Which part when fractured takes a long time to heal?

Question

the thing is tt i have taken up a martial sports and im trainin very hard...punchin and kicking banana trees...i often have hairline fractures which i cant care much about coz if i did i cant train...i wanna know which body part fractures easily and also which body part when fractured takes a very long time to heal...so tt i can prepare myself better for my very hard and harsh trainin

Answer 1

So going off the premise that I believe what you are saying... (which is a false premise... but none the less)

Your harsh training isn't helping you, it's actually hindering you.

Punching and kicking banana trees (which are softish) isn't nearly as effective as kicking a good banana bag. Not to mention it won't give you hairline fractures.

If you were receiving hairline fractures, they would get much worst by continued impact, to the point that you would not be able to ignore it,  and your body reacting in response to pain, would not allow you to kick or hit as hard. (Your brain has a weird thing like that, it protects you subconsciously, part of hitting a bag harder is just getting your brain to allow you to hit it harder when it realizes you will not get injured).

The bones that fracture the easiest are the smaller bones in the hand and foot.. they fracture easier because they are smaller and less dense.

Any bone when fractured takes a while to heal, there is no specific one that takes longer, as it all depends on the level and severity of the fracture.

Just my take on things..

Answer 2

Judomofo knows his ish.  It really doesn't matter where your fracture is, if you keep beating on it, it's not going to heal.  Take some time and allow it to heal.  Read a book.. or perhaps an encyclopedia.  =)

Answer 3

I've broken my toes (all of them many times), my fingers, my wrist, my leg...  

The toes were fractures or floating chips off the bone.  The arm was a hairline.  The fingers were crushed or multiple bones.  The leg was a compound fracture - both bones in the lower leg snapped in half.

The leg took the longest time to heal.  The hand breaks weren't much of a problem.  The arm had a cast and I could avoid having to use it.

The big toe however...  That took three months before I could walk without a limp.  There is just no way to cast that so I had a funny looking orthapedic shoe I had to wear.

Considering the extent of the break compared to healing time and pain endured, the big toe was by far the worst one.

It probably didn't help that after I broke it in class, I continued for another 30 minutes before I 'stepped' off the mat then limped around for a few days before visiting the doctor.

I've had breaks similar things happen before so I thought doing the same as I always had would be enough.  I thought wrong and every step I took until it healed was excruciating.

There just wasn't anything else to do but continue to take those steps.  Man did that suck.

As far as what can fracture easily, it depends on what's causing the fracture.  Ribs, fingers, wrists, hands, toes and feet are pretty common, but depending on how the injury happens, it could be anything.  Mechanical advantage and a lack of knowing when to stop in your partner can cause trouble to bones and joints quite easily.

Either way, if you have a break a sprain a strain a joint issue, wait for it to heal THEN continue training.  Pushing through pain is one thing.  Pushing through an injury is not smart.  If things aren't given proper time to heal, they can become something that debilitates you for life.

Is 'being a tough guy' worth it?  Really.... is it?  Would you risk a wheelchair to prove you can take the pain of a back injury?

If you would, you may have a high pain tolerance, but more importantly, you are an idiot.