How can I self check to see if my arm is broken/fractured?!
Question: I rolled my four-wheeler and I have a large knot on the out side of my arm and it hurts to put pressure on it not excoriating but painful.
Answers: I rolled my four-wheeler and I have a large knot on the out side of my arm and it hurts to put pressure on it not excoriating but painful.
I don't know which part of your arm is involved -- the upper or forearm but the most common signs of a fracture are swelling and pain, discoloration (appears bruised), deformity (looks crooked or shorter than the other arm), if the humerus is fractured (upper arm) your ability to move the arm is limited or you can't move it at all, if the forearm is involved, you may not be able to move your hand, numbness in the wrist and hand. You may feel a crunching sensation in the arm. This is crepitus and is the sound of fractured bone ends scraping eachother.
There are many types of fractures and the symptoms are more extreme with some than with others. I gather that if you have one, it's a closed fracture (simple fracture) and not a compound fracture (open fracture) or a bone end would be protruding through your skin.
Generally speaking, if you can move your arm, wrist, hand and fingers, the arm isn't deformed and there's no numbness, you don't have a fracture. If in fact you have any of these symptoms, get the arm X-rayed. Otherwise, you have soft tissue damage which will resolve on its own.
you can't. you may have multiple fracture lines running thru the bone and won't know until the bone fails and then the pain is horrendous. suggest you get to a doctor and get an xray.
The only way to be 100% sure is to go see a doctor and have an x-ray done.
You need to have it checked out but my guess is it isn't broken. I have never broken a bone in my life before but late last year I fell. I immediately just knew I had broken my hand. My little finger was hanging out at a odd angle and I couldn't move it. I think if you broke your arm you would be much worse off than just a "knot".
either way you think it might be go get it x-ray ed... you will be fine...... hey listen ive broke most everything once if not more it dont always hurt... its best just to go have it check no big deal... my list.... all my fingers once or more all my toes once or more both arms one twice.. knee cap screwed together.. 8 ribs broke or crack...dislocated shoulder twice and over 500 sh itches dislocated hip dislocated both knees and i maybe left out a few who knows about the same one heals fast pain about the same .... you just never know unless you have it check
Well like last year my sister broke her arm she could move it and anything (it was her rist accually) , But it was fracured and thats weird but i think if it hurts in 4-8 days go see a Dr.