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Broken legs and ankles heal better if you walk on them within weeks

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611 points sohkamyung | 2 comments | 19 Feb 25 12:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.43s | source
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clumsysmurf ◴[19 Feb 25 12:54 UTC] No.43101577[source]▶
It was ~20 years ago, so my memory is a little foggy, but I gave myself a "dancer's fracture" in one foot.

After many months, it was looking like a non-union. The podiatrist was worried any pin would split the broken bone even more. It wasn't looking good.

I had read something along these lines even back then, so with my crazy immobilizer boot on, I head to the gym and started doing light squats several times per week.

Next x-ray: healed.

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1. TomK32 ◴[19 Feb 25 15:55 UTC] No.43103462[source]▶
Those little bones are fragile... I broke the second from the outside last summer, too much running, and then started running again a little bit too soon and the next one broke :-/
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2. 77pt77 ◴[20 Feb 25 17:30 UTC] No.43117624[source]▶
But plenty of people here are saying to just force it...