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Foot and Ankle Injuries Commonly Seen
The foot/ankle is a joint in the body that is made up of a multitude of different structures and tissues that can each be injured in many different ways. Primary structures in the ankle include bone, ligaments, muscles, tendons, and fascia.
There are many injuries that can occur to these structures, but most common include:
- Ankle sprains
- An ankle sprain is an injury to the ligaments in the ankle.
- Sprains are classified in “grades” (1-3) which describes the severity of the sprain.
Three Common Sources of Hip Pain
Hip pain can present in many ways. In this blog we will discuss some of the common problems we see here at LSTC!
- Osteoarthritis: wearing of the joint surfaces (cartilage) of the hip joint
- Mechanism of Injury:
- Wear and Tear
- Prior trauma
- FAI: see below
- Symptoms:
- Pain worse with prolonged positioning (e.g. sitting for a long period of time
- Pain worse in the morning: typically resolves within 5-10 minutes of movement
- Pain worse with cold weather
- Decreased mobility
- Difficulty walking
- Groin, buttock, or knee pain
- Mechanism of Injury:
- Femoracetabular Impingement (FAI): excess contact between the acetabulum (hip socket) and proximal femur (top of the hip bone) because of how the bones are shaped/sized
- Mechanism of Injury:
- Cam-type impingement: the hip bone is too big near the top (at the femoral neck)
- More common in biological men
- Pincer-type impingement: the socket (acetabulum) is too big
- More common in biological women
- Repetitive stress: certain activities will place increased stress on bones. The way the body responds to increased stress is by laying down more bone in those areas. This extra bone can result in increased contact between the joint surfaces
- Cam-type impingement: the hip bone is too big near the top (at the femoral neck)
- Symptoms:
- Anterior hip/groin pain
- Buttock pain
- Catching, Giving-way sensations, popping, locking
- Pain with sitting, squatting, stair navigation
- Pain with acceleration in sports
- Decreased available motion
- Mechanism of Injury:
- Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: resultant of gluteal tendon damage or bursa (fluid filled sac) inflammation
- Mechanism of Injury:
- Sedentary Nature
- Improper athletic training: lack of gradual progression
- Repetitive Activity
- Symptoms:
- Lateral hip pain
- Pain lying on the affected side
- Pain with prolonged sitting and/or sitting with legs crossed
- Pain with walking, stair navigation, standing, running
- Mechanism of Injury:
Why Physical Therapy, Why NOW?!
Read full blogBetter Posture
You may have heard that good posture is essential for good health, but do you know why??
- Posture refers to how you position your body when you’re sitting, standing, or lying down. Your posture is the result of habits formed over the course of years.
What is Good Posture?
- It is the proper alignment of your body when standing or sitting.
- Correct positioning involves training yourself to hold your body against gravity with the least strain and tension on supportive structures, such as your muscles and ligaments.
- Proper posture keeps your bones and joints in optimal alignment and decreases wear and tear on supportive structures.
What is Manual Therapy?
Manual Therapy is made up of many different hands-on techniques that we use in the clinic. Each offer their own benefits and are implemented for many reasons. We use manual therapy to help restore mobility, restore joint movement, decrease nerve tension, and improve nerve mobility and help reduce pain.
There are many different techniques that fall into the category of manual therapy. Some of these categories include but are not limited to:
- Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Joint Mobilizations
- Muscle Energy Techniques
- Passive Range of Motion
- Neural Mobilizations
Soft Tissue Mobilization:
Soft Tissue Mobilization helps to reduce soft tissue adhesions and help promote muscle, ligament, and tendon mobility.
Read full blogFun Facts About Nutrition
Nutrition plays a great role in our daily life. The food or liquids affect our body and health because each food or liquid contains particular nutrition which is very necessary for our physical and mental growth. A particular level of any particular nutrition is essential for our body. So, we should know what food we have to take, how much and what type of nutrition contains a particular food. There is a lot of controversy in nutrition, and it often seems like people can’t agree on anything.
Read full blogFoot and Ankle Problems
There are many reasons as to why your foot and ankle could be bothering you. Some of the primary injuries we see here at LSTC are:
- Ankle sprains
- Plantar fasciitis
- Achilles Tendonitis
Ankle sprains are a very common injury we treat here at LSTC. The most common ankle sprain is an inversion sprain which happens when your foot gets turned towards the other foot and stretches the tendons and ligaments on the outside of the ankle causing the injury.
Read full blogRotator Cuff Injuries in Baseball Players
Rotator cuff tears are a common baseball injury, especially for pitchers. Your rotator cuff keeps your arm in its socket. It’s made up of a group of four muscles that combine as a tendon to help rotate and move your arm. This is why pitchers often fall victim to this injury.
TWO TYPES OF TEARS:
- Partial
- Full-Thickness
A tear happens when one or more of your tendons tears and becomes either fully or partially detached from the upper arm bone, called the humerus.
Read full blog5 Common Hip Injuries
There can be many causes of hip pain and hip injuries, but we will be talking about the most common in this blog. Having hip pain can limit you from doing your daily life activities, playing with your kids, performing you job duties and cause you a lot of unnecessary stress if you don’t get it checked out right away! Below we will be discussing the common hip injuries, how they present, risk factors and what to do if you think you have one of these injuries.
Read full blogTreatment for Shoulder Pain
Are you suffering with shoulder pain, stiffness, or decreased function? Shoulder pain can develop for a number of reasons including:
- traumatic injury
- overuse
- postural deficits
- weakness
If left untreated, intermittent or nagging shoulder pain can develop into a significant condition which can limit your ability to participate in activities of daily living (ADLs), work duties, leisure activities, or sports.
This is where physical therapy can help.
Read full blogTips for a Stronger Core
Jul 13th 2021The core is commonly thought of as the abdominals, but in actuality it is comprised of more muscles than that. If you think of your core as a coke can, imagine that the top of the can is your diaphragm, the front of the can is your abdominal wall (including the internal and external obliques), the bottom is your pelvic floor, and the back is your erector spinae and multifidi. There are more muscles and greater specifics to this concept, but to keep things light the above are a few of major importance. The job of the core is to provide support to the spine.
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