Ankle

tall giant. I had so many questions that I didn't have time to answer. Then I make a decision to jump out of the broken window. As I hit the ground, I was sure that I had twisted my ankle, but I had no time to think. I got on my bike and peddled as fast as I could. Which wasn't very fast because my foot and ankle hurt really bad. Then I run into that 9 foot monster again, but this time head a knife. I didn't…

presented with chronic ankle pain that he developed after an old sprain sustained while paying soccer. He eventually withdraw from soccer entirely doe to his chronic pain. So, I thought that a history of previous injury will help me pinpoint the differential diagnoses faster. However, according to my preceptor, my patient’s pain might be caused by an intra-articular or extra-articular problem and may be the result of his injury or not. Thus, the differential diagnosis for his chronic ankle pain…

If you need an adaptable, convenient exercise that you can perform almost anywhere, jumping jacks may be a great option for you. This convenient exercise helps strengthen multiple muscle groups while providing an aerobic workout that burns calories. Because of the impact involved, jumping jacks aren’t for everyone. Talk to your doctor before starting a routine that includes jumping jacks, especially if you have joint pain or instability. Warm-Up Jumping jacks are an ideal warm-up exercise.…

It is a normal roll to the outside of the foot when you walk or run. If the roll is excessive then the gait is called oversupination or underpronation. Oversupination is not as common as overpronation, but it still can cause injury to your foot and ankle. Your foot doesn't absorb shock as well since it doesn't roll to the inside as much. The over rotation of your foot affects the ligaments and tendons all the way up to your knee and it strains your lower leg. You can tell you have this…

I sit nervously on the X-ray table. Where I am then told to lie down. Mrs. Leigh Ann, the lady who helps my mom do my X-rays, moves my ankle into different positions. After my X-rays were taken I waited patiently for the results. The X-rays showed that my Tibia, Fibula, and my Growth Plate of my right ankle were broken into a spiral fracture. All these random thoughts go through my mind as I wait for a hospital bed to be rolled in, were I am then moved onto. They roll…

of basketball is played with his three point shot, and did not let people telling him he is undersized stop him, Stephen Curry is an influential person. Curry at one point even thought of quitting basketball because of the excessive amount of early ankle injuries. He pushed through it and now players like Chet Holmgran are influenced by him to keep playing despite a brutal early career injury. Stephen Curry is the world's finest marksman. Also known as the best three point shooter the earth has…

Hypermobility in dancers tend to correlate with lack of strength. For example, hypermobility in the ankle joint can keep the body unstable when balancing on releve. The dancer may compensate by balancing out of alignment and unevenly distribute the weight on the toes, which will create extra stress on the metatarsophalangeal joints. “Gripping” the floor with the toes is also a result of hypermobility in the ankle joint which decreases the surface area to…

jump. There was one problem, I was on my knees! As soon as I got to the bottom my left ankle hurt, but not a stabbing pain and I didn’t complain. Then, I kept sledding, but I did not go over that jump again. Later that night it started to hurt again and I told my mom. Then she grabbed some ice for me to put on my ankle. The next day it was hurting quite a bit and my mom wrapped my foot in a wrap to keep my ankle from moving.…

Finger injuries – during volleyball fingers are vulnerable, this injury can happen when blocking, setting, and digging. Common finger injuries include dislocations, fractures, and tendon ligament damage. Ankle sprains – most common injury in volleyball and there is always pressure put onto your ankles, the most common is sprains but there is also torn ligaments and fractures included. ACL injury – most ACL injuries in volleyball players occur when a player lands awkwardly Low back pain – common…

DOI: 2/19/2011. Patient is a 59-year-old female licensed vocational nurse who sustained a work-related injury to her right ankle, head, left hand, arm, right foot, toe and left knee when she tripped over a stone and fell. As per OMNI, she was diagnosed with head contusion, lumbar strain, left elbow contusion/tibial plateau fracture, and fracture of the right fifth metatarsal. MRI of the left knee obtained on 09/24/11 showed chronic depressed lateral tibial plateau fracture with depression of…