Risser cast is extending from the patient's hips to the neck and sometimes including part of the head. Casts could, with care and the doctor's permission, be walked in during convalescence. However, in some cases the Risser cast would extend into one or more pantaloons, in which case mobility was far more restricted.

Victoria is prescribed to receive plaster body cast to help with her back pain by applying traction to her spine. Plaster cast is applied on her body while her head is on a traction sling. Holes are cut out in her body cast to make breathing and eating simpler for Vitoria. She is instructed on exercises that she needs to regularly perform while she is in the cast. After she leaves clinic in her white armor, she goes with a friend, that is curious about her body cast to a local bar for some snack.

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