broken bones

[boobesque]

i have been led to believe that my bones, although surrounded by nerve endings, actually contain none. if this is the case, why when i fracture my bones do i feel so much pain? i once fractured my leg and spent 3 days hopping around before going to the hospital. the whole time my leg hurt but surely the nerves would not be stimulated as the bone was just cracked.

[Clanad]

Primarlily because all structures surrounding the bone do have nerves, especially the Periosteum, which is a thin, film-like covering over our bones and it has lots of tiny nerve fibers...