do not do any stupid thing. consult a bone specialist

Hello there reguarding keeping your cast off the ground, I've justed experince that situation 3 weeks - and now i'm allowed to start putting some light weight a bit now! - finally. ...

Such surgery is too far to need crutches.(Noy unless you are doing surgery on both feet then perhaps you may opt to use crutches temporarily which is very least likely). It is a very minor surgery ...

As many crunches as it takes to feel a burn in your stomach muscles & then some.

Call the Dr. or wait till wed. and ask the dr. about a hard shoe. The pain pills or Iburprofen will help with the pain may take a week or so. When you walk try not to bend the foot, looks akwards b...

when i fractured me left leg, i had to have the cast (duh) and obviously a shoe on the other foot. people used to ask me that if i was so poor that i could only get one shoe at 1/2 price. lol ...

You want to avoid swelling for any injury, it is what causes the most damage. I would recommend crutches, rest, elevation and ibuprophen.

As I haven't seen your gait on crutches, I can't comment if you are using them right. Likewise, is the "huge brace" a knee immobilizer that is keeping it straight, or can you b...

Nope! It is a simple procedure where they will inject dye into your joint to help visualize the joint space. Then they will take pictures while moving your joint into different positions to see how...

If you have one "bad" leg for now, what you need to do is put the weight on the good leg, and make sure that the crutches are adjusted to one to two inches lower than your armpit. Powder...

try to do some strengthening exercises for your knee like riding a bike with no resistance or doing one legged squats on the injured knee and icing will help as long as you do it for 15 minutes wit...

I would recommend that you try to walk on it as much as you can, around the house and such, but if you have to go out and will be walking quite a bit, then sure, using your old crutches is fine to ...

Personally, I would just buy some at Walgreens or Wal-Mart. They're nice to have around "just in case". Do be careful though. There is a potential to damage the axillary nerve be...

Okay...true story...I have a congenital defect that left me with an extra bone in my right foot. It's called accessory navicular syndrome. At some point, it starts hurting like hell, you hav...

If you can do it... I was on crutches for about 5 -6 months and i knew i can walk 3 blocks one way and back and in the beginning even that was hard to - i felt like i started to faint so just sat ...