The article "Ankle Biomechanics during four landing techniques‚" written by Brian P. Self and Daniel Paine is based on a study trying to reveal new ankle injury prevention during landings in a variety of sports. By performing a series of landing tests‚ the goal is to learn how to prevent ankle injuries in sports through knowledge and understanding of proper landing techniques. Four landing conditions from 30.48 cm in height were tested. The landings include: the natural landing where the participant
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PE REPORT Patient’s Name: Leslie J. Hunt Complaints: Pain in the right ankle. Occurred after a game of basketball. Wants to play in finals in 5 weeks time. Diagnosis: Mr. Hunt has a sprain in the outside ankle. I recommend he follow the suggested treatment if he wished to participate in the finals. Treatment Already Completed: The coach escorted Leslie off the court. R.I.C.E (Rest‚ Ice‚ Compression and Elevation) has been completed successfully. Suggested Treatment Short Term: I have recommended
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“Crack!” That was my ankle. I had no idea that was going to happen. I guess those things happen sometimes‚ right? I will tell you how it all played out. When I was in third grade‚ I went camping and I broke my ankle. It was a brisk day in Wisconsin. My mom‚ sister‚ step-dad‚ step-brother‚ and I were going tent camping and my mom and I longed to go to a fun‚ awesome place. We wanted to go to a apple farm. When my family and I arrived at the apple orchard‚ it was beautiful to see the shiny‚ golden
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the sport of soccer‚ ankle sprains are the most common injury for the lower extremities of the athlete. Ankle sprains occur when then ligaments in the ankle‚ lower leg‚ or foot are stretched or tear. There are different types of sprains. The most common of the ankle sprain is the inversion injury. This occurs when the ankle rolls out and the foot rolls in‚ stretching or tearing the ligaments on the outside of the ankle (Ankle Sprain). An eversion injury occurs when the ankle rolls in and the foot
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How Do Ankles Usually Fracture? An ankle fracture does not only occur in extreme sports or athletic events. In reality‚ a majority of ankle fractures occur as a result of a simple slip or fall. There are many ways in which the ankle can abnormally move and result in a fracture of one of the bones in the ankle joint. The most common pattern of ankle fracture is called supination-external rotation‚ or Weber B. This occurs when the body’s weight is on the outside of the foot‚ and the ankle joint rotates
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lot and do your best at them. The job isn’t that hard at all. On a daily basis you work with people who have injuries‚ such as a broken knee‚ or a sprained ankle. You even work with old or obese people who can’t walk well or move around much. Your goal is to work with people and heal whatever injuries or conditions they have. For example‚ if someone has a sprained ankle‚ you must first look at the plans set out by the Physical
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A Lesson Learned One day my mom and I was out and enjoying a nice day together; then all of the sudden in a blink of an eye things go from great to horrible. On April 14‚ 2009‚ turned out to be one of the worst and scariest days of my life. I had to learn a extremely hard lesson a extremely hard way. On April 14‚ 2009 my mom and I had went to Jackson to pick up some Easter pictures‚ and we had stopped to get something to eat. We finished eating dinner and pulled out into traffic. The traffic
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tightly wrapped ankle due to a sprained ankle. The adrenaline was pumping through my veins and an uncontrollable shaking of my legs took over. My marching band was about to step off and compete for the national championship of the best high school field corps in the USSBA division. The previous day I had badly twisted my ankle while playing basketball. The morning of my competition‚ I was incapable of walking due to the pain and massive swelling in my ankle. Afraid of further injuring my ankle‚ I decided
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he was simply a head; and a head that was not doing so badly either. He remembered what his father would say at times like these: "At least you didn’t fall in love‚ son...Having a broken heart is worse then having purposefully broken every bone in your body!" The truth of the matter was that John has had his heart broken before and he could agree with his father that that hurt more than his present condition. John tried to lift his head up but it felt like a cartoon anvil. John thought to call for
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------------------------------------------------- Broken Families and Broken Laws Before 1981‚ when the Patients ’ Right Act was enforced‚ seriously mentally ill people could be institutionalized. While some people claim that is inhumane‚ families who had to deal with dangerously ill patients at least had a choice and knew where the patient was and that there would be some kind of treatment. Now we have multitudes of homeless people on the streets‚ and many of them are mentally ill. They can
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