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		fnord77 on Sept 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anxiety, depression, and PTSD may be adaptive resp... if it doesn't heal in some reasonable amount of time after the trauma and remains fractured indefinitely, then yes.

dredmorbius on Sept 4, 2020 [–]

How do fractures heal without proper medical care?

The "just walk it off" method fares poorly.

Magaret Mead uses this for her exemplar of civilisation foe a reason.

fnord77 on Sept 7, 2020 | [–]

for many fractures, yes.

fractured usually ribs heal by themselves.

I once had a broken, displaced rib. Nothing was done except to let it heal by itself

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