Will it still hurt after the fracture heals? Chang Geng Orthopedics teaches four stages to prevent incomplete healing.

After the fracture, there will be a recovery period of 1 year, but after 3 months, the pain in the bone will gradually disappear, but the force cannot be exerted. However, some people will still feel pain in their bones after this period. In fact, it may mean that the bone has not completely healed. This kind of pain may come out from time to time on rainy days or in poor health, which makes people feel very troubled.

Zhou, an attending orthopedic physician at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said that in fact, whether the bone heals well or not depends largely on the moment of fracture. The location, strength, angle and type of the fracture will determine whether the bone can heal completely. However, the current fracture treatment, whether it is fixed, what kind of surgery to do and what kind of medical materials to use will bring completely different results.

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Don't move when you break a bone. Try to fix it. When fixing, the distal end of the fracture should be tied tightly and the proximal end should be loose, so as not to tie it too tightly and make the bone more crooked. Record the cause, direction and time of the fracture, and then immediately consult an orthopedic surgeon and neurologist for diagnosis and first aid. Inflammation stage: 2~3 days is the most serious stage, which will accumulate blood and swell, and the body should call all repair factors to repair the fracture. So the most important thing at this time is not to move around, to keep the blood flow unobstructed, so that the body can have enough repair factors.

Cartilage formation period: During this 2-3 week period, the blood clot at the broken bone will slowly solidify to form a protective net, and cartilage will begin to form at the broken bone, just like reinforcing steel bars in a house, so as to build the future bone appearance first.

Zhou said that this is the most critical period for the bone to grow correctly, so it must be kept "still" to prevent the bone from healing completely when it grows crooked. However, it's really hard to think about it, especially when your leg is broken. You may move a little when you go to the bathroom. Therefore, it is best to fix the fracture site with medical materials such as steel nails and steel plates, so that the bones have room for growth. Don't worry about moving a little.

And some people will choose to use plaster, but the fixation of plaster is still limited, and it is stuffy and hot, so if the fracture can be fixed with steel plate, it is recommended to use steel plate.

Osteogenesis: February-March. At this stage, it is time to erect steel bars and prepare for pouring cement. The body will transfer calcium into the built soft skeleton and slowly deposit calcium according to the shape, but it takes a long time to grow back to the original hard skeleton, so this stage takes about 2~3 months.

Remodeling period: 2~3 years and 3 months after the fracture, most of the calcium deposits are enough, but the bones will not return to their original strong appearance, and there is no way to directly resume normal activities. Zhou said that because the bone density needs to be increased, you can ask the doctor if you can do some light rehabilitation exercises and daily activities to help yourself recover slowly.

However, about 1 year after fracture, the bone will begin to remodel. This stage looks similar to the average person. The fixed steel plate can be taken out by surgery, but it still cannot bear too much weight. You need more rehabilitation and regular follow-up. It takes about 2~3 years after fracture, and the bone can grow completely.

Does the bone still hurt when it heals? It may be that the bone is a little crooked, but usually the pain in the bone will gradually disappear after the inflammatory period. If you enter the second stage of bone healing, in addition to the pain of the wound, you will repeatedly feel the pain of the bone, which may be that the bone is not completely healed; For example, two broken bones are inconsistent, one is high and the other is low, or the blood clot has not subsided, or there are some residual bone fragments sticking to nerves and soft tissues.

So it hurts during bone healing. It is suggested that you must go back to the doctor to describe the situation and see if the fixation plate is crooked or there is something wrong with the soft tissue. Zhou has indeed encountered such a situation. There is a young man with a broken leg. Because the front healed well, he had the strength to walk at the stage of hard bone formation, thinking that he was "good" and did not use crutches to help support him. As a result, the steel plate broke quickly and the bone was crooked, and the whole process was repeated.

This is the second point that Zhou wants to emphasize. "There is no' quick recovery' method for fractures, because the body naturally needs so much time to repair, and any method that can speed up improvement is dangerous. It is better to have a good rest by yourself in four stages, but this is the safest and best way to heal bones. 」

"Trust your doctor and ask about your illness. Most fractures can recover slowly. " Zhou should follow suit.