The injury was later described as a non-displaced fracture.
Such is the case with non-displaced fractures, in which the fractured parts of the bone remain in alignment.
The extent of the injury was revealed the next day to be a non-displaced fracture to the 4th vertebra and a severe concussion.
The next day an MRI revealed he had a non-displaced fracture of the olecranon.
Displaced and non-displaced fractures refer to the way the bone breaks.
In a non-displaced fracture, the bone cracks either part or all of the way through, but does move and maintains its proper alignment.
Nash did not play after suffering a non-displaced fracture in his left leg in the previous game, and he was expected to miss at least a week.
Second placed Dunkirk sustained a non-displaced condylar fracture of the left hind cannon bone.
X-rays revealed a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal.
Rolen suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger during fielding drills at spring training.