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Acute ankle injury is one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries in athletes and sedentary persons, accounting for an estimated 2 million injuries per year and 20 percent of all sports injuries in the United States. However, many patients with ankle injuries do not seek medical attention!
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One of the most common injuries we treat at Olympic Sport Therapy are ankle injuries. A sprained ankle is one of the most common. There are numerous sources for ankle pain. You don’t have to be an athlete or exercise to twist your ankle. Generally ankle pain is thought of as a sport injury. An ankle sprain can occur with something as simple as an uneven path by an ankle roll. People can get an ankle injury at any age. Ankle pain can result from many number of injuries, the most common are high and low ankle sprains. This involves bones and ligaments in the ankle. You can also tear muscles, over-stress a tendon or fracture a bone.
Achilles Tendon Rupture
An Achilles tendon rupture can happen spontaneously with very little warning symptoms. The first snap or pop you experience is an Achilles tendon rupture
This injury happens mostly in the middle-aged male athlete. This injury often happens during sports that require bursts of running, jumping, and pivoting. These are racquetball, tennis, squash, soccer, softball, basketball, and badminton.
Some examples of how you can rupture your Achilles tendon:
An Achilles tendon rupture can happen spontaneously with very little warning symptoms. The first snap or pop you experience is an Achilles tendon rupture
This injury happens mostly in the middle-aged male athlete. This injury often happens during sports that require bursts of running, jumping, and pivoting. These are racquetball, tennis, squash, soccer, softball, basketball, and badminton.
Some examples of how you can rupture your Achilles tendon:
• Making a forceful push with your foot when your knee is straight, as in the start of a foot race.
• A sudden trip or stumble, you thrust your foot out to break a fall and you forcefully overstretch your tendon.
• Falling from a high place..
Achilles Tendonitis / Tendinitis
Achilles Tendonitis is an inflammation of the Achilles tendon or the covering of the tendon. This is an overuse injury that often occurs especially to jumpers and joggers, due to action that is repeated. This may occur in activities that require repetitive action. This is also known as Achilles tendinopathy to include both micro-tears and inflammation.
• Anterior Ankle Impingement
• Calf Muscle Tear
• Heel Spur
• High Ankle Sprain
• Lupus
• Muscle Strain (Muscle Pain)
• Overuse Injuries
• Peroneal Tendonitis
• Pinched Nerve
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Retrocalcaneal Bursitis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Severs Disease
• Shin Splints
• Sprained Ankle
• Stress Fracture
• Stress Fracture Feet
• Calf Muscle Tear
• Heel Spur
• High Ankle Sprain
• Lupus
• Muscle Strain (Muscle Pain)
• Overuse Injuries
• Peroneal Tendonitis
• Pinched Nerve
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Retrocalcaneal Bursitis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Severs Disease
• Shin Splints
• Sprained Ankle
• Stress Fracture
• Stress Fracture Feet
The kind of tissue you injure depends on how the injury is categorized. For example sprained ankle (ligament), strain or tear (muscle), tendonitis (inflammation of tendon).
The shin (tibia) and thin bone outside of leg (fibula) and the ankle bone (talus) above your heel. The ankle joint is where these three bones meet. Your ankle joint stabilized by semi-elastic bands of connective tissue called ligaments. Your ankle joint is limited by these ligaments.
Ankle tendons and muscles control, protect and move the ankle joint. To avoid overstretching your ligaments, your muscles stabilize your ankle joint and move your foot. Sometimes, when your ankle muscles lose control or are not quick enough, your ankle ligaments are not protected, your ligaments are overstretched resulting in ligament rupture or an ankle sprain.
When there is a break in one or more of the bones an ankle fracture occurs. All ankle bone fractures will need to be accurately diagnosed by your doctor to avoid any long tern ankle and foot issues.
Overuse or trauma of your muscles or tendons can become injured or inflamed. Tendonitis is a result of inflammation. They can sub lux out of place, completely rupture, or tear.
There are a lot of ankle injuries, not just sprains. It is important to accurately diagnose exactly what is wrong with your ankle and give you a treatment plan to properly heal your ankle.
The shin (tibia) and thin bone outside of leg (fibula) and the ankle bone (talus) above your heel. The ankle joint is where these three bones meet. Your ankle joint stabilized by semi-elastic bands of connective tissue called ligaments. Your ankle joint is limited by these ligaments.
Ankle tendons and muscles control, protect and move the ankle joint. To avoid overstretching your ligaments, your muscles stabilize your ankle joint and move your foot. Sometimes, when your ankle muscles lose control or are not quick enough, your ankle ligaments are not protected, your ligaments are overstretched resulting in ligament rupture or an ankle sprain.
When there is a break in one or more of the bones an ankle fracture occurs. All ankle bone fractures will need to be accurately diagnosed by your doctor to avoid any long tern ankle and foot issues.
Overuse or trauma of your muscles or tendons can become injured or inflamed. Tendonitis is a result of inflammation. They can sub lux out of place, completely rupture, or tear.
There are a lot of ankle injuries, not just sprains. It is important to accurately diagnose exactly what is wrong with your ankle and give you a treatment plan to properly heal your ankle.
With proper diagnosis and early treatment most foot and ankle injuries respond quickly to sport therapy so you can resume a pain free lifestyle and active living.
After you seek advice from your doctor ask your sport therapist for their professional treatment advice.
After you seek advice from your doctor ask your sport therapist for their professional treatment advice.
• Early Injury Treatment
• Sub-Acute Soft Tissue Injury Treatment
• Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises
• Active Foot Posture Correction Exercises
• Gait Analysis
• Biomechanical Analysis
• Balance Enhancement Exercises
• Proprioception & Balance Exercises
• Agility & Sport-Specific Exercises
• Medications?
• Heel Cups
• Orthotics
• Soft Tissue Massage
• Walking Boot
• Ankle Strapping
• Brace or Support
• Local Modalities
• Heat Packs
• Joint Mobilization Techniques
• Kinesiology Tape
• Prehabilitation
• Running Analysis
• Strength Exercises
• Stretching Exercises
• Supportive Taping & Strapping
• Sub-Acute Soft Tissue Injury Treatment
• Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises
• Active Foot Posture Correction Exercises
• Gait Analysis
• Biomechanical Analysis
• Balance Enhancement Exercises
• Proprioception & Balance Exercises
• Agility & Sport-Specific Exercises
• Medications?
• Heel Cups
• Orthotics
• Soft Tissue Massage
• Walking Boot
• Ankle Strapping
• Brace or Support
• Local Modalities
• Heat Packs
• Joint Mobilization Techniques
• Kinesiology Tape
• Prehabilitation
• Running Analysis
• Strength Exercises
• Stretching Exercises
• Supportive Taping & Strapping