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Soft tissue and ligament strain, do i need crutches?

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Dr. Amir Khan answered

Depends: If you have no significant pain with weightbearing and no fractures are present then you could weight bear as tolerated. Discuss with your doctor as he knows the details.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/25/2017

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