stackyFACTSThe 'use it or lose it' rule applies with terrifying speed to human muscle tissue. Within just three to five days of a broken limb being immobilized in a fiberglass cast, the muscle fibers realize they are no longer needed and rapidly begin to shrink. By the time the bone heals, the surrounding arm looks like a deflated balloon.
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