Will the Bone Heal if Not Casted or Splinted?

by Anthony
(Mississippi)

Will the bone heal if not casted or splinted?

Follow Up - Bart @ SII

Can you be more specific as to which fractured bone you are referring to? Some bones will heal without being casted and splinted, others will not.

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Jun 11, 2009
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Will the Bone Heal If Not Casted or Splinted
by: Anonymous

What Bart said is true. I had a broken Great toe,(big toe) it only needed to be taped and I wore steel toed men's Chukka boots. It healed fine. When I chipped a bone in my ankle, I needed a gel cast for 16 weeks, which is a flexible plastic cast held onto the leg with velcro straps and it has removable gel inserts. When I had a fractured sesimoid bone in the foot, I had what they called a soft cast, Una boot that the Dr. reapplied frequently. I could walk in it but I had to have a special shoe to wear with it. There's all kinds of new casts now, not just the old inflexible plaster ones. See an orthopedist and find out what you need.