Accident on Antelope Island 11/23/13

[kelleyp]

Good to know, thanks for following up on that.

For joint injuries, swelling causes injury and should be managed with RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.

http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/conten...w4354spec.html

For most joint injuries and broken bones, other than "reduction" (manipulation back into place without surgery), actual surgery is delayed for several days until the swelling has gone down; therefore, at the time of injury taking ibu is appropriate because surgery is not imminent.

Good luck with your recovery. Patience is a virtue, and so is vitamin D which enhances absorption of calcium.

Tom

Hello Tom,
To be accurate, the surgery he had was also a reduction of the fracture. It is called an ORIF. Open reduction internal fixation. The "reduction" you speak of is called a closed reduction. Fixations can also be external. These can look quite gnarly. I have not heard of ibuprophen accelerating swelling. If anything increased the swelling, it was walking 3 hours on an acute fracture. But, he had few options. Peace, Kelley