Rheumatoid arthritis, post-traumatic arthritis and some ankle fractures require ankle-replacement surgery. Now 52, Dennis Marotz broke his ankle in a motorcycle accident when he was 19, but the injury ...

Posterior tibial tendon problems usually occur just underneath the inner side of the ankle, called the medial malleolus. The medial malleolus is the end of the shin bone (the tibia). It's the big bump ...

It revealed a stress fracture in his right ankle that sidelined the center for the next 2½ months. "Somebody should be fired for that," a team source said then. It was a symptom of a much larger ...

Podiatrists and foot and ankle surgeons can perform different ... is a bony lump that can develop on the bottom of the foot. A posterior heel spur can appear where the Achilles tendon meets ...

Although the sole is quite stiff, there’s enough flexibility to easily bend your toes and the low rise at the back allows unrestricted longitudinal rotation at the ankle. I’ve ridden most ...

A stress fracture is generally the result of overuse or repeated trauma to a bone. Also known as "fatigue fractures," stress fractures may occur when muscles become fatigued or overloaded and transfer ...

“Feels good.” Any return to normalcy is welcomed by Gonzales, who has been on the injured list since the second day of the season with a non-displaced left ankle fracture. The injury happened in ...

Aims/Objectives/Background The Ottawa ankle rules (OAR) have been validated as a highly sensitive tool to rule out ankle fractures and reduce need for radiography ...

However, the diagnostic accuracy of POCUS performed by non-radiologists for the exclusion of elbow fractures is yet unknown. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic potential of POCUS of the ...

Check for either the dorsalis pedis pulse (on the top of the foot) or the posterior tibial pulse (located behind the medial malleolus — the ankle bone). For dorsalis pedis, first, visualize the ...