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  2. Cold compression therapy - Wikipedia

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    Literature suggests that compression therapy use for perioperative ankle fractures will be beneficial for edema reduction and therefore, will probably be beneficial for pain and ankle joint mobility as well. [5] Post operative arthroscopic surgeries also shows significant recovery with cold compression. [6] It has been studied following facial ...

  3. Broström procedure - Wikipedia

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    A Brostrom repair should be considered a last resort after a patient has tried a series of non-surgical options, such as wearing a boot cast after the injury, going to physical therapy for an extended period of time, etc. Most ankle sprains can significantly improve without surgery.

  4. Arthrofibrosis - Wikipedia

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    The first step in treating arthrofibrosis is appropriately directed physical therapy with a focus on icing and elevating and passive stretching exercises such as continuous passive motion (CPM). [3] Passive stretching can increase range of motion if conducted frequently and carefully so that tissues are not torn.

  5. A Physical Therapist Shares the Best Exercises to ... - AOL

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    Sprained ankles can feel like they take forever to heal. A physical therapist shares the best exercises to incorporate after a sprain to get back to normal.

  6. Bone fracture - Wikipedia

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    Physical therapy exercises (either home-based or physiotherapist-led) to improve functional mobility and strength, gait training for hip fractures, and other physical exercise are also often suggested to help recover physical capacities after a fracture has healed. [49] [50]

  7. Ankle fracture - Wikipedia

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    Ankle fractures may result from excessive stress on the joint such as from rolling an ankle or from blunt trauma. [1] [2] Types of ankle fractures include lateral malleolus, medial malleolus, posterior malleolus, bimalleolar, and trimalleolar fractures. [1] The Ottawa ankle rule can help determine the need for X-rays. [2]

  8. Traction (orthopedics) - Wikipedia

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    Buck's traction, involving skin traction. It is widely used for femoral fractures, low back pain, acetabular fractures and hip fractures. [2] Skin traction rarely causes fracture reduction, but reduces pain and maintains the length of the bone. [2] Dunlop's traction – humeral fractures in children; Russell's traction; Halo-gravity traction

  9. Physical therapy - Wikipedia

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    Physical therapy addresses the illnesses or injuries that limit a person's abilities to move and perform functional activities in their daily lives. [3] PTs use an individual's history and physical examination to arrive at a diagnosis and establish a management plan and, when necessary, incorporate the results of laboratory and imaging studies like X-rays, CT-scan, or MRI findings.

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