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Old 30th Dec 2010, 09:13
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Lancelot37
 
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The doc checked mine and the hospital did the same by asking me to kneel on a chair facing the wall. They used a clenched hand and gripped my leg and simply said "It's snapped."

About 10 weeks in plaster, followed by weeks of physio, and I lost so much muscle weight that one leg is still thinner than the other 10 years later. I'll never forget the date 12th Dec 2000. I retired that day!

If your walking on it it not snapped, but seek advice and physio now before it does go..
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