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As spring segues into summer, area urgent care waiting rooms also see a change. Patients are less likely to be suffering from colds and flu and more likely to have sunburns, sprains, abrasions and other warm-weather afflictions.<\/p>\n

As an outdoor enthusiast himself, Dr. Ian Tullberg<\/a> understands those complaints. The family practice physician and former EMT oversees six UCHealth\u2019s urgent care facilities in southern Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s interesting. The types of urgent care visits in spring and summer vary quite a bit (from winter). As the weather gets nicer, visits are more activity- related. The sports-related injuries just flood in during the summer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He and his staff treat a lot of sprains and strains, cuts and abrasions, from people doing everything from overzealous yard work to falling while climbing a rock to slipping by a pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw one poor guy who came in one week because he crashed his bike and fell on his left side. Then he came in a week later and he\u2019d crashed and fallen on his right side. He was in a lot of pain,\u201d Tullberg said.<\/p>\n

Most sprains and strains can be treated at home, but if the injury causes the patient to have a significant limp or have trouble walking, then they need to get to urgent care or a physician, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re having trouble walking, you can develop compensation injuries. If you\u2019re having a hard time getting around, you need to come in. If you\u2019re just sore, you probably don\u2019t need to come in. It really depends on the patient\u2019s comfort level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When is an X-ray required?<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are certain rules we go by to decide if we need an X-ray,\u201d he said, but sometimes a medical professional just has to go by instinct.<\/p>\n

Can a perceived sprain actually be a broken bone?<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely, it can be. I had an 80-year-old woman come in last year who said she had turned her ankle and it \u2018just didn\u2019t feel right.\u2019 We did an X-ray and her fibula was actually snapped in half,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Treatment for sprains and strains varies by the body part, Tullberg said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the time, it\u2019ll be something like an Ace bandage to keep swelling down. If it involves walking, we may put you on crutches. If it\u2019s the shoulder, we might put you in a sling or brace. For some things, nothing can really help\u201d except taking an anti-inflammatory, icing the injury, resting and\/or elevating it or using compression to control swelling, he said.<\/p>\n

Urgent care staff typically see a lot of rib injuries, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big problem with that is we use the rib cage for breathing, so you can\u2019t really do much except pain management. We do check to make sure the ribs do not need surgery; it\u2019s rare that they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for minor cuts and scrapes, the main goal is to clean the wound at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see a lot of people with cuts and scrapes, and they believe the old wives\u2019 tale about putting hydrogen peroxide or alcohol on it. Stop doing that! Just plain soap and water are the best. Soap and water, soap and water, soap and water. Peroxide and alcohol can actually damage tissues.\u201d<\/p>\n

If a cut is deep or an abrasion is very serious then by all means get to urgent care, he added. If in doubt, it\u2019s better to seek help than not.<\/p>\n

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