Cruciate ligament

An ankle brace is a stretchy or stiff garment that provides constraint and strengthens the supporting action of the ankle ligaments. The laced/strapped up ankle braces are a recommended rather than the pulled on ankle braces, as the laced/strapped up braces feature metal or plastic reinforcements on wither side of the ankle to restrict specific movements and prevent future injury…

One of the biggest issues I have dealt with was my knee injury nearly three years ago. From a young age, I have been involved in volleyball. I first began playing rec volleyball which kept me active and didn’t take up a lot of extra time. Then when I got to high school, volleyball began to take up more and more of my time. For nearly two years I participated in volleyball year-round and was becoming a good all-around player, and my coaches were starting to recognize that. But this all changed…

DEFINATION OF PLANTAR FASCITIIS Plantar fasciitis is a very common cause of heel pain. The plantar fascia is a flat band of ligament that connects heel bone to the toes and supports the arches of the foot. If the plantar fascia is strained, it gets swollen, weak and inflamed as a result the bottom of the heel or foot hurts as we attempt to stand or walk. Plantar fasciitis usually occur in middle-aged people or younger individuals who require lots of standing such as soldiers and athletes. It…

Assessment: The patient has developed painful post traumatic arthritis to the left ankle. She has large osteophytes to the anterior ankle joint causing impingement and pain with active range of motion. The left ankle fracture is well healed by x-ray evaluation. The most likely diagnosis is post-traumatic osteoarthritis after an open fracture dislocation of the left ankle 20 years ago. In a fracture dislocation of the ankle, the exposed cartilage can be disrupted and lead to osteoarthritis. In…

As a complex and energetically used joint, the knee is highly prone to suffering painful injuries and developing severe knee conditions. The constant pressure that is put on the knee during the physical activities on a daily basis, wears the knee out and is one of the major causes for multiple knee conditions or injuries at once. Lionel Perales visited Manhattan Orthopedic Care because of an agonizing pain in his knees. During the initial appointment, Dr. Armin Tehrany thoroughly examined…

Research In 1903, Robert Osgood, a US orthopedic surgeon, and Carl Schlatter, a Swiss surgeon, concurrently described the disease that now bears their names. They found a pattern in which teenagers who are still growing often experience knee pain and inflammation in the area just below the knee and they called it Osgood-Schlatter disease. Teens experience symptoms of this while doing athletic activities or doing some regular exercise like climbing stairs. They feel pain in their knee,…

Suture-button fixation for tibiofibular syndesmosis injuries is a relatively new surgical technique thought to provide semirigid dynamic stabilization. However, adequate information is still not available and there are controversies as to whether it provides enough fixation for syndesmosis injuries. Optimally directed suture-button fixation brings physiologic dynamic stabilization of the ankle syndesmosis. Controlled laboratory study. Stabilization of the ankle syndesmosis fixed by a…

Advanced ankle arthritis, avascular osteonecrosis (AVN), and osteomyelitis (OM) of the ankle remain a surgical challenge in the foot and ankle arena with limited treatment options (64,62,61,52,42). The role of the talus within the ankle joint is of particular interest as it guides sagittal motion of the lower extremity (22). Multiple medical comorbidities including but not limited to autoimmune disease, trauma, avascular necrosis (42,52-54), or other idiopathic etiologies contribute to total…

Hamstring injury is one of the most common soft tissue injuries among athletes of any sports that requires sprinting. According to Verrall (2001), 20% of all missed games in Australian Rules Football is due to a hamstring injury. Hamstring injuries are classed into three; Grade I which is mild involves tearing of a few muscle fibres, grade II is moderate and involves a more severe tear and grade III is severe with a complete rupture of the musculotendinous unit ((Kilcoyne, Dickens, Keblish, Rue…

people, shoulder dislocations tend to arise from trauma, often associated with playing sports. These include football, basketball and volleyball. However, older patients are prone to dislocation due to the weakening of their supporting shoulder ligaments and cartilages, therefore, even small falls could lead to serious displacement of a joint. Other causes of shoulder dislocations are: Traumatic shoulder dislocations, which occur when the…