Children and Elderly Prime Target for Fractures

Dr. Brad Lawson is on call to provide treatment.

Ouch! The average adult will sustain two fractures over a lifetime, according to a survey by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. About 6.3 million fractures occur each year, with 40 percent at home, inside or outside.

The survey notes after age 45, broken bones are higher among women – three times higher than men. Before age 75, the most common fracture is a broken wrist, followed by broken hips for those after 75.

Broken bones generate 3.5 million annual visits to the emergency room, with 887,679 hospitalizations. Fifty-seven percent of these fractures belong to people 65 plus, with 90 percent broken hips and 65 percent pelvic.

Another question also concerns children: do children’s bones break more often than adults?
Brad Lawson, M.D., of Central States Orthopedics, explains, “No, they are more pliable when you are younger and get more brittle as you age. Children often engage in riskier behavior (climbing, jumping from unsafe heights, etc.) resulting in falls and similar accidents. This causes more frequent fractures. And when they get into middle and senior high schools, they play sports.”

He continues, “Orthopedic surgeons do more than just practice on the elderly and athletes. People need orthopedic doctors for a wide variety of ailments. We treat bones, joints, nerves, tendons, and even the skin.”

Dr. Lawson provides hand, foot and ankle care; total joint care; general orthopedics and sports medicine care. He offers non-surgical treatment options such as prescribed medications, physical therapy, injections, splinting, casting and bracing. He can also provide surgical treatment options, such as carpal tunnel surgery, fracture fixation, arthroscopic surgery, ligament repair and reconstruction, and joint replacement surgeries. The majority of patients he sees on a weekly basis are people who have fractures of the arm, leg, foot, ankle, wrist, elbow, hand, forearm and shoulder.

Previously injured? You may want to get his evaluation on a previous injury for which you never received proper treatment. There are many individuals who have had a minor injury, such as twisting an ankle or slipping, not realizing that they have actually broken a bone in their foot. It does happen, and they do not realize a fracture until years later.

If surgery is needed, Dr. Lawson is available at Bailey Medical Center (Owasso), Hillcrest Hospital South (91st & Hwy 169), St. Francis Hospital South (located at 91st Street and U.S. Highway 169), and Oklahoma Surgical Hospital (81st Street and Lewis Avenue in Tulsa).
Quite often, he meets new patients in emergency rooms at Bailey Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital South. If you want the skilled services of Dr. Lawson when you arrive in the ER, be sure and ask for him to be your orthopedic doctor.

Dr. Lawson has provided service and sports medicine care in the Owasso, Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Claremore and Collinsville areas for the last several years. The doctor began his career in the U.S. Air Force, serving both as a general medical officer and as an orthopedic surgeon for 16 years. He lives in Owasso with his wife, Julie, and their four children.

For more information, contact

Central States Orthopedics

Dr. Bradley Lawson

13616 E. 103rd St. N.

Owasso, OK 74055

2950 S. Elm Pl., Ste. 456

Broken Arrow, OK 74012

(918) 272-4488