Navigating life in a leg cast takes some practice ... which can promote healing of your broken bone. Walking on your cast also keeps you from losing bone mass. Even brief periods of walking ...

“Get the patient out of bed and walking,” has become ... if the patient has a broken leg — or, worse, two broken legs — should he not stay in a cast and flat on his back for weeks?

If you think your child or toddler might have a broken leg, they might cry or stop walking on it without saying ... or had a splint or cast placed already, return to the hospital right away ...

The tibia, which is the main bone of the lower leg, makes up the medial ... Depending on the type of fracture, you may be placed in a walking cast, which can bear some weight, or you may still ...

Twenty years ago my husband, Mark, broke his left ankle and was in a cast and on crutches for nearly ... It turns out the standard advice to stay off a broken leg bone for at least six weeks ...

People who fracture their kneecap may have difficulty walking. Most people can ... nonsurgical treatment such as a cast, brace, or splint to keep the leg straight and immobile.

A removable boot resulted in no difference in pain scores compared with a cast for a toddler’s leg fracture ... by avoiding walking if they have pain. “Conversely, when the fracture has ...