Fractures
A diagonal fracture that occurs from a combination of axial compression, bending, and twisting.
What is an oblique fracture?
Skin is scraped against a rough surface resulting in capillary exposure due to skin removal
What is an abrasion?
Result of a sudden blow to the body.
What is a contusion?
Inflammation of muscle tissue.
What is myositis?
The most common over exertional muscle problem.
What is muscle soreness?
A fracture that occurred from a twisting motion that wraps around your bone.
What is a spiral fracture?
Skin that is torn to the extent that tissue is completely ripped from the source.
What is a skin avulsion?
This results from blood and lymph flow into the surrounding tissue that does not usually contain fluid.
What is a hematoma?
Inflammation of the synovial sheath.
What is tenosynovitis?
The result of extended period of work in which fluid accumulates in the muscles resulting in swollen, shorter muscles that are resistant to stretching.
What is muscle stiffness?
A fracture in which the bone bends and cracks instead of breaking.
What is a greenstick fracture?
A wound in which skin has been sharply cut.
What is an incision?
A stretch, tear, or rip to the muscle or adjacent tissue?
What is a strain?
When a bone forms inside muscle or other soft tissue after a trauma.
What is myositis ossificans?
What are muscle cramps?
A break of one or more of the bones that surround the eye.
What is a blowout fracture?
Wound in which the skin has been irregularly torn.
What is a laceration?
Repetitive stress on a tendon that can result in microtrauma and elongation.
What is tendonitis?
The wasting away of muscle due to immobilization, inactivity, or loss of nerve function.
What is the atrophy?
Occurs following injury to splint the area in an effort to minimize pain through limited ROM.
What is muscle guarding?
A fracture on the opposite side of the force.
What is a contrecoup fracture?
The skin wound that takes the longest to heal.
What is a puncture?
A type of muscle spasm that is alternating involuntary muscular contractions and relaxations in quick succession.
What is a clonic muscle spasm?
Abnormal shortening of muscle where there is a great deal of resistance to passive stretch.
What is contracture?
Pain that occurs 24-48 hours post activity that gradually subsides after 3-4 days.
What is delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)?