Symptoms of fatigue fractures and treatments for fatigue fractures

Among various types of fractures, fatigue fracture is a disease that people have to pay attention to. Clinically, people usually show the following symptoms after suffering from fatigue fracture.

Symptoms of fatigue fracture:

The clinical characteristics are local pain, which worsens after activity, improves after rest, and has no night pain. There may be mild swelling and tenderness in the local area, and the stress test is positive.

1. Metatarsal fatigue fracture This type of fracture often occurs during recruit training or after a long march, so it is also called a marching fracture.

2. Rib fatigue fractures. Most elderly people suffer from osteoporosis. If they have a long-term cough due to chronic bronchitis, the intercostal muscles will contract repeatedly and violently, which may cause rib fatigue fractures.

3. Tibia (fibula) fatigue fractures Track and field athletes and ballet dancers are prone to fatigue fractures of the lower 1/3 of the fibula or the upper 1/3 of the tibia. This is related to the repeated and violent contraction of the calf muscles and the indirect violence of landing on the sole of the foot after jumping.

Treatment of fatigue fractures:

The treatment method is basically the same as that of violent fractures. If the fracture is not displaced or slightly displaced, it is treated by manual reduction, fixation, immobilization and other methods, and rehabilitation exercises are performed in the later stage. If the symptoms are more severe, the fracture ends are ossified or nonunion occurs, and the fracture healing is more difficult, surgical incision reduction or plaster external fixation is required.

After a fatigue fracture occurs, if you do not get a timely rest, the force will continue to exist, and the trabeculae will break, which will lead to a complete fracture. Therefore, patients should rest in time, correct incorrect movements and postures, and avoid repeated stress on the injured area to cause re-injury. Early detection, early treatment and prevention of this disease generally have a good prognosis.