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Why Is Bone Sticking Out Of Thigh?

I fell off my motor bike a month ago, i hurt my left leg quite badly, there was a lot of bruising around the top thigh area. this has gone now and i can walk fine, but i have noticed the bone is sticking out more than it used to, the left upper thigh bone does not match the right side and before the accident they were both the same. what is wrong, and why is the bone sticking out?
posted on Sun, 21 Sep 2014
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This is due to muscle wasting. Whenever there is any injury to thigh then it causes pain and swelling. So we stop using that part of the thigh and then because of this muscle start getting wasted. it is called dis use atrophy.It causes bone to look more prominent, So my suggestion is that you should start walking and doing physiotherapy in the form of static quadriceps exercises.
This will soon causes muscle growth and then your both side thigh will look almost same. It can take up to three to four months.
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Why Is Bone Sticking Out Of Thigh?

This is due to muscle wasting. Whenever there is any injury to thigh then it causes pain and swelling. So we stop using that part of the thigh and then because of this muscle start getting wasted. it is called dis use atrophy.It causes bone to look more prominent, So my suggestion is that you should start walking and doing physiotherapy in the form of static quadriceps exercises. This will soon causes muscle growth and then your both side thigh will look almost same. It can take up to three to four months.