4 ms·
> You've obviously never had your arm in a sling; try sitting at a desk in front of a keyboard, and notice the position your arms are in. That's almost the exac
by GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
> You've obviously never had your arm in a sling; try sitting at a desk in front of a keyboard, and notice the position your arms are in. That's almost the exact same position your arm is in when it's in a sling.
That was not at all my experience when I had my arm in a sling; I was basically one step above being one-handed.
- Grishnakh 11y agoWhat happened to your arm? I chipped some bone off the end of my elbow; I couldn't lift anything of any substantial weight. But I had no trouble using my hand to type on a keyboard. I was effectively one-handed for anything that required reaching and grasping, but typing is not like that. And being one-handed isn't that bad with a computer anyway. You can type one-handed (I do it on occasion for short bursts), and you can adopt one of the one-handed Dvorak keyboard layouts. It's obviously not as fast as regular two-handed typing, but it's not bad.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoI dislocated my elbow and it was essentially held at a fixed 90 degree angle.
- Grishnakh 11y agoHmm. I'm sitting and typing this right now, and looking at my elbow and it appears to be a 90-degree angle. Also, there's different things you can do to your arm that require a sling. I didn't require a cast for my injury, but even if I did, the sling's purpose is mainly to keep your arm in a neutral position, keep you from bearing weight with it, and keep your upper arm from having to deal with the weight of the cast. It doesn't completely immobilize you; you can usually still rotate your arm enough to use a keyboard. Obviously, though, this depends on your exact injury and what's been done to your arm.