Compound fractures are urgent situations because of the high risk ... skaters and skateboarders should wear protection like elbow, knee and wrist pads and motor sport (motorcycle, snowmobile) ...

The result is a higher incidence of stress fractures and vertebral compression ... in women—compressing the median nerve at the wrist. Lifestyle Factors and Preventive Care Modern lifestyles can ...

Mathieu van der Poel has already returned to training after fracturing his wrist during Sunday's round of the UCI XCO World ...

Mathieu van der Poel has suffered a minor wrist fracture as a result of his double crash in the MTB World Series race in Nové Mesto, Alpecin-Deceuninck have said. The Dutch champion has been diagnosed ...

Mathieu van der Poel broke a wrist in a mountain bike race in the Czech Republic at the weekend, and is a doubt for the Criterium du Dauphine, his team said on Monday. The Criterium, on June 8-15 ...

Van der Poel diagnosed with minor avulsion fracture of the scaphoid bone after two crashes at MTB World Series event in Nové ...

By this time, my wrist was swollen and throbbing and the doctor at the hospital explained it was a multi-fragmentary radius fracture - a complex break, as my wrist was shattered into four pieces.

Downes suffered an open compound fracture of the tibia and fibula. Airlifted from the field to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, he underwent surgery — the first of nine — to reset the bones.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Downes suffered an open compound fracture of the tibia and fibula. Airlifted from the field to Sarasota Memorial Hospital, he underwent ...

While commonly referred to as a “broken wrist,” most wrist fractures are actually fractures of one or both of the two bones of the forearm, the radius and the ulna. A fracture of the distal radius is ...