daily struggle to accomplish simple tasks such as going to class or getting around your living environment. One structure extremely important to walking is the ankle. The ankle brings together two very important structures- the leg and the foot- which in turn makes it a vital structure in itself‚ worthy of exploring. First off‚ the ankle is made up of four main bones: tibia‚ fibula‚ talus‚ and calcaneus. It includes the lower‚ or distal‚ ends of the tibia and fibula. On those distal ends are
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An Ankle Sprain of a Female Colligate Basketball Player Objective: To introduce a case study about a mild ankle sprain. Background: The most common way to sprain an ankle in basketball is to step on someone else’s foot‚ or to plant and to turn the wrong way. Differential Diagnosis: Could be an injury to the deltoid ligament‚ CF‚ or the ATF ligament. Treatment: Ice‚ High volt‚ Theraband‚ Towel scrunches‚ Towel stretches‚ Whirlpool Conclusion: Rehab will help her get her strength back
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Ankle Injury Christian Bognar Ankle injuries are the most common of the bone and joint injuries. They usually happen during sports‚ activities that involve a lot of movement of the ankle‚ and jumping. The Main cause for broken ankles is when a person stresses the ankle and joint beyond where it’s suppose to go‚ the joint becomes injured. If only the bone gives away and tears then it is considered a sprained ankle‚ which is very common especially in sports. But if the bone gives away and breaks
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Ankle Taping Outline 1. Pre-wrap ankle a. Mid-foot to the base of the calf b. Cover the entire ankle 2. Anchor Strips a. 3-4 angled strips b. Start at base of the calf c. Not too tight d. 1-2 anchors on the midfoot region e. No farther down than the base of 5th 3. Figure 8 a. Start at lateral malleolus b. Across dorsum of the foot through medial long. arch c. Proximal to base of 5th metatarsal d. Back across dorsum of the foot and around medial malleolus e. Around posterior ankle
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Classification Current preference in terminology is to use open rather than compound to denote a fracture with an overlying wound. GustilloAnderson \classification (1) The prevalence of wound infection and nonunion increases with increasing grade of open fracture. The Gustillo Anderson classification of open fractures looks at several aspects of the injury not just the size of the wound. • Prescence or absence of neurovascular injury • Degree of contamination (farmyard injuries are grade
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The Joys of Ankle Sprains It was just a normal afternoon in the gym during a pickup game. The score was tied‚ game point. Nate goes up for the dunk and it goes in! When he comes back down to land‚ something didn’t feel right. His ankle was hurting really bad and was starting to swell. He couldn’t even walk on it. Nate sprained his ankle. Most ankle sprains happen when you make a rapid shifting movement with your foot planted‚ such as when you play soccer or get tackled in football. Often the
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Intro to Athletic Training Ankle injuries are very common among athletes in every sport. Many people believe that different ways help you heal from an ankle injury. This article‚ A Systematic Review on the Treatment of Acute Ankle Sprain: Braces versus Other Functional Treatment Types‚ explains its results in testing these methods. Their methods were to take a large number of people with an acute ankle sprain and see if there was a difference between a brace and other functional methods. This
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TREATMENT OF BIMALLEOLAR FRACTURES Introduction Ankle fractures‚ in particular bimalleolar fractures are very common (Hong et al 2013) and the aim of this report is to provide insight‚ from a scientific perspective‚ on the causes and treatment of these types of fractures. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE ANKLE The essential structures of the ankle can be categorised into the following; Bones and joints Ligaments and tendons Muscles Nerves Blood vessels Bones And Joints The ankle joint is comprised of
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Compound Fractures A compound fracture‚ also known as open fracture‚ is a fracture of the bone wherein the affected bone penetrates out from the skin and there is laceration of the surrounding soft tissue. A broken bone refers to a fracture‚ in medical terminology. Bone fractures are quite common‚ with people experiencing at least two in their lifetime‚ on an average (Eisenberg‚ 2007). A fracture occurs when the affected bone is subject to a physical force that is stronger than it can sustain. Age
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Fracture * Bones form the skeleton of the body and allow the body to be supported against gravity and to move and function in the world. Bones also protect some body parts‚ and the bone marrow is the production center for blood products. * Bone is not a stagnant organ. It is the body’s reservoir of calcium and is always undergoing change under the influence of hormones. Parathyroid hormone increases blood calcium levels by leeching calcium from bone‚ while calcitonin has the opposite effect
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