Very useful topic, just finished reading. I think it would be possible to combine this into something like a brochure and save a couple of copies for posterity. We used to publish a book on home economics in the 50s, with a bunch of useful tips, very similar to this topic, but some cases are not described there. There are also no instructions and examples in interpersonal relationships, here they are exist and it is very useful.
As for the bad experience - if there are any injuries that don't seem serious, it's best to get checked out by 1 or more independent doctors, and also don't blindly trust the doctors from public free hospitals.
Here are 3 cases:
1) 6 years ago my friend 62 years old stumbled on the ice on the steps and fell to his knee, he stopped the fall with his hand. His hand hurt quite a lot and he could not raise it above the level of his heart. The doctor decided that it was just a bruise and prescribed a fixation of the hand. But the problem with raising his arm was not resolved, and severe pains began in his shoulder and neck. This time the doctor decided that the friend had a pinched nerve and he needed to rub the ointment and periodically give painkillers. A year passed, the pain became unbearable, then a friend went for an MRI and it turned out that he had a torn ligament, his shoulder dropped and the ligaments healed in this wrong position, now the muscle simply does not have enough length to raise his arm. And had to either live with it further, or have an operation to cut out excess tissue, but it is very expensive, so now a friend can hardly do anything with this hand. And so it lives.
2) 3 years ago my friend's wife (friend from case #1) fell on the steps of the shop stairs (it was winter, the stairs were covered with very smooth ceramic tiles). She dislocated her leg, the doctor prescribed fixation of the leg in a cast, so she lived for about 2 months. When the plaster was removed, she got up and fell down, a second examination showed that initially it was not a dislocation, it was a dislocation + rupture of the ligament. A ligament with a piece of bone just dangled under the skin. She underwent surgery, but not very successfully, now she is limping and cannot walk without a cane, and she cannot squat either. More precisely, she can sit down 1 time and then she will need help.
3) 6 days ago my pianist friend fell down the stairs. She fell on her shoulder and it hurt a lot. The doctor in the state hospital looked with his eyes, felt with his hand and said - there is no fracture, this is not our competence, apply a bandage and do not touch for 3 weeks. I suspected that the level of pain did not match his statement, so I forced a friend to undergo an MRI, it took 4 days to persuade. The result is:
"Rupture of the structures of the rotator interval (rupture of the articular capsule, articular ligaments of the middle and lower humeroscapular ligaments), reactive synovitis with leakage into the subcoracoid space. Osteochondral damage to the outer upper posterior parts of the head of the humerus - by the type of Hill-Sachs fracture; damage to the anterior sections of the articular lip, anterior sections of the bone part of the articular cavity of the articular process of the scapula - according to the type of Bankart fracture."
If it had been left to heal itself, as the first doctor advised, it could have ended badly for the pianist's career. I found a clinic where athletes are treated for injuries, now we will treat them well (and expensively). Joint surgery may be required.
4 more conclusions can be drawn from this:
- Must be very careful when descending stairs, or other inclined surfaces.
- No need to rush anywhere.
- Need good shoes, comfortable and with the right grip.
- In the current situation (which is unlikely to change in the next 50 years), it is necessary in advance to save money for the treatment of such injuries and other things (teeth, cancer, etc.)
