[TheForge] Frosty bones and drybrushing

[Grant Marcoux]

lee:   Interesting comment!  I have always wondered what kind of motion
stimulates bone growth.  Is this why hip repalecement patients are asked to
do "ankle-pump" exercises and get out of bed ASAP, etc.?

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Frosty glad to hear you are on the mend
with repeated nonunions, bear in mind how it works. The skin has good blood
supply and vessels cut look to branch and link at wound edges. Bone
fractures and bone grafts need stimulation. When i was in africa during
training, the kids regularly fractured their femurs. the stretched the legs
with a weight and then put the kids in a cylinder cast letting them walk
after a week. About 10% had funny bends to their legs but the pressure
across the fracture site led them to heal in 3-4 weeks unlike the 12 weeks
with hardware and total immobilization. THe lack of 100% straightness is
unacceptable in the US.
Range of motion activity without weight and mild in line isometrics without
any jarring motions will create some hypoxic, low oxygen signals and
stimulate the weaving of new vessels which will improve the laying down of
new bone. Lots of motion, little force. good luck.

Dry Brushing:
After you load up a brush with the highlighting brush, dry it by painting
most of the paint onto absorbent newspaper till you just about see the paint
then use the brush on the piece. it never hurts to put too little added
highlight and repeat for effect. Also how long you wait for the base color
to dry can add to the vehicle of the first layer to mix with the dry brush,
cleaning on newspaper keeping the highlight fresh.

Lee Robbins MD
Flying tortoise forge studio



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