My brother broke his elbow... what can he do this summer??

Question

He's 11 and had to miss out on summer camp... all of his friends are going andhe's left out. He can't swim or bike or anything like that; the bulk of his time is spent playing video games. Does anyone have an idea on what else he can do this summer? He's really bummed....

Answer 1

Oh the poor kid my son is 9 and just got out of a full arm cast.

Mike broke his wrist and was playing around not listening to the whole do not dos, and he rebroke it in the cast and it did not grow back right had to go through surgery and 12 more  weeks in a cast  so tell your brother to listen ok.

Depending on which arm is broke will determine how much of a change it will be.

Mike broke his dominate arm but he still managed to play catch, he just dropped his mitt and learned to throw with his left hand.  got pretty good at it to.  It just took a little longer.

He practiced drawing and writing to.  we made  a game out of it and had competitions as to who could write better left handed.

We took him fishing and boating,  we just had to cover the cast with a plastic bag to keep it dry and we had to hold his pole for him while he reeled it in or vice versa, depending on what mood he was in lol we had to  remove the fish from the line for him.  but he still had fun.  

We took him down to the park and played one handed basketball, everyone  tied down their dominate hand.  we were definately a sight lol.

We did the same thing when we took him to play mini golf and things like that.

Do you have a hiking trail near you?  a family hike is always fun to do.  Just make sure you go out early in the morn or after it cools down in the evening because the sweatier he gets, the more the cast will make him itch that is why they tell him to keep it dry that and getting it wet will cause soft spots.  

We let Mike have sleepovers  they pitched a tent in the back yard and made smores and roasted hotdogs and goofed off all night.  

We threw him a kareoke party to cheer him up right after he broke his arm,  kids love to get up and sing or at least mine do.  and so did most of his friends.  We played a lot of one armed games and team work games.  

We got him a paintball gun and  set up targets in the backyard .  He put his arm on a makeshift table we set up used the cast to help level his gun and had fun for hours with his friends.

Took them down  to play lasertag and to the arcade in town to hang out with his friends.  they went to the movies,  

he had squirt gun fights we just covered the cast.  

bowling  with gutterguards

I am trying real hard to remember evey thing we did.  Mike is a very active kid so sitting playing video games just wasn't getting it for him.  

We took him to the mud runs,  motor cross,  He went to his friends baseball games,  car show,  We took him to the race track,  Just a dirt track not to far from us.

Mike still had some mobility to his arm, his cast only came up to just below the shoulder.   a lot of what your brother can do will depend on how much mobility he has and  on how  determind your brother is. Nothing is going to be easy but he can pretty much do every thing  he used to do it will just be a little harder of course he wont be playing football or baseball or soccer to much of a chance of reinjury.  Swimming is pretty much out of the question but he can go tubbing,

Not behind a boat mind you ( floating down the river we tied our tubes  all  togeather) We went  paddel boating just make sure  his arm is covered good.  Double bag and a hair tie works great.

Him and his friends got remote control cars and  planes they met up in the park and used them.    they played a lot of hackie sack,   Frisbe,  kick ball,  yard darts, horse shoes, road horses, he just had to be helped up in the saddle.  

Well I hope I gave you some fun ideas.  

Just tell him to stay away from rough housing, and skateboards.  reinjury sucks!!!!!

Answer 2

he could play soccer just not be goalie and try not to fall or he could run everyday like exercise in the morning  well it kinda depends on if it is his right arm or left arm and which one does he use most often

Answer 3

When I broke my arm I still did all that stuff >.>

I probably shouldn't have, but I did :D

I just had to use my other arm and make sure nobody touched my broken one.

Like, at the pool I either just sat on floaty or stood outside the pool and was the referee for the games my friends were playing.

Answer 4

let him play badminton..

also it depends on his broken arm.. is it left or right..