Dorsiflexion

Essonia Bolden Mrs. Berch Health Science IV Decemeber 8, 2014 Ankle Sprains Ankle sprains are the most common injuries in the United States. Approximately 1 million ankle injuries occur each year, 85 percent of those injuries are ankle sprains. Ankle sprains occur when the foot twist in a way that causes the body weight to pressured down onto the ankle ligaments. Most victims have reported that they heard a pop or snap at the time of the incident and thought the ankle had broken.…

Injury Rates among Long Term Minimally Shod Runners Numerous studies have examined how standard shod runners transitioning into minimal shoes experienced changes in their landing kinematics, foot musculature, and arch conformation (Miller, Whitcome, Lieberman, Norton, & Dyer, 2014). Although many studies show how standard shoes can negatively affect feet musculature, arch conformation, and change landing, no studies show whether transitioning into minimal shoes actually leads to less injury.…

Toe Off/Pre-swing Gait Phase Gait is the manner in which a person walks and can be described using terms such as stride, stride length, step, step length, and cadence. According to Lippert, (2011) stride is defined as the distance from the point when one foot touches the ground to the point when the same foot touches the ground again. Stride length is the total distance traveled during the gait cycle. A step is one half of a stride and cadence is walking speed (p. 339). In addition, there are…

to ask him to lower it down. The patient was well aware of how to use his hearing aids and was able to place them in his ear without a problem. My patient’s weakness was very noticeable. During my assessment a noticed how his plantar flexion and dorsiflexion were…

Ultrasound is commonly used in the athletic training clinic used for chronic and acute injuries. Kenneth Knight and David Draper describe the tool as, “inaudible, acoustic vibrations of high frequency that produce thermal and/or nonthermal physiological effects” (Knight & Draper, 2013). This means that the modality uses sound waves to cause chemical and mechanical reactions in the body. Sonar or sound waves give animals such as bats the ability to detect objects. Scientists have found ways to…

The mean Pirani score at 1st visit was 5.21 points and became 2.1 points after the last manipulation cast (pre-tenotomy) , 1.05 points at the final follow up. There was significant improvement of Pirani score from 1st visit and through the stages of treatment up to the final follow up.There was statistically significant relation between the mean Pirani score at 1st visit and that at the final follow up( P = 0.002 ). At the end of follow up;The results of all feet were as…

“The human body,” many of us don’t nearly realize what happens throughout the body, and if I’m being honest, neither did I, up until I took Anatomy and Physiology in high school and my freshman year of college. It is truly amazing, how many systems and functions one’s body has; from the smallest of molecules to the largest of organs, all working together to keep the one going. The entire body is made up of cells, all working hard making sure everything is working accordingly. From making swift…

Synovial cysts arising from the intraspinal facet joint can directly cause thecal sac or nerve root compression. They are increasingly cited as a major source of spinal instability and mechanical back pain. In this case, we report a 51-year-old woman who has been treated conservatively for a unilateral synovial cyst for 15 months. She then presented with an acute exacerbation of lower back pain, neurogenic claudication and lower extremity weakness. Her magnetic resonance (MR) studies showed new…

The effects of high-heeled shoes on knee, ankle and foot The main purpose of walking is to move the body forward, seeking to spend the least amount of energy possible. (footEducation, 2014) This form of human locomotion uses the foot to absorb and disperse the force of the body when it takes a step. Additionally, the foot propels the body forward by forming a rigid leverage toward the end of the phase of gait. (footEducation, 2014) Although this action may seem a simple task is more complex…

would benefit most from. Basketball is a sport in which many joints of the body are used. It is a full body sport. Some of the most seen actions include: elbow extension and flexion, knee flexion and extension, shoulder rotation, ankle plantar and dorsiflexion, head rotation, wrist flexion and extension and hip flexion and extension. Some of the major movements that contribute to these joint actions and its related exercises are listed below. In performing…