Wee Tip – Broken or Cracked Bones
Mar 7th 2009GailHandy Hints
Following on from my wee tip on making sure you have holiday insurance, I recently heard it is over 1000€ for a helicopter, so think about that when you are economising.
Having been woring for nearly 5 years here in a “station de ski” and after having spent nearly 13 years specialising in sports injuries, one gets a certain feel and degree of experience in diagnosing things.
Some important information for you though, I wish I had a pound (or euro) for everytime I hear someone saying, “its not broken though”! I was the same when I broke my leg, hearing the crack and everything, I wasn’t sure either if it was broken, as the pain wasn’t that bad (turned out to be tibia, fibula and ankle!)
My point, often things are cracked, here I see alot of cracked ribs as people fall on their poles, cracked biceps tubercle’s (coracoid tuberle), these often get injured when people fall on their shoulders and many more.
I don’t claim to replace Doctor’s or x rays in any way, I usually advise after checking, if I think a possible crack or fissure, to get an x ray. However, if you are not sure, it is alot quicker and cheaper if you give me a call, at least to check. Of course if you feel a definate crack of course straight to the Doctor’s. A last note on X rays, in fact there needs to be over 30% change in density of a bone i.e. a good crack, before you will see it on an X ray, imagine the tiny bones in finger and toes!!