Q: I recently broke my left ankle and had surgery to fix it. The two ankle bones were broken so I had a plate and screws put in. Will I ever need to have the plates and screws removed and will my ...

2. Plantar Flexion (Pointing the foot downward, moving the foot away from the shin): This course describes the anatomy of the ankle bones and ankle joints. This includes the talocrural joint, also ...

Learn about plantar flexion, dorsiflexion, inversion, and eversion, along with all the muscles responsible for these joint actions! Brookbush Institute education is comprehensive and thorough while ...

New anatomic structure in the ankle joint described by a team of researchers could explain why many ankle injuries produce chronic pain. New study identifies a ligament in the lateral side of the ...

Surgery to cure the pain of ankle arthritis used to involve a 5in incision, a hammer, a chisel, and three months of painful rehabilitation in plaster.But today the keyhole procedure is somewhat more ...

Arthritis is a general term for a group of more than 100 diseases. It can involve inflammation and swelling in and around your joints and the nearby soft tissue. With many kinds of arthritis, your ...

An ankle sprain is an injury to the tough bands of tissue (ligaments) that surround and connect the bones of the leg to the foot. The injury typically happens when you accidentally twist or turn your ...