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INJURY TITLE
| Fractures |
INJURY OVERVIEW
| This is when the bone breaks into two or more pieces or sometimes it can stay in tact but sustain a crack in it. A fracture and a ‘broken bone’ are indeed the same thing, but the management of each fracture may differ depending on the severity.
A fracture usually happens due to some type of trauma (fall, car crash, direct blow to the bone), but it can also happen if there is an infection or pathology of some sort in the bone itself. |
INJURY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION
| Fractures are grouped according to their type. This usually depends on how the fracture was sustained and how many fragments there are. For example, a spiral fracture is usually sustained via a twisting injury. In this case there is a lot of bone included in the fracture and healing can take quite a while. In an avulsion fracture (when a ligament tears away from the bone, taking some of the bone with it), there is only a small amount of bone involved but it is a fracture all the same. |
COMMON SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
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HOW IS IT ASSESSED
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GENERAL TREATMENT
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WHICH HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO CONSULT
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PHYSIO X |
MEDIC X |
PODIATRY |
Put an ‘X’ next to each health professional that most commonly deals with this injury.
i.e. tennis elbow would be Physio and Medic as injections are common, whereas for muscular LBP it would be Physio and not Medic as they would just refer them to a Physio.