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Breaking a hip can be a serious event for an older person. The loss of mobility and independence can be a frightening experience. About 350,000 people fracture a hip each year in the United...
The shoulder is the human body's most movable joint, but it can be prone to discomfort and injury brought about by inflammation, swelling and tearing tendons. Shoulder trauma is very common....
The wrist is made up of the radius and the ulna plus eight carpal bones. Many of the ligaments connect the bones to each other. A fracture occurs when there is a break or crack in one or more of...
Broken ankles can mean one or more of the three bones that make up the ankle joint are broken. The severity of the break will determine the treatment prescribed. Badly broken ankles require the...
A broken nose (otherwise known as a nasal fracture) often occurs when the bone over the nasal bridge is cracked or broken. Some usual causes of a broken nose are falls, contact sports, physical...
The medical term applied to a broken wrist is a distal radius fracture. The radial bone is the large bone in the forearm, and the area near your wrist is referred to as the distal end of the arm....