Common sports injuries in ankle and foot region

Common sports injuries in ankle and foot region

 

Note:- It must be remembered that every speedy sport is susceptible to results into any type of neuromusculoskeletal injury.

Region	Specification	Cause	Injury (mode)	Sport
ANKLE and FOOT	Inversion or evertion strain with or without fracture	Indirect injury due to violent Inversion or evertion with ankle joint relaxed in planter flexion	Fall from height and repetitive overuse	Jumpers, runners, joggers
	Stress fracture of tibia	Indirect overuse weight bearing injuries	Hair line fracture upper or lower end of tibia, fibula or metatarsal bones	Marathon runners, jumpers
	Fractures of 5th metatarsals	Indirect overuse injury to the 5th metatarsal. Sudden twisting of ankle in inversion.	Weight bearing- results into- avulsion fracture of base of 5th metatarsal -          Jones fracture -          Dancer fracture	Runners, dancers
	Medial tibial stress syndrome	Indirect injury due to periosteal inflammation	Periosteum get inflamed over the medial border of distal 1/3rd of tibia(shin-splint) due to overuse
	Anterior impingement syndrome	Overuse syndrome due to repetitive excessive dorsiflexion	Excessive dorsiflexion of the ankle joint results into impingement of anterior tip dancers of tibia on the neck of talus
	Posterior impingement syndrome	Overuse indirect injury due to repetitive planter flexion	Posterior tubercle of oscalcis copresses the synovial or capsular tissue against tibia due to repetitive planter flexion	Dancers
	March fracture	A fatigue fracture, indirect injury due to sustained standing	Fracture occurs at the 2nd or 3rd metatarsal bones in sustained standing	Nurses, soldiers
	Flexor- hallucis longus tendinitis	Indirect overuse putting extra strain on flexor hallucis longus	Extreme repetitive planter flexion puts extra stress of dynamic stabilization of medial foot and ankle on flexor hallucis longus	Ballet dancers
	Injury or fracture of sesamoid bone of great toe	Direct impact of the foot of overuse injury	Impact of the foot on a hard surface with toes in extension or repetitive micro trauma to the foot. The fracture may occurs when the proximal phalanx of 2st MTP is jammed into the dorsal  artricular surface of metatarsal head	Dancers, runners