[TheForge] Frosty bones and drybrushing

[robert hensarling]

Frosty, could age be a factor?  It was with me.  Also have you been checked 
for Osteoporosis, plus had a bond density exam done?
Robert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
To: <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" 
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Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Frosty bones and drybrushing


> Thanks Lee:
>
> This break was the most damaged in the fall, actually two breaks. One goes 
> across the humurus just above the elbow joint, the second starts roughly 
> half way across the first break and is a squarish piece knocked out of the 
> bone. The piece that was knocked out took a lot of hammering while the 
> rest of the breaks were happening and ended up pretty rounded off. It 
> looked something like a basketball sitting on a step after the surgeries. 
> Hopefully the ascii thingy (poor things that they are) lessens the 
> confusion some.
>
> l __l
> l  lO
> l     l
>
> It healed into the main part of the bone right away but where it meets up 
> with the lateral break there was just too much space between it and the 
> next part. We gave it time and I kept up with the bone stimulating 
> exercises but it was a no grow. Last January I had to have the hardware 
> removed, I was popping the heads off screws. At that time he filed, 
> scraped, etc, the necrotic bone off, applied OP1 bone stimulant protien 
> goop and replaced the hardware with the bone pressed in hard contact.
>
> The xrays at my last checkup showed it still wasn't healing where the 
> largest gap is, above the "O" in the ascii "art" thingy. Actually it was 
> healing but it's a large gap and it's growing slowly.
>
> This surgery was all soft tissue except where he drilled the graft 
> material from my iliac crest so I'm healing pretty quickly this time. I'm 
> out of the splint and there's no articulated brace this time so I'll be 
> back to complaining about a 10lb restriction soon. all I have to do right 
> now is keep from popping the staples, keep the incision sites clean, etc.
>
> I'm doing the PT, using the bone stimulator, quit smoking, taking the vits 
> and mins, eating well and exercising. I'm not sure what else to do but 
> give it time and be as patient as I can. At least I can do some forging 
> and fab stuff now I have some lift capacity in the shop.
>
> Still . . . <sigh>
>
> Frosty
> -------------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
>
> From: "lee robbins" <naturadoc1 at yahoo.com>
>
>
>
>>
>> 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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