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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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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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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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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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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“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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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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