splint
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"I've never experienced such terrible pain in my life. I made a splint and crutches out of wood," he writes.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
“It wasn’t pleasant. It wasn’t great. We’ll see what it is,” said Stafford, who was not wearing a brace or splint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
In an interview for Saga magazine, he revealed he was still recovering from the experience, with his neck in a brace and right hand in a splint.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
Betts visited a hand specialist Monday, where he was fitted with a splint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Her leg was wrapped up in some sort of splint.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
The most recent work, Berenice Olmedo’s “Amalia,” a motorized sculpture of a leg made from medical prostheses, splints and braces, was created in 2021, a comment on difficulties faced by the disabled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
The centre was set up around 60 years ago by a Belgian Catholic association and has a workshop for producing prostheses, splints and braces.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Plastic spoons serve as splints for broken fingers, children are examined in makeshift tents and cough drops are handed out by the hundreds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Kansas guard Johnny Furphy played with no limitations after dealing with shin splints during the preseason.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
She set it with the lumber splints and tied it all together with the leather straps.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
“They were able to put his finger back together and it’s splinted and he’s day-to-day,” Redick said Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
He added: "This additional air is what splinted the diaphragm and caused the collapse."
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
What he did recall was having his arm splinted in a comfortable position and making plans to have surgery the next day at a hospital in the Chicagoland area unaffiliated with Froedtert South.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
Urshela’s bat splinted when he grounded into a double play in the second inning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2021
The sheets' were tangled, his leg splinted and plastered.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
It was a very interesting nine-month tour of duty in military service, tactical training, and of course the medical aspect of evaluating injuries, administering morphine, splinting and stopping bleeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Cross-examining Dr Evans, Mr Myers said: "If you really thought that splinting the diaphragm was a cause of death you would have stated that before today, wouldn't you?"
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022
When the records arrived, they showed the splinting that Shah remembered but not the treatment that was driving up his bill.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
A trauma nurse and a medical doctor were among the group of hikers and Justa said they helped tremendously with splinting, wrapping injuries and taking her vitals, for which he’s grateful.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
Sister Gladys and Dr. van Heerden were splinting the injured Vapostori's leg.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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