Ankle Injuries
Articles about Prolotherapy, Surgery, Traditional Treatments, for Ankle Pain and Injury

Ankle Instability
The foot and ankle structures are amazing. A unique complex unit composed of 26 bones can bear the full body weight on standing and is able to transport the human body at amazing speeds. It is frightening to think of the forces placed on these structures during athletic events. The peak impact force produced by a basketball player during a landing from a jump may exceed seven times the athlete's body weight!

RICE, Taping and Bracing an Ankle
Because most sporting events involve running, it is inevitable that an athlete will suffer from an ankle sprain some time in his/her athletic career. Because of the poor blood supply to the ligaments, ligament injuries often linger, even though a great deal of the initial pain subsides. The athlete eventually goes through physical therapy, exercises, and NSAIDs but continues to experience ankle pain and clicking in the joint. Athletes are often told that the ankle pain will respond well to cortisone injections. The athletes proceed to get a series of these shots. Because the cortisone shots cause a decrease in the pain, the athletes then return to their athletic events, not knowing that the cortisone is making the ligaments weaker. Playing on a ligament that is ever-decreasing in strength is not the best idea.

No Support for Ankle Taping
Whether you are watching wrestling, gymnastics, karate, or soccer, you see athletes with their ankles all taped up. Some are hoping to prevent injury from starting, others are hoping that their current injuries do not worsen. Both are dreaming if they think the ankle taping is going to help them.

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