Does a doc ever proscribe just a sling and no cast?!
Question: yes, if there is a sprain to the shoulder or elbow, or, if the should or elbow was pulled out of socket.
Answers: yes, if there is a sprain to the shoulder or elbow, or, if the should or elbow was pulled out of socket.
Yes, if the arm or wrist is not broken. A bad sprain can be healed from keeping the arm/wrist in a sling. Now if there is a fracture or a clean break it will have to be put into a cast to aid in the proper healing.
NO. If your arm is broke, it needs a cast. you should have been referred to an orthopedic doctor.
get it taken care of !!!
Yes!! when there is no major damage but the limb needs stabilization then sling only is used. But when even as smallest movement can slow down recovery e.g. in a fracture where bones are broken then a cast is prescribed.
Yes. As with an injury to the clavicle.