Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

This way, he can free up time to perfect his skills.

He can also further expand the core business of bone-setting techniques at the Second Hospital. By then, the hospital leadership will be satisfied, and he himself will have better development opportunities.

This development approach is somewhat akin to a lone wolf in the wild, struggling to survive independently.

Thus, it tries every means to reproduce and expand the pack.

Once there’s a pack, whether hunting or facing enemy invasions, it can handle it with ease.

The next patient soon came in.

He was helped in, hopping on one foot.

Another young man.

"Did he stub his toe?"

Li Jingsheng took a glance and asked.

"Playing soccer, ended up stubbing it. It hurt like hell at the time, and now it’s starting to swell."

The other two companions supporting the young man also looked at Li Jingsheng.

"Doctor, is it serious? We saw a doctor at the clinic over there, and they said it’s a fracture!"

"Let me see the X-rays."

Li Jingsheng took the images to examine, then crouched down to feel the young man’s bone.

"Toe fracture, accompanied by bruising and swelling. It should be treatable with manual techniques, but I’m afraid you’ll need to rest for more than three months before playing soccer again."

Hearing that it could be treated manually, all three breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"You mean I have to rest that long! I feel empty if I don’t play soccer for a day. Can’t you give me some better medication to recover faster?"

The patient found it hard to accept needing more than three months of rest.

"The healing period for bones generally takes a long time. You should be able to walk in about a month and a half, but I recommend at least three months of rest before playing soccer. Moreover, you must proceed according to your ability; otherwise, a re-fracture could easily occur. If the same area is fractured more than twice, it’s easy to stimulate the formation of bone spurs or even osteomas."

Li Jingsheng wasn’t entirely trying to scare him.

Previously, there was a surgical patient with an osteoma, and the prognosis is still uncertain now.

Some cases turn malignant after recurrence, and they don’t survive even six months.

"Then I’d better take it easy! As the only heir in five generations, if I die young, my parents would be devastated."

Hearing that there could be an osteoma, the patient immediately backed down.

Basically, no one wants to risk their life.

Compared to life, interests and hobbies are certainly less important.

"Dr. Chen, pay attention to this kind of bone injury reduction."

Li Jingsheng had the patient sit steadily and then used his thumb and forefinger to grasp the fractured part of the patient’s toe bone.

Thumb on top, forefinger below, pinching together.

"Ow... it hurts, hurts!"

The patient cried out in pain.

Li Jingsheng used his other hand to pull on the patient’s toe, while applying appropriate pressure with his pinching fingers to flatten the protruding bone area.

"Alright, alright! What’s a bit of pain to a soccer prince?"

Li Jingsheng joked with the patient.

Then personally bandaged and fixed it for him.

"I’ll prescribe you two boxes of bone-healing medicine. Remember to take them orally on time. If you have time, come back to the hospital for a follow-up in three or four days. I only work here three days a week; there’s a schedule on the wall, you can choose a time."

Li Jingsheng pointed at the schedule on the wall.

He only works on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, making him quite a unique presence among attending physicians.

The hospital is ultimately just a platform for him to enhance his skills, upgrade his professional titles, and expand his network. Sunshine Clinic truly belongs to him, where he is in charge and doesn’t need to curry favor with anyone.

With good development, it might even help him achieve financial freedom.

There’s even the possibility of passing it down to his son, grandson, ensuring a prosperous life for generations.

At the Second Hospital, earning thirty or forty thousand a month is considered quite good. But he still has to work for others.

After treating this patient, Li Jingsheng looked over to Ye Hui.

She seemed to be having some difficulty with the patient’s reduction.

Li Jingsheng didn’t let Yang Luqing handle it but asked her to do it because this patient’s reduction seemed simple but had a small difficulty.

It requires flexible solutions.

As the saying goes, "Difficult for those who are unskilled, easy for those who are skilled."

If he were to do it himself, it would have been easy to reposition it successfully. But for Ye Hui, a novice, she was very likely to stumble.

Indeed, as he had anticipated, Ye Hui ran into trouble.

"Dr. Ye, you can also try having the patient face outwards in an upright position, while you stand beside him. Use one hand to grasp the injured arm at the elbow joint, pulling downwards and adducting it towards the torso. Then place the thumb of your other hand on the lateral side of the humeral head, with the other fingers under the armpit supporting the humeral head outwards."

Yang Luqing offered his advice.

Li Jingsheng nodded slightly as he listened.

In terms of flexible thinking and theoretical knowledge, Yang Luqing was clearly superior to Ye Hui.

But in terms of hands-on skills, he was slightly less talented.

Ye Hui pondered for a moment after hearing this, then proceeded to follow his advice.

Creak!

The sound of bone alignment, indicating successful repositioning.

"This patient’s shoulder joint is quite unique. If you encounter similar shoulder dislocations in the future and Ye Hui’s first method fails, you can decisively use the second method that Yang Luqing just mentioned."

Li Jingsheng walked over to offer some guidance to the two students.

At the same time, he checked the patient’s alignment and gave a little massage.

"Well, the reduction was very successful. Just give it a week or two to heal. In his case, he doesn’t even need a sling." Li Jingsheng said, then looked at the patient. "Remember, refrain from lifting heavy objects during these two to three weeks."

He then turned to the patient’s girlfriend, "Just don’t twist his right arm again during this period; otherwise, if it becomes a habitual dislocation, it’ll be hard to treat."