Fractures and Bone Healing

Fibular fractures are usually the result of major trauma. They can be complete or incomplete fracture in the small bones that is located between the ankle and the knee. This type of fracture is common but the displacement of the bone does not always mean severe damage. It is possible that when there is severe ankle sprain, fibula fractures can also happen at the same time. Most prone to these types of injuries are older women who have fractures on their ankles, as well as athletes because of repetitive loading of weight to their body especially during strenuous training. Athletes engaged in sports that require the use of their legs can also be susceptible to it. Because of the triggers of fibular fractures, it has become otherwise known as stress fractures. Types of Fibular Fractures There are only two kinds of fractures that commonly occur to the fibular bone. •    Proximal fibular fractures . This is usually associated with the fractures of the tibia so it is considered an i...

A fibula fracture can either be an incomplete of complete break in the two outside bones of the leg which are found between the ankles and the knees. Fibula injuries are common but cases of severe bone displacements are very rare. Most of the fractures on this body part are only characterized as ankle sprains. Fibula injuries can happen in any part of the fibula bone. However, since this bone receives only 17% of the body weight when a person is standing up, the injuries it develop is not as severe compared to other bones that bears a lot of weight. Fibula Fracture Types •    Type A- fibular fracture situated underneath the joints of the ankle •    Type B- fibular fracture that occurs on the same level of the joint but with the  tibiofibular ligaments undamaged •    Type C- fibular fracture that occurs above the level of the joint. This type causes tears and breaks on the neighboring syndesmotic ligaments. Diagnosis Diagnosis for fibula fractures re...

The femur is considered one of the strongest and largest bones in our body and we know it more commonly as the thighbone. Its length extends from the knee joint up to the hip joint and because it supports all the weight of our bodies, it is very dense and strong and would require strong force to fracture it. However, with such strong impacts and trauma, the femur can also be fractured and this usually happens during car accidents or falling from high places.  Factors such as osteoporosis, infection in the bone structures, or tumor on the femur can also make it fragile and weak. When femur fractures are caused by these conditions, the results of the fractures are called the pathologic femur fractures. Femur Fracture Types There are generally three broad categories of femur fractures and these are: • Proximal femur fractures. This is also known as the hip fractures wherein the upper-most part of the thigh bone that is next to the hip joint is involved. This kind of fracture is also ...

Fast fracture healing methods are dependent on the type of fracture the person has sustained. Healing fractures in cases wherein the injury is an open fracture (bone breaking through the skin) will take sometime because other complications must have been sustained in the process of the fracture. Fast fracture treatments can only be applied on injuries which are not very serious and can be treated with just few days of rest and immobilization. One example is stress fractures which only cause hairline cracks on the bone due to constant exertion and application of stress. However, if stress fractures are not immediately identified, they can turn into complete fractures and may need surgical treatments in the end. Fast Fracture Types The following are the different classifications of the fractures which can be treated by fast fracture treatment: • Stress fracture: Type of fracture wherein hairline cracks develop on bones due to overuse. People who are commonly plagued with this problem ar...

Avulsion fractures are types of bone fractures wherein small pieces of bones are chipped away from the main body of the bones because of physical traumas or sudden muscle contractions. They are also known as avulsion fractures and most of the times these happen on the ligaments because of the application of strong external forces on the body. Such situations involve accidents like falling from a height or over pulling of the joints. Another common cause is muscle contraction. Because some muscles are stronger than other bones, with the strong resistance the muscles put on the bones, the bones give in and the bone is chipped away. Avulsion fractures commonly happen to highly trained athletes who usually undergo extreme trainings. Avulsion Fracture Types • Type I Avulsion fracture. The bone is not entirely displaced from the body of the main bone body and the distance of the fragmented shard is less that 2cm away from the main bone. • Type II and Type III Avulsion fractures. This...

The epiphyseal plate or growth plate is found on the area where the long bones in growing up kids and adolescents are. This is also called as physis. The epiphyseal plate can be found on both ends of each long bone. The plate would help mold the shape and the length of the mature bone. Upon passing through the stage of adolescence wherein the bones and even the growth plate have already been developed, a solid bone will take the place of the plate. People Prone to Epiphyseal Fracture This bone facture only happens to kids and adolescents who still have their growth plate. Among all the bones in the skeleton, the growth plate is the most vulnerable. It would take a stronger force to break ligaments and tendons than the growth plate. Thus, when kids fall or meet an accident, the growth plate is likely the first casualty. This still holds true and is evident when even during a serious injury the ligaments and tendons might be saved without any harm at all while you will suffer from...

The elbow is the bone that joins the three large bones of the arm. These bones are the humerus, the radius and the ulna. On the elbow are ligaments, tendons, and muscles and all these maintain the stability of the three bones that are attached to it. Fractures in the elbow are not unusual in both children and adults because the elbow usually guards the body during a fall. However, it can also fracture or get dislocated whenever it experience trauma and when there is an elbow fracture there could be the disruption of the blood flow to the arm thus the loss of sensation to the lower arm. A fracture in the elbow can involve either one or two of the arm bones especially when fatal accidents crush the whole arm. Elbow Fractures Types The most common type of elbow fracture is the olecranon fracture. Olecranon is the bony part of the elbow where the ligaments and tendons join the 3 major arm bones. Two things can happen with olecranon fracture. • Non-displaced fracture where the olecran...

Double fractures are bone injuries wherein the fragments are in two sections on only one bone. A double fracture may cause some cracks and breaks on the bone surface, resulting to two bone fragments. This type of bone injury is one of the most common types of bone fragments and can either be closed or open injuries. Most cases of double fractures can be treated using internal fixation techniques except in situations when the bones have been badly fragmented and can only be aligned back through the use of surgery. Double Fracture Types • Impacted fracture . Impacted fractures are like compression fractures wherein the fragment caused the compression of two bones against each other. This means the fracture happens on the same bone. An impacted injury is also closed fracture, which can result when too much pressure is applied on both ends of the bone. • Simple fracture . The simpler type of a double fracture, simple fractures causes one long crack on the middle of the bone, causing...

When we say distal fracture, this could mean it is a fracture that is proximal or near to the point of reference where the endpoint of a limb is located. For example, a distal radial fracture is a fracture of the forearm bone that happens near the wrist joint while a distal humerus fracture is a fracture on the upper arm bone that occur near the elbow joint. Distal fractures usually occur on long bones where they are near the joints. Most of these types of fractures are caused by direct blow to the bone of the arm or the leg or due to falls or any accident that can directly or indirectly break the bones. Types of distal fractures or Classification The most common types of distal fractures are the following: • Distal radius fracture. This is becoming a common bone fracture of the distal radius bone in the forearm. The radius is the bone that is located on the forefront of the arm in line with the thumb. Because this fracture is almost near the wrist, it is oftentimes called a w...