Sort of related, I suffered a tib-fib fracture in April 2006. It was splinted at E.R. and I received crutches. I visited PCP to follow up and he questioned whet

Sort of related, I suffered a tib-fib fracture in April 2006. It was splinted at E.R. and I received crutches. I visited PCP to follow up and he questioned whether it was displaced. At the time, I did not think much of his theory and said no more about it. When I finally got to an orthopedic clinic, they put a whole-leg cast on, with significant struggle, and the first thing I noticed was that my foot was sticking out at a very noticeable angle. I am fairly confident that this is the displacement my PCP mentioned. 9 months later I had been through several casts and an utter quack treatment of "electronic pulse bone stimulator" just to squeeze as much insurance money as possible out of Medicaid. My surgeon announced an atrophic non-union and said that surgical fixation was the only way forward, which I accepted and everything turned out fine. Of course nobody will listen or talk about the displacement which caused the non-union in the first place, because that would be tantamount to orthopedic malpractice, and I am still embittered when I think back on what could have been different, but at least it had no lasting detrimental effect on my mobility.