Topics: blood, bone, elbow, foot, fusion, hydroxy, levels, orthopedist, placebo, ray, screws, suspicion, time, vitamin, vitamin d
This is a bit off topic, but it’s such an interesting observation that I’d like to pass it on. Over the past several years, there have been inevitable bone fractures: People slip on ice, for instance, and fracture a wrist or elbow. Or miss a step and fracture a foot, fall off a ladder and fracture a leg. People will come to my office and tell me that their orthopedist commented that they healed faster than usual, often faster than anyone else they’ve seen before. My son was told this after he shattered his hand getting slammed against the boards in hockey; his orthopedist took the screws and cast off much sooner than usual since he judged that healing had occured early. (My son was taking 8000 units …

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