Can you break your leg by jumping?

Activities that require running and jumping may cause fractures in the legs or feet. More than half of all adult and adolescent stress fractures occur in the lower leg bones. Of these, fractures of the tibia — the long bone of our lower leg — are the most common at about 24\% of all stress fractures.

Can you break your leg falling up stairs?

It’s possible to break all three of the bones in your leg when you get into an accident. Falls. Falling, especially from somewhere high, can break one or both of the bones in your lower leg, but falling usually won’t break your thighbone (femur).

What happens if you jump down the stairs?

Among the biggest risks associated with falling down the stairs are: head injuries, including concussions. back and spinal cord injuries. hip fractures and other broken bones.

Is my leg broken or bruised?

there may be swelling, bruising or tenderness around the injured area. you may feel pain when you put weight on the injury, touch it, press it, or move it. the injured part may look deformed – in severe breaks, the broken bone may be poking through the skin.

Is my leg fractured?

Pain, swelling, tenderness and bruising in your thigh. Inability to bear weight on your injured leg. Inability to move your hip or knee on the affected side. Visible portions of the fractured bone, if the fracture causes a break in the skin.

How do you know if a leg injury is serious?

Symptoms

1. Severe pain, which may worsen with movement.
2. Swelling.
3. Tenderness.
4. Bruising.
5. Obvious deformity or shortening of the affected leg.
6. Inability to walk.

Can you break your leg and still walk?

A broken leg (leg fracture) will be severely painful and may be swollen or bruised. You usually will not be able to walk on it. If it’s a severe fracture, the leg may be an odd shape and the bone may even be poking out of the skin.