Stages of Fracture Healing

There are 5 stages of a fracture healing. First, is the actual fracture occurence where bleeding, tenderness and a lot of swelling may be present. Second, is the formation of granulation tissue around fractured ends of the bone. These first two stages are called the reactive phase, since your body is reacting to the injury, or sometimes it is called the inflammation phase. The third stage is that the granulation tissue is removed and replaced by callus. Stage four is replacement of the callus by lamellar bone tissue. Stages three and four are reparative phases. Stage five is the final remodeling of bone to regain the contour it should have. Stage five is called the remodeling phase. http://www.davidlnelson.md/Fractures_in_general.htm