Myths about fractures that you must not know

  These days, more and more people are concerned about health, exercise has become a part of many people’s lives, and excessive and aggressive exercise can cause harm to the body. Fifty-year-old Auntie Huang is because of playing badminton when the foot “fracture” a little, think the pain is not strong, can also walk normally, they put plaster, until the whole foot swollen like a bun, toes are black appeared only to the hospital examination, the film shows the fifth metatarsal base fracture. Experts reminded the elderly because of poor physical flexibility, coupled with many middle-aged and elderly people have osteoporosis, it is easy to cause fractures, once the appearance of red and swollen like steamed bread fermentation, should be alert to fractures, timely medical care, and vice versa fracture displacement, resulting in pain, disability and other sequelae.  Myth 1 Fractures are only fractures because of severe pain and the inability to walk. Some fractures do not have severe pain and can barely walk, mainly because the weight-bearing bones are not damaged, so it is easy to ignore them, but fortunately the treatment did not drag on for too long and did not cause other consequences, such as dislocation, so in the treatment, the main use of the hospital’s homemade medicine “blood circulation The hospital’s homemade medicine “blood circulation” is applied externally to invigorate blood stasis, reduce swelling and pain, while paying attention to the toe not to bear weight, it is best not to get out of bed for six weeks. Many people will also have the misconception that the redness and swelling of the foot is a fracture, not worth worrying about. According to Director Hang, sprains and fractures can be red and swollen, but the degree is not the same, such as ordinary sprains, often just capillary rupture, red and swollen degree is not large, while the fracture is red and swollen degree is much greater than sprains, usually as a bun fermentation like red and swollen. There are also many citizens who believe that a bone is broken only when it is fractured, and some fractures are often not visible on the surface, and can barely walk, but miss the best treatment period, eventually making the fracture slowly separate, or even cause complete dislocation, resulting in great difficulties for treatment, and even cause lifelong disability.  Myth 2 fall sprain rush hot compress massage In the sprain, slip and fall, many people often take the first time on their own, such as safflower oil, hot compress, kneading and other means to activate blood stasis, in fact, this will intensify subcutaneous capillary bleeding, swelling and pain more powerful. Experts pointed out that in the occurrence of acute injury, should immediately stop activities, reduce weight, 24 hours with cold water rinse or ice cold compress injured parts to stop bleeding, timely medical treatment, do not apply their own oil, inappropriate kneading, easy to cause fracture displacement, local injury nerve redness and swelling more powerful, delaying the best treatment time.  Misconceptions 3 young people weekend “storm training” supplemental sports Reporters also learned in Nanjing Hospital of Orthopedic Injuries, basically every day because of excessive or improper exercise caused by muscle, joint, tendon injuries to young people to consult. Many busy urban people usually work long hours, once the weekend, in order to strengthen the body, it has become a “sportsman”.  The actual exercise is also the same as wearing clothes, not too big and too small, suitable for their own most important. For young people who have not been exercising for a long time, the first thing to do before exercise is to make adequate preparations to open the body to avoid sprains and other injuries, followed by a good control of the amount and intensity of exercise, everyone’s physique, physical fitness varies, but no matter how much exercise, as long as you sleep after the timely recovery of physical fitness, do not feel tired, that is basically the right amount. After the exercise to rest, sweating immediately after the shower, prone to colds. Because a lot of sweating after exercise, capillaries open, this time bath or go out, cold easy to invade the body. Chinese medicine has a cloud: “avoid the wind as avoid the sword.” The correct approach is to use a towel to dry the sweat after exercise, after a little rest, and then take a bath or go out.