Fractured arm

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My DS, whilst staying with grandparents for a week, fell out of a small magnolia tree he was climbing. As wrist hurt they took him to their local A&E, who did an X-ray, and decided it was fractured, apparently just badly enough to benefit from being put in plaster. He's now got an appointment at our local hospital's fracture clinic next week for next steps.
Anyone know how long he's likely to be in plaster ? Also should I be discouraging him from using arm, for example at the park. I let him go on some climbing equipment but told him not to use arm to pull himself up eg. with rope.
Also, he's hoping to go to"PGL" adventure holiday with school the week after next. Nurse at hospital thought this would probably be O.K to go ahead with. But would you think there might be some restrictions ... climbing ? leap of death ? ( Do they have to call it that ? !)
Do you think I should put any restrictions on what he does there myself ?
Someone I met today said their son had a 4 week ban on contact sports for example ?

Did no one tell you these things when they put the plaster on?
I'd ask PGL for advice.
Even after the plaster comes off the bone is still weak (and the muscles even weaker), so yes, he has to be careful for a while.

I was in a pot for 3 weeks when I broke my wrist, but I was also 23 years old so adult bones. Might be longer for immature bones.

Thanks folks,
Unfortunately I missed out on most of the accompanying info as I wasn't there when it happened. Parents were a little vague about passing on what to do, and what to do next, apart from saying we should go to our own A&E once home. So, we've done that, and waiting for appointment at fracture clinic. The nurse we saw didn't say much about it all really. Hopefully that's partly because it's not a bad fracture, and should mend soon. But feel I could do with more info, and some reassurance. Doctor's notes were impossible to understand, unfortunately. Surprised they're not sent home with a little tick sheet of do's and don'ts

I would phone NHS direct to get some definitive answers.
FWIW, ime (3x broken my arm, last time 18 months ago).
4-7 weeks in plaster
Try to take it easy on arm, but a bit of very light regular use will help the muscle tone up. Especially keep the fingers mobile, circulation will help speed healing.
PGL will have more restrictions than NHS would impose
Contact sports, bike riding or other with high falling risk, definitely out while still in plaster & possibly for a while afterwards, though I wouldn't care about standing on a bench or climbing up a ladder to a slide, that kind of thing. He's still a kid.

Which bone is broken?

DS broke (chipped) his scaphoid and had 6 weeks in a cast. 4 weeks after cast removal he had a greenstick fracture of the ulna (same arm) that only needed 4 weeks in a splint.

I'm not too sure which bone has the fracture.
Thanks though for all your thoughts, MN can be quite reassuring in this sort of situation. Just nice to share with others who may know slightly more

In my experience (2x fractured elbows with the DC) they can be in plaster 3-5 weeks.

Depending on the plaster they can still sometimes use their arms a bit but the last time DS had a plaster that went all the way down from the top of his arm to between his thumb and index finger which made any sort of gripping impossible. The time before it was a cylinder plaster that stopped at his wrist.

Where does the plaster go from/to?

my son had a greenstick fracture of his wrist and had a cast for about 5 weeks. Then they advised no contact sport for another 3-4 weeks. This was very hard for ds as he plays football, rugby, cricket etc. None of his clubs would allow him to play with a cast, as it was considered a danger to other players.