Ankle

data and potential foot disorders as a result of gait strategy. Approach: 300 adults colleagues (150 women, 150 men; mean age 21 years) who were found to have healthy foot according to the AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) clinical rating system for the ankle and foot participated in the study. Mean and maximal plantar pressures in three areas of tarsometatarsal joint were recorded during gait using a Mini-Emed pedobarographic equipment. Results: The mean and maximal pressures…

Ronaldo Football strike: Bones and Joints: Kicking a football uses all of the bones and joints in your lower body. The tarsals, metatarsals and phalanges of your foot provide the contact surface that strikes the ball. The tibia and tarsals form your ankle joint, which must stay slightly flexed but rigid when you kick so that no power is lost. Your knee joint, consisting of the tibia and femur, extends as your thigh muscles contract and your hip, which is made up of your femur and ilium, swings…

shoulders and arm through the pushing and pulling action of the muscles used in catching and throwing the basketball. Among the more frequent skeletal system injuries that are associated with basketball are stress fractures of the hands, fingers and ankles. Ligament damage which most frequently occurs in the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and achilles tendon…

My heart sunk as the words repeated over and over in my head. I had no idea how to process the fact that within the next two weeks, I would be having ankle surgery. I knew my ankle was pretty messed up but I didn’t think it was that bad. Over the past month, I’d played in 4 tournaments with my club soccer team and dealt with pain and swelling the whole time but didn’t think it was anything major until I got to the point I could hardly walk on it anymore. My parents and I decided it would be in…

we had a huge collision, and my ankle was laying a few inches lower than it should. The referee stopped the game and I got up and went to the sideline. Emily’s dad was there, he is a Doctor, and he told me that it was out of socket, but then it popped back in. So I was sitting on the sideline for a bit and my coach asked me how I felt, I said good and asked if I could get back in, she said, "Sure, but in a bit." So I started stretching, and moved my leg with my ankle and heard a noise that…

Often times, making a difficult decision can mark the transition from childhood to adulthood. In my personal experience, a tough decision in dance would mark the aforementioned statement to be true. I began dancing at the age of ten, and shortly after, dance became my life. I would dance day and night, all throughout the year. Along the way, I learned many lessons. In one instance, I needed to decide over my health and safety or the success of my dance team. At the time, I was conflicted over…

The Achilles tendon is one of the largest and strongest tendons in the body, stretching from the bones of the heel to calf muscles. It allows patients to extend their foot and point their toes to the floor known as plantar flexion. Despite its strength, the Achilles tendon is vulnerable to injury. Due to its limited blood supply and the high tensions placed on it, an Achilles rupture is a common injury. When the Achilles tendon is torn or ruptured it can either be partial, or a complete tear.…

kids play contact sports? Yes, Kids should play contact sports.Why you ask? Well if your child is out playing a contact sport such as football there having fun. Your child is walking home from school having a normal day they fall twist their ankle and they sprain it. Your other child goes to football practice and there running and tackle a kid and fall and break their arm. Now really what is the difference your child could be doing something simple as walking and get hurt just as much as…

As sports keep growing on the degree of popularity, bone fractures happen with an increasing frequency; there are six of the most major and the most common types of fractures. The first type of the six majors is called a Simple or a Closed Fracture. As defined by Robert, a Simple Fracture is, “a break in the bone that may be complete or incomplete, but it doesn’t pierce the skin” (Robert 307). This type of fracture on the average side, since it depends on the type of accident in a sport for a…

arch support for foot pain or custom-made shoe inserts (orthotics) can bring relief from pain. Silicone or felt pads and removing corns and calluses also help to reduce pain from high arches. Supporting the foot with heel cup, arch support, and ankle support helps balance the foot to carry body weight more evenly. A…