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
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.
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.
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