There are a number of ways you can have a fracture of the tibia, but when it breaks the skin it’s considered a compound fracture which is a very serious injury. He sustained what we call an open fracture of the tibia, also known as a compound fracture. There is been a lot of buzz going around about the most famous stress fracture which occurred approximately one week ago with Kevin Ware of the Louisville Cardinals. Today were going to talk a little bit about stress fractures. I’m a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in sports medicine, primarily arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the shoulder, elbow and knee. This is a transcript of the Tibia Stress Fracture video: Press reports indicate that Kevin Ware’s compound fracture of the tibia or shinbone may have been caused by an undetected stress fracture.
The topic of tibia stress fractures is timely because of the recent serious injury of University of Louisville basketball player, Kevin Ware. He serves patients from Richmond, Katy, Sugar Land and Metro Houston from offices in Sugar Land and Houston. Michael Bennett is a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and a Fellowship-Trained Sports Medicine Physician with a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine. He also talks about the need to treat periostitis and stress fractures early on and to determine the causes of the stresses being placed on the lower leg.ĭr. Michael Bennett describes the anatomy of the leg, and he talks about how repetitive stresses on the leg can cause periostitis and shin splints or tibia stress fractures. If you’re a basketball player or a runner or you’re involved in an activity that places repeated stress on your lower legs, you may be heading for a stress fracture.
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