Fractures
A fracture is a break in bone or cartilage. When I was about 8 I remember playing tag and this boy tagged me but he kind of pushed a little too, causing me to fall. As an instinct I put my hands out like anyone else would to not hit their face in the ground. But me putting my hands out made me break a bone having a comminuted fracture in the distal part of my arm.
My friend also broke some of her bones but hers were more interesting than mine. She was playing soccer before spring break and Danny kicked a ball straight at her hand (with no intention) causing her metacarpals to have a long oblique fracture. She then had surgery to have plates to keep them from sliding.
My friend also broke some of her bones but hers were more interesting than mine. She was playing soccer before spring break and Danny kicked a ball straight at her hand (with no intention) causing her metacarpals to have a long oblique fracture. She then had surgery to have plates to keep them from sliding.
Here are some pictures of her process, from the first X-ray she had to when they first put in the plates and had the the broken metacarpals to when they were healed.
There are several types of fractures and here are some of them.
Oblique
Spiral
A spiral fracture is a fracture that does a spiral around your bone, it's a spring like fracture on your bone. The main causes of a spiral fracture is when your foot is planted in the ground and the rest of your body is rotating.
Compression
A compression fracture is when a bone loses bone mass, usually a fracture or break in your vertebrae. Typically caused by aging, fall, coughing or lifting heavy objects.
The image above is a virtual example of a compression fracture, but the ones below are a bit blurry but they are actual X-rays of people with a compression fracture.
Comminuted
Greenstick
A greenstick fracture is when an undeveloped bone is bent and/or is broken. Usually common in infants when bones are soft
Impacted
An impacted fracture is when a bone has a force on both ends and is pushed into itself, like an accordion. The causes of a compression fracture is falling or jumping from high places.