# Whoops, broke my shoulder, so excuse my typing for a while **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713 "2023-05-07T21:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/41 "2023-05-14T14:08:03Z")
Sorry! I hope you heal well. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/42 "2023-05-14T14:14:06Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > FWIW you are unlikely to have damaged the rotator tendons if there was enough force to crack the humerus and remove skin from the palm. yeah, my ortho posse also tells me that generally the bone fractures **or** the tendons tear but seldom both, unless the trauma is extra-ordinary. i’m happy to be ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/43 "2023-05-14T16:55:08Z")
It’s partly due to position, if your arm is straight to mitigate things, the rotator tendons just are not stressed like they might be in throwing something or lifting overhead. It’s also most of the force was dissipated by other areas. It would be quite unusual, maybe in a motorbike accident or something, but I am still pleased you don’t likely need surgery. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/44 "2023-05-14T18:15:27Z")
If you get weary of trying to sleep in the recliner and long to sleep on your side again, you might want to invest in a [MedCline side-sleeping device](https://medcline.com/products/medcline-shoulder-relief-system-extra-cases-bundle?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI16eDrrT1_gIVcxGtBh3Scg5pEAQYASABEgKAGPD_BwE). I found this online only _after_ I recovered from frozen shoulders, and I would have bought one in a minute had they invented them in time. I’m a side-sleeper and for a year and a half I could only sleep if I piled pillows into an inclined mountain and slept on top of them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/45 "2023-05-14T18:54:37Z")
i actually tried a very similar device back in 2013 after shoulder surgery. it was not helpful, sadly, ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/46 "2023-05-14T19:01:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > i’m happy to be ordinary. One never wants to be medically interesting. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/47 "2023-05-15T17:01:36Z")
So sorry to hear this Qad. I hope you are healing well? What did the Ortho say? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/48 "2023-05-15T17:15:38Z")
I hope your shoulder heals up quickly. Getting old sucks, although it sounds like something that could have happened at any age. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713/49 "2023-05-15T17:52:42Z")
Yikes, I just saw this. Best wishes, and congrats on the good prostate news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713.md?page=2)