Re: Broken bones...
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:31 am
helensan@att.net wrote:
them 6 weeks to heal in a cast.>
I broke my wrist on 1st Dec last year (one radius break, two others
cracked) due to a bad fall on ice - and started trimming the cast after
a few days, wanting to use my fingers to finish knitting Xmas gifts I
was working on, in time to mail them for Xmas. I trimmed the front opf
the cast back right away for this, and shortened it where it was
interfering with my elbow.
I trimmed more of the cast off almost daily, also cutting the top
off so just the support bottom was there plus an ace bandage after a
couple days, as the full cast restricted my movement of fingers somehow.
Can't remember how long I used any support, certainly not more than
2 or 3 weeks rather than the 6 weeks instructed with full cast to the
elbow. Anyway - all the knitting was completed a week before Xmas - 8
items though it was really slow the first week.
I am quite sure that knitting was happening more than just on the
needles thanks in part to the area having some motion but also some
support - and thanks in part to the symphytum, arnica, rhus-t and Ruta,
all 30C. (It was badly sprained as well.) I just tossed a little of each
in some water, succussed and sipped as needed. It was obvious to me that
the bones knitted first and fast; it was a bit longer to get full
healing in bent or twisted-wrist positions.
Lizards are scarce here - maybe geckos?
Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
them 6 weeks to heal in a cast.>
I broke my wrist on 1st Dec last year (one radius break, two others
cracked) due to a bad fall on ice - and started trimming the cast after
a few days, wanting to use my fingers to finish knitting Xmas gifts I
was working on, in time to mail them for Xmas. I trimmed the front opf
the cast back right away for this, and shortened it where it was
interfering with my elbow.
I trimmed more of the cast off almost daily, also cutting the top
off so just the support bottom was there plus an ace bandage after a
couple days, as the full cast restricted my movement of fingers somehow.
Can't remember how long I used any support, certainly not more than
2 or 3 weeks rather than the 6 weeks instructed with full cast to the
elbow. Anyway - all the knitting was completed a week before Xmas - 8
items though it was really slow the first week.
I am quite sure that knitting was happening more than just on the
needles thanks in part to the area having some motion but also some
support - and thanks in part to the symphytum, arnica, rhus-t and Ruta,
all 30C. (It was badly sprained as well.) I just tossed a little of each
in some water, succussed and sipped as needed. It was obvious to me that
the bones knitted first and fast; it was a bit longer to get full
healing in bent or twisted-wrist positions.
Lizards are scarce here - maybe geckos?
Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."