By Sharafat Ali

SRINAGAR (Reuters) – After hospital doctors told Ghulam Mohammad Mir, 60, that surgery on his injured leg following a road accident was too risky, he turned to a more traditional treatment in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory – bonesetting.

Mir suffered multiple leg fractures in the accident a year ago and doctors at the hospital in the region’s main city of Srinagar advised against surgery due to underlying medical conditions.

So he chose a centuries-old practice that typically involves massaging the affected area, wrapping it with cloth or medical tape, and reciting holy verses.

“After four months of treatment here, I started walking on crutches and now I am doing well,” Mir said.

Many patients believe bonesetters possess a spiritual, healing touch and are more eff

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