[CardinalSagehen]

Does four weeks seem reasonable for a broken bone in his arm? I assume if he does return after the bye, he would be wearing a cast of some sort...

My son broke his forearm playing soccer, and he was in a cast for less than 4 weeks.  After that, he was cleared for all activities.  Of course, he was only 6 at the time and wasn't going to be playing any football.  As I recall, surgery is sometimes required based on the degree of displacement (but was not required in my son's case).

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[CardinalSagehen]

Does four weeks seem reasonable for a broken bone in his arm? I assume if he does return after the bye, he would be wearing a cast of some sort...

My son broke his forearm playing soccer, and he was in a cast for less than 4 weeks.  After that, he was cleared for all activities.  Of course, he was only 6 at the time and wasn't going to be playing any football.  As I recall, surgery is sometimes required based on the degree of displacement (but was not required in my son's case).

There are physicians on this board that can answer this question more accurately than I can.