The "Give Your Heart a Break" singer tweeted photos of crazy-bad leg bruising, her crutches and her cast Friday ... Lovato has yet to comment on how long she'll be on crutches, or the severity ...

Walking with crutches can be daunting at first. It can take quite a bit of stamina and require breaks to rest. You can also use strategic thinking to make healing with a leg cast on less limiting.

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

Most spiral fractures involve the long bones of the legs, such as the femur ... a walker or crutches may be used for a few weeks or months after casts or braces are removed.