30 Jun Children fall frequently 🥴when they are learning to walk or when they are learning a new activity. It is not uncommon that parents tend to make light of a fall so as to not frighten a child from getting up and trying again. However, every now and then, there will be that one fall that you brushed off which ended up as a major injury like a broken bone 🦴discovered a few days later! 😬 Here at My Favourite Physio, 🤓we often see lots of babies and children who come in with a broken bone following a fall and parents would say that they weren’t sure 🤷♀️if it was a serious fall because their child only cried for a little bit and then stopped and didn’t complain of pain after that. BUT 3 to 5 days later, they realise that their child is still not walking or moving normally, and that is when they go to the Family Doctor or a Paediatric Physiotherapist and a diagnosis of a broken bone is made. 😓
So here are 3 Key Signs 🔑that indicate that a child has sustained a broken bone from a fall: 1. If your child is not willing to stand on their leg or is limping after a fall, it usually indicates that they are sustained a serious...
