splints
Rigid limb stabilizers
Splints are rigid supports used to immobilize injured limbs or joints, preventing movement during healing: The medic applied splints to the broken leg.
As a verb, to splint is to secure with such a device.
In horses, splints are bony growths on the leg that can cause lameness.
Thin strips of wood or metal used in weaving or construction are also splints.
Split in hard material
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- braceDevice providing structural stability
orthosis · bandage · injury · sprain · strain · dislocation · ligament · orthopedist
Stop all motion
- secureProtected from harm
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- reinforceAdd strength to something
- fixateFocus obsessively on
bind · fasten · anchor · hold · support · align · position · restrict
Restoration of health
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
mobility · restoration · convalescence · mend · knit · recuperation · exercise · strength
fracture
Split in hard material
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
brace · orthosis · bandage · injury · sprain · strain · dislocation · ligament · orthopedist · fiberglass
immobilize
Stop all motion
fixate · bind · fasten · anchor · hold · support · align · position · restrict · rigid
healing
Restoration of health
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- physiotherapyTreatment restoring bodily function
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
therapy · mobility · restoration · convalescence · mend · knit · recuperation · exercise · strength · improvement
horse
Domesticated riding animal
- legAmbulatory limb
- lamenessImpaired ability to walk
- veterinaryRelating to animal healthcare
poultice · wrap · stable · racehorse · fetlock · tendon · hoof · farrier · paddock
wood strips
Narrow lumber pieces
- rehabilitationrehab, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, inpatient rehab
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, bone fracture, joint replacement, hip replacement
- Joint Careglucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, joint cream, knee brace
- sports medicinesports medicine, injury prevention, athletic tape, sports injuries, rehabilitation
- war medicinecombat medic, combat medics, field hospital, field hospitals, field surgery
- splinter groupBreakaway subset of organization
- shin splintsInflammation along the shinbone
- wrist splintOrthopedic arm immobilizer
- finger splintDevice stabilizing injured finger
- splinter partyPolitical breakaway group
- splinter removalExtracting embedded fragments
splinter, splinters, splint, splintered, splintering, splinting, splinted