​When treating broken bones, it is important to do some things right away so that the injury does not worsen or complicate. Below are some of the signs of a broken bone or a bone fracture so that you can identify the problem in the first place. Here are some questions to ask to see whether or not you fractured a bone:

• Do you feel pain around any bone in your body?
• Is any part of your body numb or sensitive to the touch?
• Do you see a bone sticking out of your body?
• Are you bleeding or swelling anywhere?

If you discover that you have a fractured bone, then doctors will select from a variety of options to treat it. Their main goal will be to immobilize the area in order to allow for the bone to naturally come together and reconnect. If it is unable to do that on its own, they might perform surgery in order to manually complete that process. Often, they insert a rode to stabilize and strengthen the fractured bone. After that process, they will normally prescribe you a series of medications for pain and disinfectant.

• Cast Immobilization– A plaster or fiberglass cast is the most common type of fracture treatment, because most broken bones can heal successfully once they have been repositioned and a cast has been applied to keep the broken ends in proper position while they heal.
• Functional Cast or Brace– The cast or brace allows limited or “controlled” movement of nearby joints. This treatment is desirable for some, but not all, fractures.
• Traction – Traction is usually used to align a bone or bones by a gentle, steady pulling action.
• External Fixation – In this type of operation, metal pins or screws are placed into the broken bone above and below the fracture site. The pins or screws are connected to a metal bar outside the skin. This device is a stabilizing frame that holds the bones in the proper position while they heal.

In cases where the skin and other soft tissues around the fracture are badly damaged, an external fixator may be applied until surgery can be tolerated.

• Open Reduction and Internal Fixation– During this operation, the bone fragments are first repositioned (reduced) in their normal alignment, and then held together with special screws or by attaching metal plates to the outer surface of the bone. The fragments may also be held together by inserting rods down through the marrow space in the center of the bone.

Broken bones are particularly common in auto accidents because of the force of the impact. Someone who’s been in a serious traffic accident, or struck by a car while walking or biking can sustain multiple bone fractures and some types of bone injuries are more common than others in motor vehicle crashes.
When it comes to broken bones, these are the types most often associated with traffic collisions:

• Neck and Spine Fractures — When the vertebrae that protect your spinal cord in your back and neck are fractured, damage can be very serious and cause problems that last for years or even for the rest of your life. You may experience significant pain, numbness, or partial or complete paralysis.
• Facial and Skull Fractures — When the bones in your face or skull break, you can suffer damage to your brain or disfigurement that is painful both physically and emotionally.
• Limb Fractures — Broken arms and legs are painful and may affect your ability to walk, move, or perform daily tasks. Bones are usually weaker after a fracture, even when they heal. You might find with an arm or leg fracture that you can no longer participate in sports or hobbies that you once found pleasurable. You might even end up with one leg shorter than the other after a leg fracture.
• Hip and Pelvis Fractures — A broken hip or pelvis likely will mean use of a wheelchair while you recover, and recovery is usually lengthy.
• Rib Fractures — Broken ribs may cause you pain when you do ordinary things like move your torso, laugh, cough, or even breathe.
• Wrist and Ankle Fractures — Broken wrist and ankle bones can take a long time to heal. A broken ankle can affect your ability to walk and move, while a wrist fracture may prevent you from performing ordinary tasks such as lifting a jug of milk or typing on a computer.