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rossnewman26
in 1990 i damaged my spine in 3 places so iwear ahkfo brace from my armpits down also i have to wear acolostomy bag due to internal injuries .after spending 6 months in hospital and 2months rehab ilearnt to walk using my braces...
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Written on December 14th, 2010
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oldtimer49
Child in Leg Braces. My mother wanted a perfect child. When I began primary school, age six, my mother did not like the way I walked, deciding that I toed out too much. She took me to several pediatricians before she found one who...
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Written on February 5th, 2010
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steel4jak
It was June 29, 1998 and I had been training for the "Athens to Atlanta", an 80 mile roller skating race. A race that was going to be the same weekend in October as my 50th birthday. That afternoon I was at Stone Mountain Park...
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Written on March 15th, 2010
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CaliGurl2007
When i was in the 9th grade my right leg prerably around my knee began to swell up and hurt when i tried to walk on it my doctor said i had alot of fluid in it and before i could get it drains i had to prepare for it or sumthing like...
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Written on November 6th, 2009
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Gemini15
I'm not sure about the details, but apparently I was having quite a lot of difficulty walking as a child (probably all that extra fat ;)) and so I had to wear braces on my legs for about 2 years. Even now sometimes I feel my...
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Written on March 27th, 2009
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arcs19
When I was 7 years old, I was involved in a car accident and I fractured my neck and lower back, i also broke my right arm and right collarbone and shattered my shoulder blade.
I remember waking after the accident in a halo brace and a...
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Written on May 21st, 2013
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pandachairwithwheels
So.... I went to my doctor and he was talking about a lot of people who are paralysed are beginning to use leg braces. He asked me if i would like to give them a try, so you know i agreed and was sent to get measured.(Since in case you...
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Written on November 27th, 2012
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oldtimer49
Dennis Brown Splint / Bar Thirty years ago, in a large town in north central British Columbia, Canada, one of the two doctors in family practice opened a “Well Baby” Clinic. Because I was an adult with a medical condition requiring...
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Written on November 5th, 2009
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rossnewman26
in 1990 i damaged my spine in 3 places so iwear ahkfo brace from my armpits down also i have to wear acolostomy bag due to internal injuries .after spending 6 months in hospital and 2months rehab ilearnt to walk using my braces...
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Written on December 14th, 2010
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