Broken Bones and Fractures

Traumas like falls, auto accidents, or sports injuries often result in fractures. However, certain medical problems and repeated motions (like running) might raise your chance of developing a certain kind of fracture.

You could need surgery to fix a broken bone. Some people's bones can recover with only a splint, cast, brace, or sling. Depending on which of your bones are broken, where the break occurred, and what caused it, it will take you a certain amount of time to completely heal.

Broken bones and bone fractures can refer to the same injury. They may be used interchangeably. Your healthcare professional will probably refer to your fractured bone as a particular sort of fracture when they diagnose it since the medical word for a shattered bone is a fracture.