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If you recently attended a public hospital Emergency Department (ED) or Urgent Care Centre for a broken bone, you were likely discharged with a temporary plaster backslab (a half-cast held in place by elastic bandages) and instructed to arrange a follow-up review...
General information only, and not a substitute for medical advice. If you have severe pain, a deformity, cannot bear weight, or have numbness or an open wound, seek urgent medical care. Bone is stronger than the tendon attached to it — until it isn't. An avulsion...
General information only, and not a substitute for medical advice. If you cannot weight-bear, the foot is numb or cold, or the pain is severe, seek urgent assessment. Almost everyone who ruptures an Achilles tendon describes the same thing: it felt like someone kicked...
General information only, and not a substitute for medical advice. If you are short of breath, coughing blood, or have chest pain spreading to the arm or jaw, call 000. The thing that matters most with a rib injury is not whether the bone is cracked. It is whether you...
General information only, and not a substitute for medical advice. If your foot is deformed, you cannot put weight through it, or the foot is numb or cold, seek urgent assessment. There is one sign in foot injuries that changes the whole picture: bruising on the sole...
General information only, and not a substitute for medical advice. If you cannot put weight through the leg, the knee is deformed, or the foot is numb, pale or cold, seek urgent care today. Most sore knees after sport or a fall are soft-tissue injuries: a strained...
A fall can cause a wrist sprain or a common “buckle” fracture in children. Learn first aid, red flags, when an X‑ray is needed, and typical treatment.
From monkey bar mishaps to weekend sports tackles, children are constantly on the move and falls are an inevitable part of growing up. When your child suffers a suspected broken bone, the immediate dread isn't just about the injury; it's about the prospect of spending...
The Unexpected Snap: What to Do in the First 60 Minutes of a Limb Injury It happens in the blink of an eye. A misstep off the curb on your morning run, a clumsy tumble on the CrossFit floor, or an awkward fall while playing with the kids in the backyard. Suddenly,...
Waterproof Casts: How Modern Orthopaedic Care Keeps You in the Game For decades, breaking a bone meant enduring a rite of passage that everyone dreaded: the heavy, itchy, and completely water-phobic plaster cast. Showering became a military operation involving...
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