How long does it take for a bone to heal?!


Question:

How long does it take for a bone to heal?

I broke my wrist,like maybe 6 months ago,now little finger is crooked and won't flatten out and my wrist seems to be limited on the strength it has. Have already been to my Doc a few times.


Answers:

It takes from a few weeks to forever. I had a clean fracture of my tibia that I turned into a compound (pieces displaced) one since I thought they were kidding about the non walking nature of the non walking cast I was put into. The orthopaedist estimated it would be six months before I would start wearing a walking cast. At the four month mark, I took off the walking cast (this time a real walking cast) with his
approval since you could barely make out the fractures on an xray.

The moral of the story is that it can vary so widely as to make any estimate, even those of self styled experts, only a guess.




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