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Irish_Dem

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12. Yes it takes time to heal.

Reply to greatauntoftriplets (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 31, 2022, 10:59 PM

Mar 2022

I had a really good surgeon, rods and pins holding the bones together.
And really strenuous physical therapy.

I can walk fine. But if a football player has to squat down and get back up, this could take awhile to do it without pain. I still cannot do it even with all the PT.

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And they take a long time to fully heal greatauntoftriplets Mar 2022 #11

Yes it takes time to heal. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #12

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Vontaze Burfict cheap shot to the head exboyfil Mar 2022 #9

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I fractured my ankle in Npvember of 2020. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2022 #10

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