skeletal injuries and treatments

• this is where the bone is forced out of its normal position
• the symptoms are: swelling, pain and diformity
• the treatment is hospital

• this is where a bone is broken or shattered
• there are different types of fracture:
• a greenstick fracture is where the bone is not split the whole way across
• a compound fracture is where the bone comes out of the skin
• a simple fracture is where the bone is broken the whole way across and stays within its normal positions
• a complicated fracture is where the bone is broken in multiple places

the symptoms are: swelling, pain and diformity

the treatment is hospital

• this is an overuse injury which affects the joint and tendons at the elbow

• tennis elbow happens from overuse of the flexing of the wrist outwards 
• the symptoms are: pain on the outside of the elbow
• the treatment is rest

• golfers elbow happenes from flexing the wrist inwards to much
• the symptoms are: pain on the inside of the wrist
• the treatment is rest

• this is where the ligament is damaged
• the symptoms are: pain, swelling and bruising
• the treatment is R.I.C.E
• (R.I.C.E = rest, ice, compression and elevation)

• this is where the cartilage at the end of the bone ditireates or is damaged
• the symptoms are: pain, swelling and lack of movement
• the treatment is rest