Assessment of the Injured Ankle
I. Injury Situation: A female volleyball player was in practice and was involved in a blocking drill. When she made the attempt to block the attacker on the other side of the net, they both landed on the center line causing her to come down on the attacker’s foot. This caused the ankle to roll over the outside of her foot.
II. Evaluation of the Injury: pain and swelling is localized to the lateral side of the ankle, some inability to bear weight after injury can bear slight weight, tenderness and slight bruising.
A. History - When you question athlete, what answers do they give to the following:
a. Primary Complaint: The athlete has pain and instability of her right foot; she can bear slight weight on it. Heard a pop when the injury occurred.
b. Mechanism of Injury: She heard a pop and rolled the ankle to outside of her foot, has had ankle problems before. Real tender to the touch and swelling on the outside of the PTFL. c. Onset of Symptoms: Sound of a pop, swelling, bruising instant …show more content…
Practice Foot and Ankle Functions. Practice balance, muscle strength, ankle/foot motion and mobility (walking, stairs, running).Look for a symmetric walk pattern. Work on dynamic stability as soon as load-bearing capacity allows, focusing on balance and coordination exercises. Gradually progress the loading, from static to dynamic exercises, from partially loaded to fully loaded exercises and from simple to functional multi-tasking exercises. Alternate cycled with non-cycled exercises (abrupt, irregular exercises). Will use different types of surfaces to increase the level of difficulty to help build
I. Injury Situation: A female volleyball player was in practice and was involved in a blocking drill. When she made the attempt to block the attacker on the other side of the net, they both landed on the center line causing her to come down on the attacker’s foot. This caused the ankle to roll over the outside of her foot.
II. Evaluation of the Injury: pain and swelling is localized to the lateral side of the ankle, some inability to bear weight after injury can bear slight weight, tenderness and slight bruising.
A. History - When you question athlete, what answers do they give to the following:
a. Primary Complaint: The athlete has pain and instability of her right foot; she can bear slight weight on it. Heard a pop when the injury occurred.
b. Mechanism of Injury: She heard a pop and rolled the ankle to outside of her foot, has had ankle problems before. Real tender to the touch and swelling on the outside of the PTFL. c. Onset of Symptoms: Sound of a pop, swelling, bruising instant …show more content…
Practice Foot and Ankle Functions. Practice balance, muscle strength, ankle/foot motion and mobility (walking, stairs, running).Look for a symmetric walk pattern. Work on dynamic stability as soon as load-bearing capacity allows, focusing on balance and coordination exercises. Gradually progress the loading, from static to dynamic exercises, from partially loaded to fully loaded exercises and from simple to functional multi-tasking exercises. Alternate cycled with non-cycled exercises (abrupt, irregular exercises). Will use different types of surfaces to increase the level of difficulty to help build