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A sprain is damage to soft tissue, a broken bone is damage to hard tissue.

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Can you break a bone in your foot that feels like a sprain?

Yes, it's possible to break a bone in your foot and think you have a sprain


What is the difference between and sprain a strain and a fracture?

A strain is an overstretched or "pulled" or torn muscle. a sprain is an overstretched or torn ligament (holds bones together at a joint), and a fracture is a crack, chip, break or crush of a bone.


What is easier sprain your ankle or break your ankle?

It is generally easier to sprain your ankle than to break it. A sprain is a stretching or tearing of the ligaments, while a break is a fracture in the bone. The recovery time and treatment for a sprain are typically less extensive than for a break.


Can you sprain your thumb bone?

A sprain is soft tissue damage. You cannot sprain a bone. You can sprain your thumb, just not the bone itself.


What is the difference between bone and bones?

the difference is that spongy bone is soft and sqeezeable and regular bone are hard to bite and its harder to break


What is the difference between sprain and dislocation?

A sprain is an injury to a ligament, which connects bone to bone, resulting in stretching or tearing of the ligament. A dislocation is when the ends of two connected bones are forced out of their normal position, disrupting the joint. In a dislocation, the bones are completely displaced, while in a sprain, the ligament is damaged.


What are the similar things in sprain and fracture?

a sprain means that you have jarred the injured body part. A fracture is when you dent or break the bone. A few weeks ago I buckle fractured my arm and it was broken on the inside of my bone not the outside.


How do you break an already sprained ankle?

There's no such thing as a "sprained bone." A sprain is a partial tear of a ligament or tendon; it's not an injury to a bone.


What is the difference between fracture and a sprain?

a dislocation is always between two or more articulating joint while a fracture is discontinuation of a bone. physically in fractures there might be change in length of the extremity while they wouldn't be any change in dislocation


What are the difference between a strain and a sprain?

A sprain affects the bone, while a strain does no


What are the different bone disorders?

sprain,dislocation of the bone, and paralyzed


What statement correctly compares a sprain to a strain?

A sprain affects the bone, while a strain does no