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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: 0s | source
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faitswulff ◴[19 Feb 25 14:20 UTC] No.43102422[source]▶
If anyone's heard of RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for healing joints, the new guidance is called POLICE: Protect, Optimal Load, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. The key differences being Protect and Optimal Load, meaning don't re-injure it and expose it to some level of weight-bearing or usage.
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1. gamblor956 ◴[19 Feb 25 19:15 UTC] No.43106143[source]▶
It's HELM now: Heat, Exercise, Lower, and Massage. They're all designed to maximize blood flow to, and inflammation in, the injured area. (Note that exercise just means to keep it moving.) Ice and elevation restrict the flow of fluids in and out of the injured area; ice especially slows down recovery and is only recommended for pain management.

(This is basically a simplified version of the protocol NFL teams have been using.)

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2. Panzer04 ◴[19 Feb 25 21:21 UTC] No.43107850[source]▶
I love how this is basically the complete opposite of the old protocol lmfao.

Makes sense to me, though :D