Comments on: Birds of Prey #78: A Medical Review

By: Chris Stuurman

Chris Stuurman — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:27:54 +0000

>>>and point out that people who don’t drink alcohol never come in with those kinds of injuries.

I had a boxer’s fracture when I was a teenager, and I never drank.

Of course, I was a very angry teenager in a very bad job, so take that as you will. Walking around for ten days before seeing a doctor about the (dull and occasional) ache was probably a good sign of my judgment.

I wish I could have kept that X-ray. Now THAT was a good picture of a boxer’s fracture! It looked like something out of a textbook.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:21:32 +0000

Thanks, Gail.

Aaron, You’re right. Alcohol intake is almost universally involved in boxer’s fractures, in fact if you look at the first link under that topics it specifically lists “treat hangover” as one of the steps in treatment…

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 19:27:00 +0000

Hey, Scott! As you know, I love your blog. HOPEFULLY I won’t end up here in a bad way too often. AND, I might as well announce here my huge thanks for your help in an upcoming issue (I won’t say which one. I think I can squeak by here, because it was the tail end of the exam, and I’m not sure if it says that Dinah DIDN’T take six months with no martial arts. So maybe I can slide under the bar, as it were. ;) I do try to get this stuff right, and it’s a drag when it’s wrong. Anyway, keep up the great work, LOVE it.

Best,

Gail

By: Aaron Sapp

Aaron Sapp — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 14:13:33 +0000

Working in College Health, boxer’s fractures are probably the most common fracture that I see. I always tell them that, “walls almost always win,” and point out that people who don’t drink alcohol never come in with those kinds of injuries. They never appreciate that, but it is mostly true.