Fractures in General — What a Break Tells

A bone fracture is one of the most radical interruptions your body knows. A moment ago you were in motion — walking, standing, reaching, falling, bracing yourself, running — and in the next instant something no longer holds. A bone that has held for years, decades, an entire life, gives way. What was previously self-evident suddenly becomes the exception. You can no longer stand, no longer reach, no longer walk. Your everyday life breaks apart.