Definition of "splinting" []

• Present participle of splint. (verb)

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• ""When the patient came into the clinic the next day," recalls physical therapist Brian Hagen, facility director at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Sports Medicine, "he was in very significant pain from acute lower back muscle spasm, which is the body's way of 'splinting' itself to prevent further damage.""
• "He proudly told his parents of splinting an infant's leg, and after meeting a young orphaned boy in Haiti named D'James, tried to persuade his family to adopt him."
• "And I didn't have to worry about the long-term side effects of the treatment, since they've been splinting broken bones for a while now."