Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT There are three main bones in the leg. The femur is the long bone in your thigh that connects your hip to your knee; it’s also your body's longest and strongest ...

Are you or a loved one like parents, daughter, son or friends getting a plaster cast for the broken leg after a painful leg, knee, ankle or foot sports injury, fracture and need to use crutches ...

WebMD explains the various ways a leg can be broken, ... you’ll probably use your crutches or cane for about 6-8 weeks. ... Although a cast or splint is usually all most broken bones need, ...

Twenty years ago my husband, Mark, broke his left ankle and was in a cast and on crutches for ... It turns out the standard advice to stay off a broken leg bone for at least six weeks is based ...

On crutches again! I’ve had 2 knee surgeries but I’ve never broken a bone until now,” Guzman wrote on her Facebook page, where she posted an image of her left leg wrapped in a cast as she ...