Fractures and Bone Healing

What is Buckle Fracture? Bones are needed by the human body for support. Without these, you will not be able to stand on your own. If you rely on your skin alone without the bones, it is not too much to say that you will be just like a jellyfish that will stay lumpy. When the jellyfish floats around at sea, a boneless human will be nothing but muscles that cannot be sorted out as to what parts are present. Just imagine yourself without any bone at all. Thus, you need to value your bones as much as how you would go around standing, sitting, walking, running, and doing other types of human activities. This should mean that you need to steer clear from any types of bone fracture if you want to stay active and mobile. Moreover, a fracture would put you in pain at varying degree. When the bone has a fracture injury, you should immediately call for first aid. This is how you can be ensured that your fractures will not only grow worse. This will make the fracture healing time even longer. ...

The human bones can bear some weight but if the external force that is applied to it is too much, it will likely crack or break. This is called broken bones fracture. Aside from the bone, the tissues surrounding it might also be broken. Sometimes, a break may also dislocate a bone. Causes of Bone Fractures Fractures are more commonly found in children more so than in adults. Among most common causes of fractured bones are: • falls • car accidents which cause the worst kind of fractures • direct blow to the bones • sport injuries • traumatic and forceful movements • tumors in the bone • osteoporosis • overuse Symptoms of Broken Bone Fracture Even without actually consulting a doctor as yet, it is important to detect if the injury has caused some fractures. The symptoms would usually include: • Intense pain • Tingling and numbness • Swelling or bleeding • Dislocated limb or joint • Limited mobility Classification of Broken Bone Fracture • Simple vs. compoun...

What do you know about the boxer’s fracture?  This is only one of the types of bone fractures that a person would have if one of the bones on the knuckles get broken. This is also sometimes called as brawler’s fracture. A bone fracture like this is not actually something that trained and experienced boxers would have. Instead, brawlers are likely to have this because they are not trained to give a punch properly without breaking anything. A more serious condition would be to have a comminuted fracture wherein there are three or more fragments. If a boxer might have a fracture, why not a dancer’s fracture wherein the foot is concerned? During a fall or a strong impact during an accident that affects the hips, dens fracture could happen. When the feet are overused, a foot stress fracture also occurs. These are only some of the different types of bone fractures. The fingers and the wrist are bridged together by the metacarpal bones, with one bone for each finger as the connection...

There are many types of fracture and one of the areas that are commonly susceptible to this kind of condition is the ankle. Though most traumatic instances that affect the ankle region only resulted to ankle sprain, it would still be necessary to learn about the different forms of ankle fracture to better understand the condition and perform the things that are needed to easily recover from a suspected fracture injury.  It would be easier for us to differentiate these different kinds ankle fractures in the future. One of known ankle fractures is what they clinically call as bimalleolar fracture. It is also known as Pott’s fracture though this term is loosely used to represent a certain form of bimalleolar fracture.  Aside from this, there are also conditions that are called as trimalleolar ankle fracture which is different from the earlier mentioned kind of ankle fracture. In addition, there is also a condition known as the tibial plafond fracture affects the ankle region. ...

The human body is made up of different bones supporting human movements. When one of your bones breaks, you are said to have a bone fracture. Calcium phosphate is the mineral needed by the bones in order to make them even denser. The denser the bones are the stronger the force it would take to break them. However, a strong impact would be all that it takes for a bone to get fractured. In kids, bone breakage happens because kids are still active and would like to run around. They just seem to be a ball of energy that cannot be easily contained. It is during one of their games that they might meet some accidents like tripping or falling. Fractures in adults occur when they love to play contact sports or when they meet a vehicular accident. Being that your skull is one of the protective bones in your body that covers your brain, it is still prone to fractures. Basilar skull fracture happens when you break any of the bones at your skull base including the sphenoid bone, temporal bone, o...

Angulated fractures are cases of bone fractures wherein the fragmented shards of the bones are positioned in angles from one another. It is caused by the displacement of a fragment whenever the normal alignment of the bones is disrupted. Deformities on the separated segments of the bone occur, which is sometimes very noticeable even though the bone shard has not pierced the skin. Most angulated fractures result to open fracture injuries because the shards of bones are usually sharp-cornered or are very pointed. Thus, in most cases, an angulated bone goes through the skin, breaking the epidermis and causing bruises. Angulated Fracture Types • Linear fracture- the fragments are found parallel to the axis of the main bone • Oblique fracture-the shards of bone are diagonal to the axis of the main bone • Transverse fracture- the fracture is found during a right angle to the long axis of the bone Diagnosis Most angulated fractures are open fractures so patients only undergo a bri...

Fractures do happen whenever you break any of the bones in your body. Even if these bones are already dense enough with calcium phosphate, being hit with a strong impact would still cause the bones to break. There are several manners by which these bones become broken hence there are several types of fractures that you need to be introduced to. For instance, buckle fracture is the type of fracture on the wrist which is common among kids. This buckle fracture in children consists of a broken bone with the other one buckled due to the strong impact of the fall, collision or accident. Another one would be impacted fracture wherein the broken fragments of the bone are driven against other fragments.Compression fracture is also something that you might be exposed to as the bones grow brittle due to aging, lack of calcium, or disease. Colles fracture is another type of fracture that actually refers to as simple as a broken wrist. The wrist bone is one of the most commonly broken bones in t...

Common Questions About the Scaphoid Fracture What do you know about scaphoid fracture? This is just one on the numerous sorts of bone breaks that can be had when you have a mishap or fall. Like many other patients who have had fractures before, you would likely have many questions in your head too about what this type of fracture injury. A breakage can happen to any of the bones in your body hence the classification of these fractures is based on where the broken bone lies. What are scaphoid and navicular bones? These are two different names for the same kind of bone. The scaphoid bone refers to the entire wrist joint. Now, the navicular bone is more popularly used to refer to the bone that is found in the foot. Who are the usual victims of this hand fracture? Fractured scaphoid usually happens to adolescents and adults. Scaphoid wrist fracture is the most common type of scaphoid bone fracture. Men are more prone to fractured scaphoid than women. Even if the scaphoid bone...