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I just took my splint cast off after 6 weeks and i had a buckle fracture in the radius, what can i do now so that i can start playing basketball?
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Get therapy to imp--: Rove your strength of the muscles and increase the range of motion of the joints, so you could return to playing.
Answered 11/6/2013
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