Benji's Foot and Ankle Blog

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Cast and Crutches for Chronic Ankle Instability (Aug 2019) So I was in this particular cast while dealing with ankle ligament problems. Eventually I got surgery to fix it. #brokenleg #brokenfoot #brokeankle #injury #accident #crutches#castandcrutches #oncrutches #surgery #hobbling #crippled #pain #painmanagement #achilles #achillestendon #injuredfoot #footinjury #ankle #anklesprain #sprainedankle #ligament #ligaments #ankleligaments

Old video from 7 years ago. Just hobbling back home to my apartment from the parking garage! Some extra footage was added just to make for a longer and more enjoyable video!

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As it happens, I didn't buy any new shoes that day but this superstore has some really good prices!

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One of the funnest things you can do is shoe shopping while you're still in a cast.

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I can only speak from one experience with having a plaster leg cast but the first days of it are always the best when it is still snow white and intact. Then it kind of starts to disintegrate little by little. This cast he is wearing is a bit more rare in that it has a thick toe plate!

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I vaguely remember interacting with this guy - it seems that he posted this on his personal Facebook page and then, as some people do, started looking around for other content similar to his own. This fetching gentleman was in a biking or ATV accident I think. He said he would be down for awhile because the break was bad.

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Be sure to take aspirin daily to prevent blood clots too.

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This is me, 11 years ago today celebrating my birthday at the now-closed gay clothing-optional resort Tortuga del Sol in Palm Springs. I'd never been to such a resort before and I've never been back to one since. BUT as I have family in Palm Springs I've always spent a lot of time there every year. Luckily they don't know about these "other things" I've gotten up to while there hahaha I think I look the same today as I did then! The slides on my feet are Atoeyac sandals, sadly discontinued but they were so sexy and comfortable, it's hard to know why nobody really liked them other than a few of us.

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Some people hate being housebound with an injury! That is the thing though, you don't have to be housebound in most cases! Get on crutches and go outside!

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I think this was a publicity shot for a school from about 15 years ago. Weird cast set-up he has. Plaster, but bandaged up and taped up and it has a toe plate in combo with cast shoe.

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Typical situation! Go to the ER, get x-rays, get a splint, and then wait to get into the ortho doc's office for a cast. It can be a week or more unless they can fit you in sooner or they have cancellations of other patients!!

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This was from the razor and flip phone days! Remember those slide phones? If they broke - and they often did - you were on your own to buy another one unless you purchased the phone insurance offered at the time you bought it.

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This is not me obviously but I've been that guy in the past, waiting for public transportation this way. It's a good way to have conversations with people actually! Someone will come along and say "I was just in your situation a month ago! Sucks doesn't it?! Get well fast!"

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Mexico 2008.

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Crutch fitness works! Summer 2008 in Mexico.

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Mexico, Summer 2008