An arm fracture is a break in the radius and/or the ulna.

A fractured humerus (upper arm) is very rare.

Your daughter's fracture may not have been set properly. It may require insertion of a metal plate to immobilize the broken bones while they heal.

Another cause of a repeated fracture in the same location is that the original cast was removed too soon and the bones didn't have sufficient time to heal which is caused "delayed" or "non-union". Healing can sometimes take 8 or more weeks. The average time for a child's fracture to heal is usually 6 weeks. Healing is complete only when X-rays show complete bone union.

Your child should build strength and protective muscle mass with an appropriate conditioning program.

After an arm injury the child should use padded arm splints for sports.

Fractures of the forearm have a tendency to cause problems; therefore, they should be treated by an orthopedic specialist, preferably a pedicatric orthopedic surgeon. If operative restoration of alignment is necessary then intramedullary fixation is usually the preferred method in pediatric forearm fractures.