| Most people were introduced to the orthopedic | | | | get into the bone exists. Since the fracture site in the |
| surgeon at a young age when they were brought to | | | | bone communicates with the outside world, these |
| the emergency room with their first broken bone. For | | | | injuries need to be cleaned out aggressively and |
| me the memory of the event is now faint | | | | many times require anesthesia in the operating room |
| (something about a bicycle and pavement), but the | | | | to do the job effectively. |
| cast that I was able to tote around the classroom is | | | | Setting of bone through surgery. When surgery is |
| fondly recalled as one of my moments of youthful | | | | needed, the procedure is called an open reduction. |
| pride. | | | | The doctor will give you local or general anesthesia. |
| The first, and probably the most known cause for | | | | (General anesthesia will put you to sleep.) During the |
| bone fractures is known as bone thinning or | | | | surgical procedure, the doctor may insert a rod, pin, |
| osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can lead to bone | | | | plate, or screw into the injury to hold the bone in |
| fractures because in time it makes the bones less | | | | place. Advantages of surgery include: early mobility of |
| dense by altering bone protein and other minerals. | | | | injured bone and some use of the injured bone within |
| This increases the risk of bone fractures, because | | | | weeks rather than months. |
| the bones become a lot more porous. | | | | Impacted Fracture: An impacted fracture is similar to |
| The 'fatigue theory' suggests that during repeated | | | | a compression fracture, yet it occurs within the same |
| efforts (as in running), the muscles become unable to | | | | bone. It is a closed fracture which occurs when |
| support the skeleton during impact as the foot | | | | pressure is applied to both ends of the bone, causing |
| strikes the ground. Instead of the muscles absorbing | | | | it to split into two fragments that jam into each |
| the shock, the load is transferred to the bone. As | | | | other. This type of fracture is common in car |
| the loading surpasses the capacity of the bone to | | | | accidents and falls. |
| adapt, a fracture develops. The 'overload theory' | | | | It may take a number of weeks or months for a |
| suggests that certain muscle groups contract in such | | | | fracture to heal. Your bone tissue will start growing |
| a way that they because the attached bones to | | | | new bone cells on the site of the fracture, creating |
| bend. After repeated contractions and bending, the | | | | new bone tissues until the fracture is closed. The |
| bone breaks. | | | | healing process is usually painful, therefore you must |
| Stress fractures are probably preceded by, causing | | | | strictly follow the doctor's advice on handling the |
| bone pain and pain during exercise. Management of | | | | fracture so that you can recuperate faster and |
| shin splints involves rest; if the symptoms still persist | | | | resume to normal activity. During rehabilitation, your |
| after two weeks, a stress fracture is suspected. | | | | activity may be limited to the extent of the pain |
| When the pain has persisted for six weeks or more, | | | | threshold of the fracture. By the time the bone |
| a stress fracture is the likely cause. | | | | becomes strong again, you may have to undergo |
| The first step in describing a fracture is whether it is | | | | certain exercise to strengthen the muscles |
| open or closed. If the skin over the break is | | | | surrounding the bone fracture so that it can function |
| disrupted, then an open fracture exists. The skin can | | | | again normally. The exercises will increase in activity |
| be cut, torn, or abraded (scraped), but if the skin's | | | | over time until the fracture is completely healed, and |
| integrity is damaged, the potential for an infection to | | | | normal skeletal activity is restored. |