#Splints

[turtley-ausome]

My new leg splints! This is with two pairs of socks on haha

They are super comfy and fit great!

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

How many braces and splints do i need to wear for them to count as an exoskeleton? Asking for a friend

[jadetheblueartist]

TMayNT Day Eleven: Favorite Splinter

It’s rise Splinter! He’s definitely very flawed but that makes him more interesting for me. Plus it lets him have some character development that I haven’t really seen so far with Splinters. So yeah, rottmnt Splints for the win ^^

Here is @tmaynt ‘s challenge :)

Masterposttttttt

[nightingalesandnorco]

I need some info regarding femur fractures for a fic.

So, canonically, this character has a crate fall on his leg and fracture his femur. He's wearing armor plating, by the way. He manages to limp around on it and gets caught in the middle of combat, causing him to pass out (I'm guessing from the pain or the adrenaline wearing off).

With him wearing armor, how serious would the fracture be? I know that largely depends on how heavy the object that fell on him was and the height of the fall. Would limping around on it exacerbate it? What kind of care would he need from his team before they can get him to a med center?

Femurs are pretty strong, but if the crate is heavy enough, your character could sustain anything from a hairline fracture to a complete fracture with any degree of displacement. You're probably less likely to see a compound fracture (with the bone sticking out of the skin) because this scenario involves a crush injury.

Walking on the fracture would certainly exacerbate it and may displace the bone, grind the ends of the bone against each other and cause more damage, and damage the surrounding soft tissues.

The best thing your character's team can do for them before going to a hospital is splinting the leg. Pad the leg then find a long, rigid piece of material like a branch or board and place it under the leg, avoiding any places where bone protrudes through or bulges under the skin. Tie a bandage or something similar around the joints above and below the fracture. Make sure the bandages aren't too tight or else circulation could be cut off.

Happy whumping!

[lemonberry-syrup]

Small Businesses: Accommodations

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Artixan - fidgets and accommodating water bottle bags + weighted leaf pillow

Captain's Canine Attire - decorated/designed harnesses for service dogs

Evabelle Jewelry - mobility aids/splints

Tech Owl - 3d printing files and so much more

[weirdlxxks]

Misc Small Businesses

A Wild Offering - yarn, roving, ceramics, and clothing (currently closed)

Blooming Earth Herbal - herbal shop w/ skincare and tinctures and things

Cycora - textile recycling

Fyber Ring - prevent yarn burn when knitting/crocheting

Lair of the Llama - yarn and roving

Noyra - articulated dolls and fursuit heads

Palestine Soda - drinks that donate profits to Palestine

Side Eye Creations - mostly butterfly taxidermy

Swanson's Fabrics - digital/in person thrift store for yarns and fabrics

Sunburst Trading - Sterling Silver Gemstone Jewelry, Crystals, Authentic Fossils & More, formerly cystal cavern imports

Terrorium - taxidermy and oddities (including bugs)

Urial Magic - forest whimsical leather bags

[perplexingluciddreams]

today: orthotics video appointment!

it was very good!

Suzy the orthotist talk to me and mum and dad, she look at me standing and see my ankle range of motion.

we say about old braces is too much pressure from no padding. i suggest brace with hinge in email, but Suzy say that i need more solid support because my calf muscles is tight. so i need to do stretches and have solid AFO brace at first (with padding and maybe heel raise). then maybe in future if i have more range of motion and less tight calf, and walk more, then can maybe have hinged AFO brace.

apparently all hypermobile patients that Suzy see all have tight calf muscle! she say is "counterintuitive" because all other muscles and joints is loose and flexible. but that is apparently very very common.

Suzy is very nice and listen and suggest best things.

at the end dad say "Suzy understood the assignment" and i laugh a lot 😂

[ootstmnt]

The rat, the rat, it’s the rat!

Old man with glasses that loves flowy robes.

[turtley-ausome]

An AMAZING Instagram follower got me the night/bed splints I need for my feet off my Amazon wish list YAY!!!! I can’t get custom ones while im here in the hospital and the ones they have are very wide/big so this is Amazing news! Feel so so grateful!

[toasterkoi]

And I, well I want what's best for me

And I, well I think I know just what that means

Just what that means

[Mother Mother - Little Pistol]

[cbphysiotherapy]

[sweeneydino]

Dw abt it

[lemonberry-syrup]

Small Businesses: Misc.

Not all but many are women-owned

Find the other lists in this series here

A Wild Offering - yarn, roving, ceramics, and clothing (currently closed)

Blooming Earth Herbal - herbal shop w/ skincare and tinctures and things

Cycora - textile recycling

Fyber Ring - prevent yarn burn when knitting/crocheting

Lair of the Llama - yarn and roving

Noyra - articulated dolls and fursuit heads

Palestine Soda - drinks that donate profits to Palestine

Side Eye Creations - mostly butterfly taxidermy

Swanson's Fabrics - digital/in person thrift store for yarns and fabrics

Sunburst Trading - Sterling Silver Gemstone Jewelry, Crystals, Authentic Fossils & More, formerly cystal cavern imports

Terrorium - taxidermy and oddities (including bugs)

Urial Magic - forest whimsical leather bags

[weirdlxxks]

Accomodations

Artixan - fidgets and accommodating water bottle bags + weighted leaf pillow

Captain's Canine Attire - decorated/designed harnesses for service dogs

Evabelle Jewelry - mobility aids/splints

Tech Owl - 3d printing files and so much more

[perplexingluciddreams]

tomorrow is appointment with new different CMHS (community mental health service) doctor. me and mum and dad go all together.

we have to go to the clinic, i will use powerchair (don't like it, it not have good support and too upright and make tired and so much pain hate hate). mum will stay with me in waiting room and dad will talk to doctor first to tell everything. and if doctor is mean like last bad bad doctor, i will not see doctor.

not looking forward. but at least not have to see doctor if doctor is bad. and dad will do all important talk part. just not like have to sit in bad wheelchair with pain and tired for so so long.

but, good news: orthotics people email and say they can give new better AFOs !! so we tell them what is important for me and what i need and they say we maybe not even need to go for appointment at hospital, can just do online (they already have my leg casts from last time, i think that is just how they will do it). so that is good! hopefully help with walk better and move more - that is big goal for me.