If your injured area is very swollen, you may need a splint until the swelling goes down. You may still need a cast after the swelling goes down. Also, if your injury is swollen, both splints and casts may need to be adjusted in the first few days.
The post below reminded me of a fascinating story about the Twenty-Seventh Amendment, which was first proposed together with the Bill of Rights but wasnât ratified until 200 years later.
By the reference in the Amendment to the âcommon law,â the Court thought, âthe Framers of the Seventh Amendment were concerned with preserving the right of trial by jury in civil cases where it existed at common law, rather than the various incidents of trial by jury.â11. The Amendment has for its primary purpose the preservation of âthe common law distinction between the province of the court and that of the jury, whereby, in the absence of express or implied consent to the ...