How can you break a bone easily?

Answer 1

The most common ways that any bones fracture accidentally or 'naturally':

Tripping and falling (especially in sports), twisting falls, car accidents (crushing injuries), landing incorrectly, jumping from great heights, twisting injuries (arms, legs, wrists, ankles, feet) and not resting it, overuse, strong impact from a heavy object.

A fall or hit can break one or more bones of the leg(s), ankle, or foot, or of the shoulder, arm, or wrist/hand. Some of the most common circumstances are slip-falls, such as on ice, or hit-falls during sports participation.

A fall can cause fractures in the foot, hand or wrist; these kind of fractures can involve any of the small bones within the foot, hand or wrist. Depending on how strong the twist-impact was, the fracture may result in lifelong pain, swelling, and inability to fully use the joint.

Hip fractures, most common in the elderly, mostly result from imbalance when walking and from slip-falls. A fracture of the hip means immobilizing the joint and leg in a cast and remaining in bed for months.

Collar bones and ribs typically break from force-trauma, such as a traffic accident or playing sports without protective gear.

NOTE: Attempts to break your own bone can result in:

• not breaking any bone but causing....
• moderate to severe muscle problems-- often, these never heal
• nerve damage from "twist" injuries
• swelling, nerve pain, and other symptoms that result in lifelong disability called "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy"
• neuropathy - an intense group of "pain" symptoms ranging from intense burning to numbness, tingling, etc. etc.

ALL bone fractures carry specific risks, including:

• the need for one or more surgeries
• development of a blood clot
• the blood clot can break off and become an embolism-- a life-threatening event
• an embolism can cause Stroke, heart attack, or death
• blood or bone infection that requires hospitalization and treatment with IV antibiotics for weeks on end!
• death from blood or bone infection

As well, ALL fractures cause damage to:

• nerves
• muscles
• tissues
• and may result in muscle atrophy, where the broken limb loses muscle mass and is then permanently smaller than the non-broken limb

ALL bone fractures hurt INTENSELY! You do NOT want to experience that kind of pain, ever.

There is NEVER such a thing as a "minor" fracture. Even a small "stress fracture" that can happen to runners can cause significant pain and disability.

If you are trying to break your own bone (in any area of your body), purposely, in order to harm yourself...

WikiAnswers does NOT give advice on how to harm your body. PLEASE do not try to break any bone in your body. Injuring yourself on purpose will NOT get you the outcome you think or hope it will. Instead, there will be increased medical bills/costs, possible hospitalization and/or surgery to fix the bone, possible infection from the fracture or from the surgery, possibly the need for IV antibiotics, possible lifelong pain and/or disability... or even death as a result of the injury.

If you feel the need to hurt yourself, you need someone to talk to in your area. People are available 24/7 to listen and help you. You can call your local Hot Line or call 1-800-273-TALK if you live in the US (for more numbers and support in different countries click on the link below).

Answer 2

wrist,collarbone and your fingers

The easiest bone to break is the collar bone. It only takes 10 pounds of pressure to break.

The smallest ones are the easiest to break, so mostly the ones in your smaller toes, also because they jut out from your feet - like stubbing your toe? Sometimes you can break it that way, or if something very heavy falls on your foot.

Answer 3

It depends. If you hit a bone from the side it has more of a chance of breaking. It also depends on how much calcium your bones have if you have little it's easy to break, but if you have plenty of calcium you should be fine.

Answer 4

Jump sideways from your bed and land diagonally so that the leg you wish to break is sticking outward. This should snap it fairly quickly!!

Answer 5

When too much force is applied to one point of the bone it snaps to relieve the force.

Answer 6

Exert enough pressure to it. Simply jump down from the fifth floor.

Answer 7

It is hard to break compared to a slice of toast, but easy to break compared to diamond