Broken Bone

For a person in top shape, a broken ankle is a big setback. Broken ankles require wearing a cast for about six weeks to heal properly. Since six weeks of non-activity reduces the fitness of an...

If you are a first-time user of crutches, you should be aware of the difference between underarm and forearm crutches. Both styles will require practice for true mobility, but each offers...

Nose injuries are fairly common. Broken noses occur with sever blows often from sports or automobile accidents. Symptoms of a broken nose include pain, bleeding, swelling, black eyes, crookedness...

When one arm is completely incapacitated, everything is so difficult to do with one hand. The person with a cast on can use another's help to do many things in the daily living. I offer some...

Whether you have achilles tendonitis, or a torn tendon in your achilles, it can take time to recover from a achilles injury. The achilles tendon is just above your heel, the backside of your...

Stem cell technology has the potential to completely revolutionize the field of medicine. Many people have moral and ethical objections to the use of embryonic stem cells as methods of treating...

Having a cast removed from you beautiful baby may be very exciting and a long awaited moment, however, for your baby it will be very hard. Infants grow so rapidly and if casted for a long period...

A bone fracture is a broken or cracked bone. Finger fractures can be especially painful because the fingers bend. Finger fractures are very common because the bones are small and the fingers are...