Snapped my upper arm!

Such a tricky one this do you listen to:

Your own gut instinct based upon no medical knowledge whatsoever or

The specialist who fixed your arm from a series of complicated fractures.

Now my personal opinion is that I think this: they are called a specialist for good reason and you are asking on the internet ...

Take the time off. If you are self-employed yes it's hard but I am sure you will have a contingency plan - yes?!? - healing is not just about potential strain from a physical point of view but rest etc. Therefore, I would think the specialist would know best and wouldn't have told you without good reason.
 
Being someone that had an op this year (I had an ACL reconstruction) And I've had 2 others on my free over the last 3 years.

I came back to work 8 weeks after my surgery, this was the moment I could drive so I could get to work. I should have waited another 4 as first advised by surgeons. I found due to going back I wasn't getting the correct rest for my knee and ended up taking longer to be able to do a comfortable days work.

I was working from home, 2/3 days after surgery (I'm a linux sys admin so I can do 95% of my job from home). I found it wasn't helping anyone. I had to rest. It was affecting my recovery. Also the drugs you will be on for pain killers will affect you and your brain will not be on it.

Best advise I can say is, speak to your doctor, Don't rush back. You will only increase your full recovery time.
 
Got any X-Ray pics?

If it's not in a cast then surely there's more of a risk of further damage to the arm if you start doing stuff?
Can you risk further damage to the bones or nerves?
 
I had a spiral comminuted fracture of my left humerus, just above the elbow with a crack reaching short of my shoulder. I was back in work the day after the break

Doctors said it was fine to go into work as long as I'm only doing a desk job.
 
Major arm ruining strain on your freshly fixed bones and joints caused by flexing poorly anchored muscles way too early, just wait it out until physios tell you you can go back to work.
 
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