#ankle impingement

[gosvenincworld]

Watch "Anterior Ankle Impingement: Exercises That Work (Avoid Ankle Surgery)" on YouTube

Ankle impingement can often lead to surgery. However, there is a strong percentage of these cases that may avoid potentially unnecessary surgery just by improving the way the ankle moves.

Here are some simple things to try to un-imlinge those ankles and reclaim some normality!

- Grant

[theosteonphysiostuff]

Anterior ankle impingement

Dorsiflexion limited and painfull on anterior aspect of ankle

Posterior Ankle Impingement

Planterflexion painfull on posterior aspect of Ankle

[thegaitguys]

A great, quick read from one of our fav's: Dr Tom Michaud.

Here is my favorite excerpt. I had not thought of imaging the ankle quite this way

"Physical examination reveals pinpoint sensitivity over the anteromedial capsule. When the ankle is slightly plantarflexed, the osteophytes on the talus and tibia can be readily palpated. Surprisingly, lateral X-rays only identify approximately 40 percent of the talotibial spurs, because the natural torsion of the distal tibia obstructs direct visualization of the anteromedial tibia. To improve radiographic accuracy, van Dijk, et al., recommend oblique radiographs be taken with a 45-degree craniocaudal angle, with the lower extremity externally rotated 30 degrees. The authors demonstrated that oblique radiographs identify 73 percent of the spurs located on the talus and 85 percent of the spurs located on the distal tibia."

[physioworksaus]

The 5 Main Causes of Ankle Pain

Ankle Pain is one of the most common injuries that we assess and treat at PhysioWorks. Ankle pain has five main causes:

Traumatic injuries eg sprained ankle, broken ankle, high ankle sprain, achilles tendon rupture.

Overuse injuries adjacent to the ankle eg  plantar fasciitis, shin splints, heel spur, stress fracture, Achilles tendonitis, peroneal tendonitis, Severs disease, retrocalcaneal bursitis, arthritis.

Biomechanical injuries eg anterior ankle impingement.

Systemic conditions that result in ankle pain eg lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis.

Referred pain eg sciatica

Ankle injuries can potentially occur at any age and as you can see have numerous causes, which is why it is often useful to get a health professional's opinion regarding your ankle pain source. Having said that, thousands of people suffer an ankle sprain everyday around the world. Just while you’ve been reading this blog a few hundred people have sprained their ankle. Luckily, these are also one of the easiest to treat well but they can be neglected and result in ankle stiffness, weakness and lack of confidence. How many people do you know who repeatedly "roll their ankle". No one should repeatedly roll their ankle. This normally means that their is a deficit in the ankle muscle reaction time or strength, which can be quickly fixed by the help of your physiotherapist. While ankle pain can result from a large number of ankle and foot injuries, the most common ankle injuries are sprains (low ankle and high ankle sprains), which involve ligaments and bones in the ankle. But you can also fracture a bone, tear muscles or over-stress a tendon.  We just hope it's not you we need to to see next for an ankle injury! More Information:-

Sprained ankle

High ankle sprain

Achilles tendon rupture

Overuse injuries

Plantar fasciitis

Shin splints

Heel spur

Stress fracture

Achilles tendonitis, 

Peroneal tendonitis

Severs disease 

Retrocalcaneal bursitis

Arthritis

Anterior ankle impingement

Ankle pain

Lupus

Rheumatoid arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis

Sciatica

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