Can muscle atrophy grow back after fracture operation

Generally speaking, after the affected limb walks normally, after a period of rehabilitation function exercise, muscle atrophy will slowly recover to the preoperative level. After fracture surgery, muscle atrophy is shown, which is called disuse muscle atrophy. The main reason is that the affected limb has no activity or is loaded after fracture surgery. For a long time, muscle circumference will become smaller, showing muscle atrophy. In severe cases, muscle strength may decrease. Therefore, after fracture surgery, after pain relief, patients should try to do rehabilitation exercises to increase muscle strength, such as straight leg raising exercises or early weight-bearing walking, which can prevent muscle atrophy.