muscle spasms in 13 y/o with fracture at the head of the humerus

[tmv]

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows what can help my son. He is 13 y/o and has a compression fracture from football in the the head of the humerus. This is day #6 and for 3 days the muscle spasms have been terrible. He is in a sling and swathe. Taking 400mg ibuprofen every 4 hours and tylenol #3 about every 6 hours. The dr said no heat to the shoulder area bc of the break, only ice. We did put heat to his chest area and neck but did not have any results. The dr said that muscle relaxers would not help this type of pain. I am confused??? Is it that he has the spasms due to being used to a vigorous 2 1/2 hour workout everyday and now he is immobilized by it? I know that lactic acid can build up by this, but this seems extreme. Any help would be so appreciated and thank you in advance.

[tmv]

Thank you for your comment. I think that may be the case with my ds. I feel so bad for him. I hope that you're healed up well and thank you again. I was beginning to wonder what was going on, but now I see that the spasms are to be expected. I'm working on getting him stronger meds.

[BeachGal7]

Hi, I had a proximal humerous fracture, and the spasm pain was so intense that regular pain meds were not doing anything.  For the first two weeks I took a very small dose of morphine tabs and it gave me relief right away.