I had surgery for the terrible triad elbow, arm was in cast for 2 1/2 weeks now i am doing physio to stretch arm out. but my hand and fore arm really hurt could this be becuase they were never used for 2 weeks and then all of a sudden they were
Yes, the stiffness/ discomfort is likely to be due to prolonged disuse and is expected to improve over the next few weeks with gradual movement and physiotherapy.
Hope the information is helpful.
If you had elbow surgery in which they moved your tendons to a different local. Then that's why you needed in a sling for 21/2 weeks. So now you need to get that arm moving as much as possible as soon as possible. My arm wasn't able to and I had to go back under to break up the scar tissue. So if I were you I'd take a pain pill and let them go to town. Good luck and I'll Pray for you.