I tore ligaments in my feet and it was difficult to move or manage things on my own for many months. Even with modern healthcare. It got me wondering what happens if farmers who live on their own many miles away from other human beings get seriously hurt? How do they manage until their injuries heal?
I can't imagine. I don't think they would know about ice, rehab, etc. Months of not being able to move and they can't get help, they can't work their lands and their supplies are gone. What do they do? If they have other men or grown sons working with them, I suppose they can manage, but if they don't have that or their children are too small?
Months of not being able to move and they can't get help, they can't work their lands and their supplies are gone. What do they do?
For much of human history, the responsibility for care of the injured and infirm belonged to their family and relatives. In Europe during the "Middle Ages," those who were without families could go to hospital (invariably attached to a church or monastery) and be cared for by the priests and monks respectively. SOURCE
I don't think they would know about ice, rehab, etc.
The actual level of care varied by region and time. Objectively, Jewish, Muslim, and Byzantine doctors would have had the best educations in medicine throughout this period (retaining much of the knowledge of Roman and Greek medical practices). These doctors could set your broken leg, put it in a split and it would probably heal just fine. Likewise, they could prescribe medication that would be drunk or eaten, for example:
Certainly a lot of bad medical practices existed based on superstition, old-wives tales, and trial-n-error attempts. But the Middle Ages weren't as backward as we're sometimes led to believe. SOURCE
I hope that gives you some small insight into your questions.
I would just mention that, for most people during the Middle Ages, life was not so isolated as you suggest. In areas which had good soils suitable for it, open field farming was practiced. Open field farming refers to the presence of large, unfenced fields, wherein parcels were owned by individual peasants. The midlands of England, for instance, was once virtually one long field. For the people who worked these fields, life was rather communal. You would live in a village of between perhaps 60 and 300 people. Most of you would be farmers, but there would likely be a priest, a smith, and a couple of respected peasants who acted as managers. If you got hurt, your family (many of the villagers would likely be relatives) would provide for you. More importantly, there were trained bone setters in the countryside who could treat fractures and other common wounds.