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    How To Heal A Broken Leg: Fast!
    How To Heal A Broken Leg: Fast!
    How To Heal A Broken Leg: Fast!
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    How To Heal A Broken Leg: Fast!

    By Jim Anderson

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    First off, I’m very sorry that you have an interest in this topic. I suspect that either you or someone that you know has broken a bone. This is the kind of thing that seems to bedevil children but it turns out that it can strike any of us at any age. I suspect that by this point in life you already know how to deal with having a cold, the flu, or a stomach ache. However, there is a very good chance that nobody ever told you how to deal with breaking a bone. That is exactly why this book was written. It turns out that your life is going to be turned upside down for a while and I want to make sure that you know what is coming and help you to prepare to deal with it.

    What You'll Find Inside:
    * RECOVERING FROM SURGERY
    * Crutches vs Wheelchair
    * What Happens While You Heal: The 90-Day Plan
    * Emotional Issues

    Your recovery after your surgery is going to be in your hands. Nobody else’s. Your family and friends who have been so supportive so far, are going to be getting a little tired of having to do things for you. You need to realize this and start to both take on more tasks and start to plan how you are going to manage your recovery.
    Life after the surgery for me was very similar to life before the surgery, but there was just a lot more to it. Now that I had had my broke bone repaired I found myself needing my leg immobilizer much more because I didn’t want to somehow step wrong or fall over and once again screw up my already broken leg. During your recovery time, your life is going to be more complicated and you are going to have to make adjustments to accomplish things that you used to be able to do without thinking about them.

    Dealing with issues like this is exactly why this book was created. When I broke my leg, I had no idea what I was in for. As I went through the process of healing my bones, learning to walk again, and then regaining the mobility that I had had before the accident, I learned a lot. I was not shy and I asked all of the questions that you will soon be asking. The good news for you is that I remember what I was told and all of that information has been included in this book. No, the book is not going to help your leg heal, but it will tell you what to expect and when to expect it. Knowledge is power and by reading this book you'll be able to take control over your recovery process.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJim Anderson
    Release dateOct 29, 2016
    ISBN9781370704675
    How To Heal A Broken Leg: Fast!
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    Jim Anderson

    J Jim Anderson is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. His work focuses on: theories and methods of second language learning and bilingualism, including Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL); multilingualism and new literacies; and language policy. Underlying this is a commitment to an integrated and inclusive approach to language and literacy education incorporating the areas of foreign and community/heritage language learning as well as English as an Additional Language and English mother tongue. Jim is co-director with Dr Vicky Macleroy of the Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project launched in 2012.

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      How To Heal A Broken Leg - Jim Anderson

      How To Heal A Broken Leg – Fast!: Understanding how to deal with a broken leg in order to start walking again quickly

      Jim Anderson

      Copyright 2016 by Jim Anderson

      Smashwords Edition

      Published by

      Blue Elephant Consulting

      Tampa, Florida

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced of transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without written permission of the publisher, except for inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

      Printed in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958088

      ISBN-13: 978-1539756309

      ISBN-10: 1539756300

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      Acknowledgements

      Any book like this one is the result of years of real-world work experience. In my over 25 years of working for 7 different firms, I have met countless fantastic people and I've been mentored by some truly exceptional ones. Although I've probably forgotten some of the people who made me the person that I am today, here is my attempt to finally give them the recognition that they so truly deserve:

      Thomas P. Anderson

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      This book is dedicated to my wife Lori. None of this would have been possible without her love and support.

      Thanks for the best years of my life (so far)…!

      Table Of Contents

      1 THE ACCIDENT

      2 SURGERY

      3 RECOVERING FROM SURGERY

      3.1 Swelling

      3.2 The Ice Machine

      4 LIVING LIFE AFTER THE SURGERY

      4.1 Leg Imobilizer

      4.2 Crutches vs Wheelchair

      4.3 Crutches

      4.4 Crutch Maintenance

      4.5 Showers

      4.6 Cars / Driving

      4.7 Sleeping

      4.8 Eating Out

      5 EXERCISING

      5.1 Why Exercise?

      5.2 Types Of Exercises That You Can Do

      5.3 What You Can't Do

      6 THE ROAD TO RECOVERY

      6.1 What Happens While You Heal: The 90-Day Plan

      6.2 Visits To the Doctor

      6.3 Diet

      6.4 Do More As Soon As You Can

      6.5 Physical Therapy

      6.6 Things You Can't Do

      6.7 Sex

      6.8 Emotional Issues

      6.9 Urine

      6.10 Walking Again

      6.11 10 Months After The Accident

      6.12 A Stretching Breakthrough

      7 THE LAST 15%

      8 CONCLUSION

      The Accident

      First off, thank you very much for buying this book. Secondly, I’m very sorry that you have an interest in this topic. I suspect that either you or someone that you know has broken a bone. This is the kind of thing that seems to bedevil children but it turns out that it can strike any of us at any age.

      I suspect that by this point in life you already know how to deal with having a cold, the flu, or a stomach ache. However, there is a very good chance that nobody ever told you how to deal with breaking a bone. That is exactly why this book was written. It turns out that your life is going to be turned upside down for a while and I want to make sure that you know what is coming and help you to prepare to deal with it.

      Sadly, the reason that this book was written was because I broke my leg. It was a lovely summer day and I was out riding my bike around my neighborhood when the skies started to darken up and a light rain started to fall. Now one other thing that you have to know in order for this story to make sense is that the streets in my neighborhood had just been covered with a black skim coat to protect the asphalt and allow it to last longer.

      What I didn’t fully realize (although I had been warned about it by a neighbor) is that the newly sealed streets became quite slippery when they got wet. I went to turn my bike around in order to go home and avoid getting wet and the back wheel of my bike slide out from under me. Down I went right there in the middle of the road. I don’t really remember falling (I was wearing a helmet and so that was a good thing), but what I did instantly know was that there was something seriously wrong with my left leg.

      All that I knew was that I was not going to be able to stand up on that leg. As the rain picked up in intensity I fumbled for my cell phone to call my wife at home come pick me up. Of course this was the one time that my cell phone decided that it didn’t want to stop playing the music that I had just been listening to. Somehow I finally get the phone part of the phone to work and was able to tell my wife come pick me up, I’ve fallen and it’s bad.

      Thankfully our relationship is strong enough that she showed up in just a couple of minutes. While she pushed my bike to the side of the road, I dragged myself into the back of the minivan and we were off to the hospital.

      At this point in time I was in discomfort, but not what I would really call pain. Clearly there was something wrong with my leg, but I had no idea what it was: torn ligaments, a really bad bruise? At the hospital they took pictures and the young doctor who was on staff that evening told me that I had fractured my Tibula.

      Just in case your knowledge of human anatomy is not as good as it should be, the Tibula is the big bone in the bottom part of your leg right by your calf. It forms sort of a cup that your thigh bone fits into and that’s how the two parts of your leg work together to allow you to bend your leg, walk, and run. The doctor was rather coy about how I was going to get this problem fixed outside of saying that I needed to see an orthopedic surgeon. I pressed him for some details on what was going to have to be done to fix me up and he finally said the S word — surgery.

      At the hospital they provided me with what would soon become my constant companions: a leg immobilizer and crutches. The leg immobilizer consisted of a foam pad that is about three feet by two

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