Physical therapy can be inconvenient or even painful, but it is essential in preventing muscle wasting. Therapy will increase the strength of the muscles which surround and encase your fractured bone; this process will speed up your recovery. In addition, follow-up medical appointments with an orthopedic specialist may be needed.  Start physical therapy after you have been given permission by your orthopedist. Your orthopedist will usually do a followup x-ray to make sure that the fracture has healed and ensure that it is safe to begin therapy. There are multiple medical abnormalities that can result from a fractured bone, depending on the severity of the break and the age and general health of the individual. If you have any concerns about these problems, ask your doctor. These complications can include:   Nonunion or malunion of the bone. Nonunion is when the bone cannot grow back together. Malunion is when the bone grows together improperly and requires surgical correction.  Severe pain. Swelling or discoloration of the casted limb. Smelly discharges and bleeding require you to seek medical help immediately.  Blot clots. Symptoms of a blood clot may include a warm, red, painful swollen spot under your skin. Seek medical help right away if you think you might have a blood clot. Waiting for a fracture to heal can be a slow, frustrating, and at times painful process. You may need to ask friends, family, coworkers, and/or your partner to help you perform tasks that you could normally do on your own without a problem. In these instances, don’t hesitate to ask for help with issues such as:   Walking up and down stairs. Typing on a computer or using your phone. Driving a vehicle. Brushing your teeth and other hygiene tasks.
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One-sentence summary -- Attend or do therapy consistently. Watch out for possible signs of infection and other complications. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.


With enough practice and vocal strength, you should be able to shatter a glass from a more comfortable distance. Most normal people, however, will have difficulty sustaining the volume necessary for breaking a glass. Being very close will focus your sound energy and give you the best chance possible of making it break. To check just how loud you are singing, you might want to download a sound measuring app from the app store on your phone or buy a sound level meter from an online retailer. If you notice that, even at your loudest, you're nowhere close to the 100 - 110 decibel range, you might want to consider using a microphone. Begin singing the resonant tone at a normal speaking volume. Listen carefully to the sound of your voice. Does it sound sharp (above the resonant pitch) or flat (below the resonant pitch)? If so, make slight adjustments to your tone. When you are confident that you are singing the pitch perfectly, slowly increase your singing volume into you are singing as loudly as you can.  If you feel discomfort, pain, or notice a significant change in the quality of your voice, you may be straining your voice by singing too loudly or too long. To prevent permanent damage, you should stop immediately, drink some water. Hold off singing until your voice is back to normal.  Vowel sounds will be less obstructed, enabling you to achieve higher volumes. In particular, the "ee" vowel sound has the highest volume rating. The vowel “ay” is also rated very highly for volume. Sustain your note as long as possible while making slight adjustments. Even if you hit the resonant frequency dead-on, you’ll have to hold the pitch perfectly for a few seconds before the glass vibrates enough to shatter. More likely you’ll have to “slide” your voice slightly up and down and make slight adjustments to match the resonant pitch. Some glasses will have more microscopic imperfections than others. More imperfections in the glass means you’ll have a better chance of causing it to shatter. By rotating between several different glasses, it’s more likely that at least one will have the imperfections you need to break the glass. You might also want to try glasses of various shape and size. Be sure you check the resonant frequency of each glass with a flick of your nail; each glass will have its own slightly different resonant frequency. when you succeed. Wear gloves when cleaning up to prevent yourself from getting cuts or scraped by a sharp edge. Then examine the area thoroughly to make sure you've picked up even the smallest fragments. A flashlight can help you spot small slivers. You may want to avoid using a vacuum cleaner to suck up your glass fragments. Doing so can cause damage to your vacuum. Instead, sweep up as much as possible with a broom, and capture tiny slivers by pressing a piece of bread into the fragments.
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One-sentence summary -- Place your mouth close to the glass. Sing the resonant frequency pitch. Attempt shattering different glasses. Dispose of the broken glass carefully


If there is data on the drive you need to keep, make sure to save it on another hard drive.  You can transfer files to your computer's internal hard drive, use a USB flash drive, or upload to a cloud storage service such as Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive, or iCloud. This is the website for Killdisk, a free disk-cleaning app that works on Windows and Mac, as well as both mechanical and solid-state drives.  Disk cleaning programs like KillDisk provide extra security by overwriting the old data with random data that prevents the old from being accessed with data forensics tools. Some other popular data-cleaning tools are DBAN Drive Cleanser by Acronis, and CBL Data Shredder. Click the download button that corresponds to the operating system you are using. By default, your downloaded files can be found in your Downloads folder on both PC and Mac.  Double-click the ".exe" file for Killdisk on Windows, or the ".dmg" file for Killdisk on Mac, and then follow the on-screen instructions to install. Most external hard drives can be connected to your computer using a USB or firewire cable. In some cases, an external hard drive may need to be plugged in using an AC adapter. KillDisk has an icon that resembles a red disk with a while "@" sign on the front.  Double-click this Killdisk icon in the Windows Start menu or the Applications folder on Mac. All disks connected to your computer are listed on the main menu for KillDisk. The drive you select will highlight in orange. Be careful not to select a disk drive you need, such as your Windows installation drive. It's at the top of the KillDisk app.  It has an icon that resembles a hard drive with a red triangle. It's in the lower-left corner of the pop-up window. If you have the registered version of KillDisk, you can select more accurate erasure methods using the drop-down menu next to "Erase Method".  You can also check "Verify erasure of [disk percentage] of each disk." The keyphrase is above the field where you enter the keyphrase.  Enter it exactly as displayed in the window and click Ok.  This begins the process of erasing your disk.  Since this method overwrites your old data with random data, it will take considerably longer than other methods of formatting your drive.
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Back up important data. Go to http://killdisk.com/killdisk-freeware.htm in a browser. Click Download for Windows or Download for MacOS. Install KillDisk. Connect your external hard drive to your computer. Open KillDisk. Click the drive you want to erase. Click Erase Disk. Click Start. Type the keyphrase and click Ok.