Is it normal, for a once broken limb to still be weak after it healed?

When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I fractured my elbow on the swing set that was across from my kindergarten. I had been playing with a friend and both of our moms were pushing us on the swings. At some point, I got the strange idea in my head to let go of the chains and see if I would still be okay. I did it successfully for about two times, but on the third time I failed. I remember flying off of the seat and being happy because I felt like I could fly, but then I somehow took a u-turn and crashed into the wood chips on the playground. I was crying and in so much pain and about 30 mins or an hour later my mom took me to get X-rays. I'm not sure if I felt weak while my fractured elbow was mending itself, but I do know that after the cast was taken off my arm it felt "weak". The weakness never stopped. I'm in my late teens now and I only recently realized that this whole time the function in my left arm was behind the function of my right. Every since the incident, my right arm/hand were always stronger than the left. I can do so many things with my right that I can't of with my left. I can't eat with utensils and I can't even properly use a pencil with my left hand. My right hand is the dominate one and left is a submissive! I can only use it for supporting activities. I hope this isn't confusing to anyone, but I just want to know if this is normal. Has anyone had this happen to them?

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  • 1000yrVampireKing

    Yes

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    If you're right hand was always dominant, then giving it that extra few months to gain strength while your other lagged behind could have made the big difference.

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    • Avant-Garde

      That makes sense... I don't know why it didn't occur to me.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Yep it will never be as strong as it was.

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