Media file 2: Broken foot. Proper use of crutches for non-weight bearing. The knee on the injured leg is bent to keep the injured foot off the ground. Crutch tips are placed in front of you as you ...

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Within 24 hours, they had the patient on crutches and encouraged him to put as much weight on the broken leg as he could tolerate. This proved to be highly variable. “But,” said Colonel Brown ...

Martin, who is still using crutches, added: ‘I explained that I could not go back to my job with a broken leg but the man on the phone said I had to quit that job and find another that I could do.