Along with the growing popularity of snowboarding comes an injury rarely if ever seen outside of a ski resort: snowboarder's ankle. Known medically as lateral talus fracture, snowboarder's ankle is the fracture of the talus bone, found at the...
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 1 million people visited emergency rooms due to an ankle injury in 2003. Ankle fracture describes a wide range of injuries; a child twists her ankle sustaining a fracture or a...
The 26 foot bones provide scaffolding and architecture to support the weight of the human body. According to "Grant's Atlas of Anatomy," the foot divides into three sections: anterior, middle and posterior. The anterior section consists of 19...
Snowboarding is one of the fastest growing winter sports in the world, with its appeal reaching mainly adolescent boys. Compared to alpine skiing, snowboarding is slightly more dangerous, as it is associated with more injury risk. Most accidents...
The lower leg contains two bones: the tibia and fibula. The fibula is the smallest of the two and located in the outer part of lower leg. It connects the shin to the foot, transfers and distributes body weight to the ankle, and also forms a joint...
Avascular necrosis, a disease resulting from blood loss to a bone, can occur from fracturing the talus bone in your ankle. This disease can result in the collapse of ankle bones and loss of the ankle joint; however, a daily regimen of...
The feet are made up of a range of tissues and cell types that work together to allow for stability, balance and locomotion. Each foot contains an ankle, an instep and a set of toes, which collectively contain over 100 muscles, tendons and...
There are several possible causes of ankle pain, but if the pain lasts more than three days or there is swelling, injury or another underlying medical problem is most likely the cause. Knowing what symptoms to look for can help determine the...
Few people would argue with the idea that aerobic exercise is good for the body, regardless of age, gender, weight or fitness level. Even in its simplest form, walking, aerobic exercise can improve your cardiorespiratory health and weight. Yet the...
The talus bone is one of the three bones that make up the ankle joint, along with the tibia and fibula, the long bones that run from below your knee on the inside and outside of your leg. The talus bone sits at the back of your foot and controls...
Ankle fractures and dislocations are a common injury that are treated by orthopaedic surgeons, emergency room physicians, and family physicians. The three bones that make up the ankle joint include the fibula, tibia and talus. These bones can be...
According to the Foot & Ankle Center of Washington, foot, leg and knee problems are the most common injuries among joggers. Typical complaints include leg or foot pain, tingling, weakness, slowness or limping. Usually the result of an injury,...
Your ankle joint involves the interaction between three bones -- your tibia, fibula and talus. Ankle fractures can occur due to damage to one or more of these bones. A trimalleolar fracture involves three breaks to the malleoli, or rounded...
Ankle fractures can occur in the tibia, fibula or talus. Nonoperative ankle fractures can be minor to moderate breaks treatable with an aircast, or they may be more severe and treated with a walking boot. Operative fractures usually require...
Running is a high-intensity activity that puts a lot of stress on your feet and ankles as you repeatedly come into contact with the ground. Over time, this stress can lead to the formation of small cracks in your bones called stress fractures. If...
Ankle fractures are the second-most common fracture after distal radius fractures. The incidence is between 0.1 to 0.2 percent of the population per year. Approximately one-quarter of these occur in the elderly. This rate is increasing as elderly...
The ankle is a complex joint consisting of seven bones that join the tibia and fibula of the lower leg to the five metatarsal bones of the foot. Because the foot moves through many different planes of motion, the ankle includes a large number of...
Ankle fractures, also known as broken ankles, range from simple to complex. There are three bones in your ankle joint: the shin bone, or tibia, the fibula, a small bone on the outside of your ankle and the talus, which is a foot bone. A fractured...
Traumatic and nontraumatic conditions can lead to anklebone pain. Acute and chronic ankle injuries prove common because of high-level, weight-bearing stress on the bones. Nontraumatic abnormalities of the anklebones often mimic ankle injuries, as...
When you supinate, you roll your ankle outward, placing more weight on the outside of the foot. While supination is a normal part of walking, running and jumping, it can cause problems. If you supinate excessively during day-to-day movements, you...
Lateral talus fracture, or snowboarder's ankle is caused by a forceful twist of the ankle, such as by snowboards landing on an uneven surface. Learn more about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of lateral talus fracture in this health video.
Injuries are common in any sport. Here are a few tips for preventing upper body skiing and snowboarding injuries in this video.
