I injured my wrist playing rugby back in May. After spending the last month and a half trying to figure out what was wrong (nearly all of which was spent in some sort of brace or splint), I finally got word on Friday that I have a torn scapholunate ligament that’s gonna need surgery to fix. The surgery is scheduled for 22 July. After the surgery, I’ll be in a splint for 2 weeks, followed by a hard fiberglass cast for 8 more weeks. I’m pretty bummed and have no idea what I should do with my time this summer. Any suggestions? I’d also appreciate any suggestions for dealing with a cast during the summer. Thanks.
do you have another hand
>>203364Yes, but I’m very limited in my activities (can’t swim, can’t play rugby, can’t skateboard, can’t wakeboard, etc) with my arm in a cast all summer. I’m just trying to find some fun activities I can do/ asking for advice on life with a cast since it’ll be my first time.
>>203362Lots of cardio
>>203368Any advice for keeping the cast from stinking to high heaven?
>>203369>*SNIIIIIIFFFF*No.
Probably rest and work on other things. Any exercising will make you sweat under the cast. Just read or study something and work on your intellectual skills until you recover.
>>203378You think? It just sucks. I’ve already been out of commission for a month and a half. It’s gonna be 3 more before I can do anything again. Are there any low effort, but exciting things you can think of?
>>203371Casts smell so bad after a while. 8 weeks during the summer is going to be brutal.
Get some indoor balance boards and related equipment. Almost nothing on /xs/ can't be improved by working your balance. Start with fixed bottom, low to the ground stuff so you don't slip and wind up in another cast.
Power walking
>>203391This is a good idea, especially the recommendation of starting with a fixed bottom. The only thing worse than wearing one cast all summer would be two.
>>203362exercise the other wristthere is some evidence that may reduce or prevent muscle atrophy that is inevitable when wearing a cast
Cardio in the bike and use machines to train your legs I guess.
>>203764Wait, exercising the wrist that isn’t in the cast will reduce atrophy in the one that is?
>>203768>>203764Contralateral training effect. It's nowhere close to understood, but there's a pretty big amount of evidence to suggest it's probably worth trying. Especially if you ain't got shit else to do.
>>203770I certainly don’t. I’ve been in a brace/splint for almost 2 months now and i have at least another 3 ahead of me. The very definition of “ain’t got shit else to do.”
>>203362You can put it up your ass. It will heal faster I think
>>203362go hiking.And the smelly cast is mainly caused by bacteria, so try to kill them, use hand sanitizer or high % alcohol.
>>203362You've come to the right website. Many of us are lifelong experts at sitting inside on our computers all summer, and we can recommend a range of exciting activities such as:>Watching every single episode of a popular and long-running anime, like One Piece or Pretty Cure>Doing horrid things to figurines in jars>Interfering with the American elections by trolling people on both sides>Suicide>Arguing in bad faith about topics you have no sincere interest in>Cyberbullying and harassment>Amassing a large collection of porn for your niche fetish
>>203823I think that since I’m getting surgery, stuff like hand sanitizer is supposed to be avoided. Nothing wet is supposed to get under the cast which is especially unfortunate since I live in Florida. Does anyone have any advice for adapting to other parts of life with only one hand? Like when I get surgery my whole hand is gonna be useless for at least a month, likely longer.
>>203919you'll manage and adapt fast. Like some anon said - build your intellect. Read books, learn stuff etc.And go hiking and quit whining.
>>203362Leg day every other day, cardio and use the other arm as much as you can. ALSO perfect excuse to stop fapping.
>>203362Anon, how has your summer in a cast been? And do you have any tips? I just got put in this cast for at least the next 8 weeks?
