What to do if your foot is broken? Here's how to recover best

In daily life, different fracture patients have different fracture sites, and in treatment, treatment measures can be taken for the corresponding sites. So, what should we do if we have a broken foot?

Step 1: Reset:

It is to restore the displaced fracture ends to their normal or nearly normal positions to restore the support function of the bones. The reduction methods include closed reduction, surgical reduction, and external fixator reduction.

Step 2: Fixation:

After the fracture is reduced, it is unstable and prone to re-displacement, so different methods should be used to fix it in a satisfactory position so that it can heal gradually. Common fixation methods include: small splints, plaster bandages, external fixators, traction and braking fixation, etc. These are called external fixation. If a steel plate, steel pin, intramedullary nail, screws, etc. are inserted through surgery, it is called internal fixation.

Step 3: Functional training:

By contracting the muscles of the injured limb, blood circulation in the tissues around the fracture is increased, fracture healing is promoted, and muscle atrophy is prevented. By actively or passively moving the unfixed joints, joint adhesions and joint capsule contraction are prevented, so that the function of the injured limb can be restored to its normal state before the fracture as soon as possible.