Brace Bash

Italian Splints 1914-18 / Wellcome Images

If your ankle doesn't work properly, you will trip when you walk. Then you have to wear a huge brace which holds your foot and leg in a 90° angle, in an “L.”

Every stroke victim I’ve met hates their ankle brace. They are big and clunky, like the ones in this picture.

I got mine off, because I'm a stubborn bastard.