It depends how hard you pound. The harder you pound, the fewer times you have to do it before the femur breaks. And it also depends on how strong the femur is, and what area you spread the pound over. Different peoples femurs have different strengths.
According to Universal Grappling Arts, it takes about 4 1/2 pounds of pressure to break the tarsals of the upper foot. You want to stomp down with your heel as high up on the laces as possible.
Typically for a broken femur, they will do surgery and put in a rod and pins, if they do a cast, it is a body cast
The femur is the strongest and thickest bone in the body. It can take about 600 LBS of vertical force before it breaks. That pretty much means that if you set it up so it was horizontal, with a space in between the things holding it up, and put 600 pounds on it, it would snap. That's strong.
I heard it only takes 15 pounds of pressure (was told this from a 26 time World Champion Armwrestler).
75 pounds of succinct concentrated opposing downward pressure will break almost any human bone
550 lbs. of pressure
This depends on the bone; to break a finger generally doesn't take much force, but your femur or your thigh bone is harder than cement!
According to Universal Grappling Arts, it takes about 4 1/2 pounds of pressure to break the tarsals of the upper foot. You want to stomp down with your heel as high up on the laces as possible.
Bout 20 pounds of steel bar
it takes about 9 pounds of force to break your arm
So for you femur bone, 2-3 elephants could stand on it w\out it breaking! Amazing right?
It would only take about 30 pounds of pressure per square inch to break a human neck. At 25 pounds of pressure, it causes instant unconsciousness.
how long does it take to heal a broken femur? it has been a year and still not normal is this the norm?
I've broken my fibula before, and it didn't take much. i was playing soccer and collided with another player. Her shin bone hit the side of my leg (fibula) with considerable force. I never would have thought getting hit like that could break a bone, but it did.
Typically for a broken femur, they will do surgery and put in a rod and pins, if they do a cast, it is a body cast
It takes about 7 pounds of pressure to break an elbow according to the UFC
Depends. It can take up to 250 pounds of pressure I think.