What did you all do with your brace, etc??

[jenscats5]

Pre & Post-surgery, I was able to borrow crutches, so that worked out well.....

Still have my foam immobilizer brace & am not sure what to do with it.....If I get hurt again, I'm sure I'll get another one.....

What did you all do with your braces, etc once you no longer needed them??

[altagirl]

Put it on the shelf. I have two of them. And oddly enough, that's the one thing with my second ACL surgery that my insurance would NOT cover. It took months and months of fighting over it because they wanted me to pay $450 for it. (And they didn't pay for the first one either - the Army did. AND they had no problem paying $1000 or so for my functional brace. Go figure.) So now I make sure I bring in my foam immobilizer to the hospital so they can put that on and don't charge me for another one.

Plus. an immobilizer is a good thing to have around if you hurt yourself on the weekend and can't get in to see your doc for a couple of days.

[jenscats5]

Put it on the shelf. I have two of them. And oddly enough, that's the one thing with my second ACL surgery that my insurance would NOT cover. It took months and months of fighting over it because they wanted me to pay $450 for it. (And they didn't pay for the first one either - the Army did. AND they had no problem paying $1000 or so for my functional brace. Go figure.) So now I make sure I bring in my foam immobilizer to the hospital so they can put that on and don't charge me for another one.

Plus. an immobilizer is a good thing to have around if you hurt yourself on the weekend and can't get in to see your doc for a couple of days.

Good points!! Didn't think of all that......

[fez]

they wanted me to pay $450 for it.

damn! mine was $98 and insurance covered it no questions.

when i tore my acl, i first skied down the hill, then drove myself home. made a sandwich and flipped on the TV. i decided to wait until the end of a college basketball game (UMass was crushing Temple and we dont get to see that enough lately). then drove myself to the hospital.

they examined my knee, x-rayed me, told me to make an appointment with an ortho and stuck me in the imobilizing brace. I hobbled out of the er, got to my car. looked at the car, looked at the brace, took the brace off and tossed it in the back seat and drove home. never put the thing back on again. and it is now sitting in the closet, hopefully never to be used again.

[altagirl]

damn! mine was $98 and insurance covered it no questions.

when i tore my acl, i first skied down the hill, then drove myself home. made a sandwich and flipped on the TV. i decided to wait until the end of a college basketball game (UMass was crushing Temple and we dont get to see that enough lately). then drove myself to the hospital.

they examined my knee, x-rayed me, told me to make an appointment with an ortho and stuck me in the imobilizing brace. I hobbled out of the er, got to my car. looked at the car, looked at the brace, took the brace off and tossed it in the back seat and drove home. never put the thing back on again. and it is now sitting in the closet, hopefully never to be used again.

Try a locked meniscus tear that's excruciating to move even a centimeter in either direction. An immobilizer becomes a good thing when you have to wait a couple days to get it fixed.

[fez]

Try a locked meniscus tear that's excruciating to move even a centimeter in either direction.

nah, i think i'll pass on that. thanks though.

I got really lucky with my acl. clean tear of acl, no other damage. and that was bad enough.

[AKA]

What did you all do with your braces, etc once you no longer needed them??

i made a fucking sculture for my moms birthday. jesus fucking christ. what kind of place has this become!????

[Theodore]

Try a locked meniscus tear that's excruciating to move even a centimeter in either direction. An immobilizer becomes a good thing when you have to wait a couple days to get it fixed.

Try 1/3 of your hamstring pulled up to about mid thigh. It stung a bit when those muscles fired...

I still have mine around... just in case.

[upallnight]

Try a locked meniscus tear that's excruciating to move even a centimeter in either direction. An immobilizer becomes a good thing when you have to wait a couple days to get it fixed.

Tried it! Not fun.

That immobilizer would have been great for the 18 or so hours I had to wait for surgery. And to think I refused the pre-op meds they offered me! Didn't get much sleep that night.

[beaterdit]

Keep all yer junk.

Bad luck to get rid of it.