Metatarsal injuries are common in athletes and usually occur as a result of a direct blow to the foot or as stress fractures.

What is a broken bone? A broken bone and a fracture are the same thing. The bone could be cracked, snapped, crushed or broken into a few pieces. No matter how the bone is broken, the first aid steps ...

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Plaster casts could become a thing of the past thanks to a new technique which locks broken bones together. The procedure, developed by orthopaedic surgeons, could also avoid scarring of the skin ...

Chatham boxer Robert Caswell is determined to show what he’s about when he fights next month after winning his last match ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Broken Bones contains 434 individual cases and 1,101 radiologic images illustrating the typical and less typical appearances of fractures ...

A baby or child may have a broken bone if they are in a lot of pain, or are lying in an unnatural position, following a fall or a blow from an object. 1. Support the injury with cushions or items of ...

After the “summer of soccer,“ players returned home from international duty as eagle-eyed fans awaited the returns of club ...

into the oracle bone. He would then heat it with a hot poker until it cracked. The priest would then try to interpret the cracks in the oracle bone and tell the king what he thought the gods were ...

She knew that deep inside the cave lay thousands of bones. Small bones and large bones ... The toughest bit came at the end: a climb down a narrow crack with jaggedy bits of rock sticking out ...