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    condition • • • • Ankle sprains Lateral Ligament tears Medial Ligament tears Inferior Tib-Fib joint strain Superior Tib- Fib joint eversion strain About the condition The ankle is most commonly sprained by what is called an “inversion” injury‚ which means the ankle has rolled over and outwards. This strains the lateral (outside) ligaments of the ankle and the Inferior TibFib joint. The reverse injury an “eversion” strain is less common and involves a greater force that pushes the ankle inwards. This

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    Ankle Weights Benefits

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    Ankle weights are without a doubt very popular these days. Increasingly more men and women as well use them in order to tone very well their legs and not only. If you are interested in finding out what they can actually do‚ then have a look at the following benefits of ankle weights. You will quickly burn more calories This is without a doubt one of the best benefits of ankle weights. Lots of people exercise because they actually want to lose weight. Therefore‚ an efficient way to obtain the desired

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    Sports Injuries

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    Rehabilitation: • Rehabilitation is the process of restarting a person’s physical functionality to a normal state‚ or as near as physically possible‚ there are two main types of responses that I am going to discuss in this booklet‚ they are Physiological responses and Psychological responses common to sports injuries. Injury one: Sprained knee Treatment that should be done immediately: Treatment that is done immediately can be critical for the healing process of the injury and long-term damage

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    their task and earned each of themselves fifteen pounds of gold. The two companions were heading for "the land of little sticks" for supplies when one of the men finds himself with a sprained ankle. He calls for his partner‚ Bill‚ to help him but finds no assistance. "’Hey‚ Bill! Bill! I’ve sprained my ankle.’ But Bill continued to stagger on through the foaming water." Instead‚ Bill kept on walking‚ and eventually abandoned him. Alone and devoid of supplies‚ the man’s "love of life" will now be put

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    Remington “Remi” Nelson is a fourteen-year-old girl who had just moved to Portland‚ Oregon this past June from Woodbridge‚ Virginia. Remi has always been a strong runner with endurance that was downright envious. When she lived Woodbridge‚ she was featured in her county’s newspaper several times for her excellent times running a 5k. Her very best time was a 16:29. Now starting her freshman year in a new school‚ she wanted to make a name for herself and get on the varsity cross-country team. And

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    Essay On Achilles Rupture

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    factors leading to rupture of achilles can be divided into two categories: a) Intrinsic factors- This tendon bears high loads. It is estimated that up to 10 times body weight goes across this tendon when running. In addition it spans three joint (knee‚ ankle and subtalar joints). There is a zone of relative avascularity‚ 2-6 cm proximal to its insertion. Most of the Achilles tendon ruptures occour in this region. b) Extrinsic factors- These include mechanical factors (over pronation)‚ hyperthermia (sudden

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    Sprained Ankles

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    1. 1.Playing 1 v 1 lacrosse with my freind and shooting on him in cage. 2.The warm up phase is important because it increases the tempature of yourmuscles‚and your blood flow gradually so that you decrease the risk of injury. 3.The cool down promotes flexibility‚and reduces the risk of injury. 4.I have gotten cramps in my thigh‚and calves after lacrosse games. 2. 1. I will do some very light jogging. 2.Stretches could be butterflies‚flamingos‚touching my toes while standing‚shoulder/tricep

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    Lateral Ankle Injury

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    The ankle is one of the most common joints to be injured in an individual‚ especially those who engage in activities that require a lot of pressure around the lower extremity of the body‚ such as football‚ soccer‚ tennis or athletics. Most ankle injuries‚ such as sprains‚ respond more favorably to treatments that are non-surgical‚ such as those given by doctors of Chiropractic and physiotherapists. There have been a number of `journal articles‚ case study reports and clinical trials‚ that have attempted

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    -sprained Ankle Bandage

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    bandage PARTS OF TRIANGULAR BANDAGE * Base * Sides * Apex or Vertex BANDAGING CAN ALSO BE CLASSIFIED AS: 1. * Cravat Phase* * Cheek-ear-jaw bandage * Palm pressure bandage * Sprained ankle bandage: shoe on * Sprained ankle bandage: shoe off * Forearm bandage * Foreleg bandage * Shoulder bandage * Forehead bandage * Cuff sling 2.*Figure- of- eight* 3.*Close and Open Spiral* 4.*Ear-cheek-chin* 5.*Open phase*:

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    Ankle Injury Essay

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    anatomical and biomechanical makeup of the lateral side of the ankles have an innate vulnerability to ligamentous sprain. Inversion and eversion are permitted by two joints‚ the talocrural and the subtalor joint (Hertel et al‚ 1999). The lateral malleolus is comparably longer than the medial‚ which happens to create a fulcrum that inclines the ankle to inversion sprains (Booher & Thibodeau‚ 1994). The lateral ligament complex of the ankle is made up of the anterior talofibular ligament‚ posterior talofibular

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