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Have broken foot? is it alright to go grocery shopping & walk long distances in surgical shoe or boot, or is it better to limit walking during healing
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That would depend: On the nature of the break: if it was displaced or not, what bone and where the break was in the bone. Your treating doc would best be able to answer.
Answered 7/2/2014
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