If you don’t have health insurance, look up all the physical therapy offices in your area. Call them and explain your situation, and ask if they can accommodate you as a self-pay patient on a sliding scale according to what you can afford to pay. During the therapy and upon discharge, ask a lot of questions, as Facade suggests. And you can always call your old therapist up.

I agree with the others. More PT, and definitely tell your surgeon if you are still having trouble. I understand your concern tho. I had knee surgery 19 months ago, and it is just now beginning to feel right. it seems like it took forever to be able to walk without a cane again! I was told the recovery would be 6 weeks.

I wish I would have known it would cost me 19 months of my life, and the loss of employment. Luckily for me, I got a much better job tho. I hope your shoulder gets better soon.

I can’t understand why you would have ROM problem with a broken bone? Normally they involve joint damage. My ex had months of physiotherapy after a shoulder injury, but had had several broken bones and never a problem with movement.

@Girl_Powered this may help you understand.

I would go back to the doctor for tests to determine why your range of motion is limited. It may be something fixable through some form of physical therapy, which possibly could include “breaking free” adhesions. not fun – my husband had frozen shoulder and had to go through this in order to be able to raise his arms high enough to get dressed.

Or it may be something such as a bone spur which is blocking joint movement and may or may not be fixable through yet more surgery. My mother broke her “elbow” (actually the lower end of her humerus) some 55 years ago and has never since been able to straighten her arm out all the way because of bone deposits. She learned to “live with it.”