Hello. I had a small plate removal surgery 2 months back. After giving proper time to recovery I started working out. After some time I noticed that my hand has lost some muscle. The hand with surgery is not in shape as the other had. The bicep size has also reduced to half inch. I want to recover the muscle and get my both hands in same shape. What should I do.

Dr. Jayasree RameshOrthopedist29yrs exp

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Dear lybrate-user, Your problem is due to disuse wasting of the involved side probably due to the fear factor. Since the plate has been removed the union must be good. You can slowly exercising the hand in graded manner. An occupational therapist can show you the activities by which you can regain your upper limb function. Initially you can start with moving all the joints of the arm through full range of movements starting with the small joints of the hand ,wrist, elbow, and shoulder. You can slowly progress to weighted exercises using 2 kg dumbbells slowly increasing the weight. Try to do all activities with both hands. 

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