Instructions for Patients with Bone Fracture

• Patients should receive full rest and keep the area fastened without moving around.
• The patient may feel uncomfortable or tight when receiving chiropractic care and splint fastening for the first time. These reactions are very common. If the patient feels strongly uncomfortable and continues to feel so, please contact with the doctor immediately.
• Splint fastening aims to prevent the segmental from displacement, which stimulates osteotylus growth and helps fracture healing. Hence, do not remove the splint without permission.
• If the splint is loosened or fallen for any reason, please safeguard the splint and cotton pad in order to take them to the outpatient office next time.
• Owing to bone fracture fastening for a long period of time, the irritation of dressing will inevitably cause skin rash and the reaction is temporary. Please be patient and do not scratch or use sharp objects to scratch between the splints. Please ask the doctor for treatment if the rash bothers the patient.
• The end of the patient’s limb may become swollen due to injury and bandaging, which is normal reaction and will constantly improve in the process.
• The treatment for bone fracture takes a longer time and patients are advised to continue treatment with patience. After removing the fastening splints, patients may suffer from different level of joint rigidness and should still return to the outpatient office for rehabilitation and treatment.

Instructions for Patients with Clavicle Fracture

• Patients with clavicle fracture should wear T-shirts without buttons. Female patients are suggested to wear tank top or cloth without sleeves or shoulder strap, so the nurses can change dressing easier.
• Avoid moving the upper body at the early stage of clavicle fracture such as lying down or getting up. If possible, try to sleep while sitting up and place a blanket on the back. If the patient needs to sleep lying down, ask the family to support the back, so the patients can lie down without exerting force or affecting the area.
• Wipe the body or rinse the lower body only. Do not dampen the fastening splint or remove without permission.

Precautions for Diet by Period

Patients may adjust their diet according to the conditions at the initial period, intermediate and late periods of bone fracture to speed up the healing process:

• Initial Period of Bone Fracture:

The new wound will swell at first and the patient may have a dry and bitter mouth, a poor appetite and fecal incontinence. Patients are advised to eat some delicate food such as fruit, rice porridge, soybean milk, cereal, and noodles. Eat more vegetable and fruit to prompt enterogastric peristalsis, boost excretion, and prevent bloating and constipation. Avoid cold and irritating food such as cigarette, alcohol, betel nut, coffee, and food that is too sour or spicy. Cut down banana and bamboo shoot consumption.

• Intermediate Period of Bone Fracture:

At this healing stage of bone fracture, the patients should supplement proteins, calcium, and vitamin D. Eat more dry fish, oyster, clams, bean products, bean curd, chicken broth, and bone broth in addition to supplement fruit and vegetable. Eating in small portions and multiple meals. Avoid binge-eating. Additionally, proper sunray will help activate the vitamin D in the body.

• Between the late period to recovery of bone fracture:

Eat 3 meals a day and train the limbs. Eat adequate food and fruit to strengthen physical training. Eat mussels, sea cucumber, sesame, walnut, and other nourishing food more.

• Patients are suggested to pay attention to their diet, take suitable massage and use hot compress pack during rehabilitation to help recover the joint function.