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Soggy_Affect6063 t1_j8kedk7 wrote

What’s a ptsd fracture? I’m very familiar with ptsd but never heard of a “ptsd fracture” before. Honest question.

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Ruca705 t1_j8knlmw wrote

I saw it explained on another post and links to studies were shared. It is a real thing but not very well known. Basically the OOP is saying their back got stress fractures/damage from hunching for so many hours as a kid. PTSD fracture means these fractures can flare up when the survivor is exposed to stress because the body associates the stress with the pain of the original fracture. So even though the bones are healed, the body triggers that pain response on its own.

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Soggy_Affect6063 t1_j8ksntd wrote

Thanks. The studies I’ve just found on it are…odd to say the least but from what you’ve alluded to, the studies into it are ongoing. By several factors it seems as if it’s just anxiety based that of which can be linked to anything if a flare up occurs. You break your leg in a motorcycle wreck, your bone heals, but now you get worried when you think about riding again and that makes your leg hurt. The pain is psychosomatic. I know, because that happened to me in September of 2012 (ironically). Didn’t know they were classifying it as ptsd because it was something I eventually got over. 🤔

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buried_lede t1_j8ld8bc wrote

I took it to mean a stress fracture from your body seizing up in terror - injure yourself without realizing it because you’re so scared

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Soggy_Affect6063 t1_j8let6e wrote

Unless you have a preexisting metabolic deficiency, it’s rare you could get a stress fracture in the l4 and l5 without some kind of high impact trauma. Those bones aren’t easily fractured by just you seizing up. Then again, I’m no doctor and my google research is limited so 🤷‍♂️. Just never heard of a ptsd fracture. Meh, ya learn something new everyday.

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