Knee Fracture, A Ankle Fracture

A fracture is a break, in this case a break in the patients humerus, occipital bone and 3rd Lumbar vertebral body

“I heard my knee pop, and immediately knew something was wrong. I just fell, and it hurt really bad for a few minutes, then I felt fine,” Abby Christensen explained.

Stress fractures are small cracks in the bone that often develop from overuse, and typically occur in the weight-bearing bones of the foot and lower leg

A sprain typically occurs when people fall and land on an outstretched arm, slide into base, land on the side of their foot, or twist a knee with the foot planted firmly on the ground. This can result in an over stretch or tear of the ligaments supporting that joint.

Elbow fractures are often the result of either a fall or a direct blow to the elbow. The fracture type will depend in large part upon how the person falls or gets hit. For example, someone who falls onto an outstretched arm will hurt a different part of the elbow

There are a few specific types of breaks that usually occur as a result of playing baseball. The stable fracture is the least invasive on a player. A stable fracture occurs when the broken ends of the bone line up and are barely out of place. Another common fracture in baseball is the compound fracture. In the compound fractures, the skin may be pierced by the bone or by a blow that breaks the skin at the time of the fracture and the bone may or may not be visible in the wound (orthoinfo.aaos.org). The worst fracture for baseball players is the comminuted fracture, the number one reason being the difficulty for the bone to effectively heal. Comminuted fractures occur when the bone is shattered into three or more pieces. Broken bones are treated by immobilizing the afflicted area with casts, braces, external fixation, or internal fixation. Due to the type of and extent of the injury, the time it takes to heal broken bones

Knee injuries are more predominate in contact sports such as football. However, they occur in other sports as well. To understand this injury (definition and diagram)

This is where the skin does not break at the site of the fracture, and is the most common type of fracture

There are various conditions that contribute to knee pain, including ailments in other parts of the lower body, such as the calves, thighs, and hips. While each case is unique, here are the most common pain sites, conditions, injuries, and surgical treatments related to knee pain.

Patients that experience hip fractures will die within a year. Many of these fractures are due to immobility according to assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (1788). Many falls occur in the older adult population and usually age over 60. Hip fractures not only happen with falls but also can come from blunt trauma to the hip, car accident, disease like osteoporosis and obesity can all be a major concern to hip fractures. The video talks about the common hip joint site are dislocation. Hip fracture may involve both vascular and bony damage to the body. Hip fractures are determined by atomic location of the fracture. These common fractures occur at the head of the femur, neck and greater trochanter. Over my twenty years of health care experience I have witness patients going through some difficult physical therapy. Many patients do not bounce back and many give up because the rehab is so

There may also be associated bony lesions: avulsion fractures of the ACLu or PCL, frank utibial plateau or distal femur condylar fractures, or ipsi-lateral tibial or femoral shaft ufracture. ( 9 )

An ACL tear is among the most common knee injury reported. This injury involves a breakage of the fibers making up the ACL. Sometimes, the entire Anterior Cruciate Ligament is torn; whereas, other times it is just partially torn.

When an ACL tears it can be one of the most painful injuries and experiences an athlete can have in their sports career and is one of the worst muscles to be torn. ACL injuries most often occur during sporting events that involve sudden stops, jumping, awkward landings, “out of control play”, and sharp cuts- such as basketball, soccer, football, tennis, downhill skiing, volleyball, lacrosse, and gymnastics. When an injury to the ACL occurs, most people hear or feel a popping sensation in the knee.”I landed with my left knee locked, only to hear something akin to the popping of a paper bag filled with air or the snapping of a large rubber band, a sound so weirdly powerful that I couldn’t believe it was coming from inside my body”, said Mike Swift in his article about ACL tears in the Hartford Courant newspaper, as he describes how it felt when he tore his ACL playing basketball. Along with the popping sensation the knee may also swell, and feel unstable and become too painful to bear weight on it. When an ACL tears it can bring an extreme amount of pain to the person. “Still, even after the swelling subsided, my knee didn’t feel right”, also said by Mike Swift in his article. When an ACL tears it can either be really painful right then and there or you won’t even feel pain at all. “I had felt the bones separate inside the joint in a way they never had before. But I wasn’t

The ACL is the most common knee ligament to get injured. The ACL injury causes from taking a hard hit on

hergenroeder says injuries in sports also include psychological injury as well. Young athletes should play sports for self enjoyment and to boost self-esteem and improve athletic skills. If these are not priorities in youth sports then participation in sports are potentially harmful by decreasing self-esteem, diminishing athletic skills, and discouraging additional participation in sports. Pediatricians should be aware of potential psychological issues within a young athlete and provide guidance to address them. Albert also says pediatricians should always be involved in providing medical care for children and adolescents when these patients are injured in sports participation. Albert says the overall goal of his article was to increase competency of pediatricians in sports medicine care, specificaly prevention of sports related injuries. Overall Phsycological issues should be looked at carefuly to prevent any future damage to the