I recently broke my leg and I'm still in a cast.
Did you have a bone fracture? it is a medical condition in which there is damage to your bone.
yes, I had an xray and it showed a small fracture in my tibia.
What happened, traditionally bone fractures result from high force trauma.
I off my 4 wheeler. I turned the wheel too hard and fell off and fell on my leg wrong.
when the injured bone and surrounding tissues bleed, forming a fracture hematoma. The blood coagulates to form a blood clot situated between the broken fragments. Within a few days, blood vessels grow into the jelly-like matrix of the blood clot. The new blood vessels bring phagocytes to the area, which gradually removes the non-viable material. The blood vessels also bring fibroblasts in the walls of the vessels and these multiply and produce collagen fibres. In this way, the blood clot is replaced by a matrix of collagen
Tibia shaft fracture
Tibia shaft fracture is a fracture of the proximal (upper) third of the tibia (lower leg bone). Due to the location of the tibia, it is frequently injured. Thus it is the most commonly fractured long bone in the body.
Signs and symptoms.
Patients with tibial shaft fractures present with pain and localized swelling. Due to the pain they are unable to bear weight. There may be deformity, angulation, or malroation of the leg. Fractures that are open (bone