Ask a Lakes Urgent Care Doctor

We always suggest you check with your primary care physician to help navigate and obtain the most appropriate care for any health condition. Some primary care offices are comfortable taking care of minor fractures, some are not. A certified urgent care facility can competently take care of fractures, providing initial x-rays, diagnosis, and casting. At Lakes Urgent Care, we provide all of these services and also work closely with several orthopedic specialists to provide excellent continuity of care for more complex fractures.

If you have injured a joint and are not experiencing severe pain or marked limitation of motion, you may consider applying the basics of “RICE” (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for a period of 24-48 hours. If pain remains persistent beyond a few days or prevents you from near normal mobility in a joint, especially the ankle or foot with weight bearing, it is best to have the injury evaluated by your primary care physician or a certified urgent care.

A painful extremity can be very misleading! Generally, without obtaining an x-ray of the area, it will not be possible to ascertain if the pain is due to a strain or fracture (break). The old advice of “if I can move it, it’s not broken,” generally is false. Quite often we discover a fracture even though someone can move a painful finger, wrist, foot or ankle.

We always suggest you check with your primary care physician to help navigate and obtain the most appropriate care for any health condition. Some primary care offices are comfortable taking care of minor fractures, some are not. A certified urgent care facility can competently take care of fractures, providing initial x-rays, diagnosis, and casting. At Lakes Urgent Care, we provide all of these services and also work closely with several orthopedic specialists to provide excellent continuity of care for more complex fractures.