put in traction

He’s also not in danger of being put in traction anytime soon, no matter how many times he is asked about his surgically repaired back.

Put in traction, Buchan soon experienced a return of feeling in his arms.

She was put in traction, did physical therapy, but the pain, combined with arthritis, left her dependent on prescription drugs and her evening cocktails.

His left leg was put in traction to keep the knee immobilized, and he was soon responding to injections of penicillin and erythromycin.*