Q.Sprain is more painful than fracture. Why?

Step 1. A sprain is an injury to the ligaments and soft tissue surrounding a joint, caused by the joint being wrenched or twisted beyond its normal range — this stretches or tears ligaments, the joint capsule and nearby soft tissue.

Step 2. Ligaments, the joint capsule and surrounding soft tissue are richly supplied with sensory nerve endings, so tearing or stretching them triggers intense pain signals; the affected joint also becomes unstable, and any attempted movement further stimulates these nerve endings. …

Compare what tissue is actually damaged (nerve-rich ligaments/soft tissue in a sprain vs. rigid bone in a …

• Assuming a broken bone must always hurt more simply because bone sounds more 'serious' than a sprain. …