For YEARS, pre and post op walking around people, thru crowds my goal was to create a bright red scarf with gothic spikes and a sign DO NOT COME CLOSE OR TOUCH MY SHOULDER

O yeah about the sling that's a big no no
not only are you putting pressure on your shoulder, nerves and circulatory system more so your hand and fingers will turn blue. You have to keep mobile for blood flow. The prob with TOS is there is a compression and your adding to it. Same as when women sling heavy purses, bra straps and on the already compressed BP and bra straps.

Story...first weeks of injury back in 2000 the doc put me in a sling and wanted to cast my arm. What did I know back then? Went into their attached PT center and the therapist and him got into a flat on shouting match how dare he immobilized my arm. couldn't he see my fingers were starting to turn blue?