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How long can it take for a verabre commpressed frautured to heal on its own?
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Depends on age/healt: 6-8 weeks. Longer if you are malnourished, and or low vit d. With a hx of compression fx you need to get a check up on your bone health , if not yet done. Including a "dexa".
Answered 4/17/2013
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