Hard Tissue Injuries

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Hard Tissue Injuries

Fractures

• Definition: a break in the bone
• Stress fracture: develop slowly and from overuse
• Can be from direct/indirect forces or from repetitive smaller impacts (eg stress frac)
• Simple/closed: skin over the site is intact
• Compound/open: breaks the skin
• Complicated: fractured bone damages local tissue eg broken rib > punctured lung
• Signs/symptoms: pain, loss of function, swelling, deformity, sound of cracking
• Treatment: immobilise, seek immediate medical assistance

Dislocation

• Definition: one place is displaced from another
• Should only be replaced by a medical practitioner
• Signs/symptoms: deformity/swelling, pain, loss of function
• Subluxation: pops out and back in
• Common: shoulder, finger, patella

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