Have You Ever Broken A Bone In Your Body?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
October 15, 2017 10:00am CST
Our bodies are amazing! With proper treatment, a broken bone can heal itself. My grandson has broken his arm twice. My son has broken his collar bone.
I fell on the ice when I lived in Denver, Colorado and cracked a rib. I was 6 months pregnant. So, it was a scary incident.
One of my twin boys was hit by a car when he was riding his bike and broke his leg.
Have you ever broken a bone? I know a lot of people who have.
14 people like this
14 responses
@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Oct 17
Yes, all 3 bones in my left leg were broken when I was hit by a car at age 12.
1 person likes this
@LeaPea2417 (36451)
• Toccoa, Georgia
28 Oct 17
@IreneVincent Yes, unfortunately all 3 bones were compact breaks , where I had to have plastic surgery later on.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
28 Oct 17
@LeaPea2417 Sounds really bad and painful. Glad you are OK now?
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
28 Oct 17
OMG! One of my sons was hit by a car when he was about 12 years old and broke his leg, but it was just one bone.
1 person likes this
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
15 Oct 17
I crashed my motorbike and broke my collar bone, my arm, some ribs and bones in my feet
I also had my jaw broken in a fight and have some metal in there now.
I also had my jaw broken in a fight and have some metal in there now.1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Oh, my goodness. You've had quite a lot of broken body parts. Isn't it amazing how our body can go through all that and still be healed?
1 person likes this
@Mike197602 (15487)
• United Kingdom
15 Oct 17
@IreneVincent The body does have amazing ability to heal...also the NHS in the uk is very good as I had no medical bills.
1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Thankfully I've never broken a bone but my grandson broke his arm twice
1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
15 Oct 17
@IreneVincent my grandson broke his arm right at the end of school so he spent the whole summer not being able to swim. He did the same thing a few years later
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@Marilynda1225 Bad timing for sure. Of course, there is never a good time to break your arm. 
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Yes, my grandson did too. Once at school, tripping over a chair that someone pushed over in front of him and once from falling from the Monkey Bars. Same arm, about a year apart.
1 person likes this
@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Oct 17
Yes, I have, my right elbow, several toes, ribs, and my legs. The first was because I was clumsy, toes because I was pregnant. I never caught them on anything when I wasn't. And my legs - right ankle - just turned it, left leg - wasn't watching where I was going in the dark and really did a number on it.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
28 Oct 17
@just4him Yes, that's exactly right. I knew there was nothing a doctor could do.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
17 Oct 17
Oh my! You've had quite a few broken bones. It did remind me though, that I did break my little toe too. A crazy situation. During a terrible storm we lost out power and I went through the laundry room in the dark and hit my toe on a 25 pound box of cat litter that my daughter-in-law had put by the freezer. It hurt terribly and my whole foot turned blue, clear up to my ankle. I did NOT go to the doctor. I just taped it.
1 person likes this
@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Oct 17
@IreneVincent There's nothing you can do for broken toes or ribs. You just wait it out.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I hope you never do. As an older person, I really try to be very careful at all times.
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I have had my arm and leg broken before.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
16 Oct 17
Oh dear! So, you have lots of experience with broken bones. I hope they healed fast for you.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@Scrapper88 OK So, all is well, I guess. That's good.
1 person likes this
@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
16 Oct 17
@IreneVincent I was still a kid when I broke of them.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
17 Oct 17
Wow! You've had quite a few breaks too. Several have had broken toes. I guess that's easy to do when you go barefoot. But, it hurts. I know, because I broke my little toe once also.
@UmiNoor (4483)
• Malaysia
15 Oct 17
Indeed our body is an amazing piece of work. I had an accident in 2003 and broke my wrist. The doctor said I might have to have some kind of metal inserted into my wrist. Thankfully, I didn't need to do that. They just put me in a cast and my wrist healed all by itself.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
Our bodies can heal after accidents and surgery and cuts and scrapes and many other mishaps. It's the way that humans were created. It's just one of the reasons that I don't believe in Evolution.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I'm glad for you. Continue to be careful in all that you do.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Oct 17
No I have not knock on wood.
1 person likes this
@Hannihar (129481)
• Israel
30 Mar 18
@IreneVincent
I have injured myself very badly but don't recall if I broke anything but came close. Many parts of my body have suffered badly throughout my years.
@rubyriaz007 (4188)
• India
16 Oct 17
My bones have never broken, but I have seen many relatives of mine who have brittle bones as they have less calcium in their body. When calcium becomes less in our body ,our bones become brittle and break easily. So we must have sufficient amount of calcium in our body. Too much of calcium also is not good for our body.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
16 Oct 17
Yes, some persons have strong bones and others have brittle bones. It could be from their diet but it could also be hereditary. I have a friend who has very brittle bones and her daughter has the same problem.
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
16 Oct 17
That's good. A broken bone is very painful, so you can be glad that you have never had one.
1 person likes this
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Oct 17
I hope you mean that the skateboarding was fun and NOT the broken foot! 
1 person likes this
