Case report of a surgical neck humerus fracture due to strength training

Abstract

The incidence of the surgical neck fractures of humerus is increasing, especially among younger age groups as they place higher demands on their shoulder joints. Resistance training and heavy weight lifting have been implicated in a number of orthopedic upper extremity injuries. Acute sprains or strains are the most common type of reported injuries. Other reported weightlifting injuries includes pectoralis tendon ruptures, distal bicep injury, and shoulder capsulolabral complex injuries. To our best knowledge, there are no reported cases in the literature describing surgical neck humeral fracture in a young adult due to heavy weight strength training without any underlying medical predisposing condition. This case report describes a surgical neck proximal humeral undisplaced fracture in a 44 year old male which was treated conservatively with an uneventful recovery. Keywords: Strength training, Surgical neck humerus, Fracture, Upper limp, Shoulder