Symptoms of foot fracture

The parts of the body most prone to fractures are the ankles and wrists. Although these two parts are high-incidence areas for fractures, it does not mean that fractures are impossible in other parts of the body. In daily travel, everyone must pay attention to protecting their bodies, as a single carelessness can easily lead to a fracture. I believe that many people have experienced foot fractures. What symptoms will appear after a foot fracture?

Patients with foot fractures generally experience severe local swelling and pain, are afraid to get out of bed and have limited walking movements. In severe cases, there may be a large amount of subcutaneous bruising, bone friction sounds or a feeling of bone rubbing when pressed, and deformities may occur.

The treatment for this situation mainly depends on whether the fracture is dislocated. It is completely possible to determine an active treatment plan. A simple X-ray can make it clear. If the position is very good, then you are still lucky. Conservative treatment is completely possible now. Strict plaster splint fixation and elevation of the affected limb are beneficial to venous return and swelling reduction.

However, for patients with obvious dislocation of fractures, who are expected to have difficulty healing, or whose timely healing will affect their future functions, it is necessary to actively carry out preoperative preparations, eliminate surgical contraindications, and then arrange for open reduction and internal fixation surgery.

The best treatment for a foot fracture involves limiting the patient's movements, getting plenty of bed rest, and taking medications. First, let’s take a look at the treatment of foot fractures. Generally, patients need to use external fixation to treat the fracture site, which is beneficial to the recovery of the fracture site. At the same time, you also need to pay attention to rest more after fixation and promote blood circulation. You can place a pillow under the affected limb to help lift the affected limb, which is also conducive to callus formation.

Patients with foot fractures should pay attention to reducing the pressure on the affected limb during the recovery period and avoid getting out of bed with the affected limb to perform weight-bearing activities. Patients in the middle stage of recovery can do some rehabilitation training, such as properly moving the joints of the affected limb in bed and performing toe flexion exercises. It can effectively prevent muscle atrophy and joint adhesion of the affected limb.

During the recovery period, patients can also take traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can play a role in bone and tendon healing, swelling and pain relief, and help the diseased limbs relax muscles and tendons, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine also believes that wound reduction treatment combined with Chinese medicine treatment can allow the callus to grow better. At the same time, the patient's diet can also be supplemented with some medicated food, paying attention to the nutritional richness, balance and comprehensiveness of the food, and appropriate amounts of vitamin D and calcium.

After the fracture has healed completely, the patient should not rush to do some weight-bearing labor or physical exercise. In daily life, he or she should also pay attention to protecting the injured part and arrange the amount and method of exercise according to his or her actual physical condition to prevent any future troubles at the fracture site. Especially for some athletes, they must pay attention to warm-up exercises when preparing for exercise before they can do running and jumping.