Soft tissue injury -An orthopedic nurse is a nurse who specializes in treating patients with bone, limb, or musculoskeletal disorders. Nonetheless, because orthopedics and trauma typically follow one another, head injuries and infected wounds are frequently treated by orthopedic nurses.
Ensuring that patients receive the proper pre-and post-operative care following surgery is the responsibility of an orthopedic nurse. They play a critical role in the effort to return patients to baseline before admission. Early detection of complications following surgery, including sepsis, compartment syndrome, and site infections, falls under the purview of orthopedic nurses.
Soft tissue injury
Damage to the body’s muscles, ligaments, and tendons is referred to as a soft tissue injury. The most common causes of soft tissue injuries are misuse of a specific body part, sprains, strains, and one-time blows that result in contusions. Injuries to the soft tissues can cause discomfort, bruising, swelling, and loss of function.
A sprain is a kind of acute injury that happens when a ligament stretches or tears. Ligaments support and stabilize joints, therefore depending on how severe the sprain is, the joint’s capacity to move may be affected. Sprains frequently occur in susceptible regions including the ankles, knees, and wrists. They may result from actions like tumbling into an outstretched hand or twisting the foot or ankle.
Soft tissue injury:
Soft tissue implies skin, subcutaneous tissue fascia, muscle,ligaments, tendons, synovium, capsule, nerves etc.
[Ref-John Ebnezar’s “Textbook of Orthopedics” 4th edition page-93]
Classifications of the soft tissue injuries:
Broadly soft tissue injuries are classified are as follows:
1) Sprains,
2) Strains
3) Contusions.
4) Ruptures.
[Ref-Luckmann and Sorensen, Medical-Surgical nursing, 2nd editions, Page-1684]
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