Navicular Taping Techniques

Mrs. White’s heals are reddened with skin intact at the moment but the possibility of an ulcer developing on either heel or both heels needs to be addressed. Mrs. White has spastic movement in her extremities and is transferred in and out of bed putting her heels at risk for a shear injury. Implementing an offloading product such as heel protectors that will help distribute the weight of the legs without putting pressure on the Achilles tendon. The Use of a Low Air Loss Mattress may help her heel pressure as well. (Bryant & Nix, 2012, p.

This article is about the fast growing technique of endurance running, which has evolved over the years significantly. Although it may seem like a bit trendy and popular, this particular type of running has its pros and cons. Due to the fact that endurance running includes a various amount of repetitive ground impact forces, it is not unlikely for one to develop a stress injury to the lower leg. In order to decrease the risk that comes along with endurance running, preventative measures should be enforced. When running some of the most common injuries that one may be at risk for are patellofemoral pain syndrome, tibial stress fractures, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendonitis. But in this article, a new study suggests that Barefoot running contains the potential to promote the healing process, increase performance, and decrease injury rates. Still to this day disagreement exists as to whether barefoot/minimalist running stimulates healing, increases performance and decreases injury rates.

In this paper I will be researching ACL injuries in sports. Along with what causes these injuries to happen, how they can be prevent and if the footwear we use as athletes can make these injuries more or less likely to happen to us. I will also be looking closely into the reoccurring ACL injury in which Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls has been suffering from for the past few years.

Lateral ankle sprains result in multiple acute problems including missed playing time, mechanical and functional instability, weakness, and countless other issues. Injury to the lateral ligamentous complex results in more time lost from participation than any other single sport-related injury. If left untreated or treated poorly, an ankle sprain can develop into a chronic condition. As many as 33% to 42% of lateral ankle sprains exhibit a common and serious residual disability referred to as chronic ankle instability or CAI (Hale et al., 2014). The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons defines chronic ankle instability as a condition characterized by recurring “giving way of the outer (lateral) side of the ankle,” and can occur in the absence of mechanical instability. Hale et al., (2014) states chronic ankle instability to be a long-term sequela to an ankle sprain injury and is felt in 20% to 40% of grade II or III diagnosed ankle sprains. By decreasing the chance of obtaining a lateral ankle sprain, chronic ankle instability and other ankle pathology would therefore also be

This elastic tape was invented and developed by Dr. Kenso Kase in the 1970s. It is about the thickness of human skin, and can be stretched to 20-40% of its original length before being applied over the skin and it has a recoil action that generates a pulling force on the skin (Güner & Alsancak, 2014). Kinesio tape is one of the new techniques used in sports for many purposes. This tape can be used for several aims such as pain reduction and restoring of range of motion (ROM) (Gonzalez-Iglesias, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas, Cleland, Huijbregts, & Del Rosario Gutierrez-Vega, 2009), assists muscle facilitation and inhibition (Fayson, Needle, & Kaminski, 2015; Subasi et al., 2016) and improving of joint function and stability (Chang et al., 2010; Hsu, Chen, Lin, Wang, & Shih, 2009). These effects of KT may help in treating and preventing sport injuries. In addition, proprioception is believed to play an important role in the prevention and treatment of ankle sprain (Arnold & Docherty, 2004). The KT action mechanism on proprioception is still not well established, especially in healthy population. Stimulation of the cutaneous mechanoreceptors could be the mechanism that responsible for improving proprioception when the KT is applied (Chang et al.,

The typical ankle sprain arises with inversion of the plantar flexed foot during weight bearing. Maximum elongation and strain of the Anterior talo fibular ligament occurs when foot is in plantar flexion. Stressful inversion through in plantar flexion can increase the chance of stress and strain to the ligament external the yield point or even the final failure strain. The force may be adequate to damage the calcaeno fibular ligament. More frequently, damage to the anterior talo fibular ligament causes excessive dorsiflexion of the ankle . Constant inversion stress with the ankle neutral or dorsiflexion leads to failure strain of the calcaeno fibular ligament .19 The athelete or sports player who uses the ankle more, so his sole of the foot

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Kernozek T, Durall CJ, Friske A, Mussallem M. Ankle Bracing, Plantar-Flexion Angle, and Ankle Muscle Latencies During Inversion Stress in Healthy Participants. Journal of Athletic Training. 2008;43(1):37-43. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-43.1.37.

The practice of foot binding

Anti-embolic stockings work by exerting graded circumferential pressure from distal to proximal regions of the leg conforming to a Sigel pressure profile. These increase blood velocity, promote venous return, and have shown to be effective (Barker, 2011). Intermittent pneumatic compression periodically compresses the calf and thigh muscles, mimicking the muscle pump created by walking, promoting fibrinolysis, and have shown to also be effective (Barker, 2011). Foot impulse devices increase venous outflow and reduce stasis in immobilized patients. They also mimic walking by compressing the plantar venous plexus, and they are effective after orthopedic surgery in reducing asymptomatic DVT (Baker, 2011). Mechanical methods will most likely be used in patients at high risk for bleeding. Physiotherapy and nursing has also been a method used by staff in increasing the prevention of VTE. Risks can potentially be mediated by mechanical calf and foot venous compression, bed exercise, active or passive, and early mobilization, and by hydration (Barker,

Ankle injuries are on the most common injuries that most athletes have to deal with throughout their playing career, some research has shown that an ankle sprain is seven times more like to occur than other injuries. With this being said a lot of coaches require their athletes to either tape or have a brace on the ankle to prevent the injury from occurring in the first place, however evidence has shown that the use of an ankle brace does not always prevent the injury from happening. So the question becomes does the brace impair the athlete to perform at their highest level. In this study they took ten healthy D-3 male athletes, and ten female athletes. They used video analysis to record the kinematics of the lower extremities during a countermovement

On September 8th, I visited our athletic trainer after school for about an hour. During this observation, many athletes’ ankles were wrapped. One of the football players waited to get an ultra sound on his right ankle. An ultrasound is commonly used to look at problems with soft tissue. The ultrasound works by focusing high-frequency sound waves on the specific location on the ankle that contains soft tissue. The sound waves then bounce off the bones and soft tissues and are picked up by the transducer. Chad, the school athletic trainer first put gel on the probe and massaged the athlete’s ankle for about six minutes. After the ultrasound, Chad wrapped both of the athlete’s ankles. He started by putting pre-wrap on the foot and ankle to prevent

Limited ankle dorsiflexion has previously been shown to be a risk factor for lower extremity injuries as it alters the mechanics of gait, such as decreasing the amount of time to “heel-off”, and leads to excessive subtalar joint pronation forces on the foot, causing it to become hypermobile.1,2,3,4,5 The ankle reaches peak dorsiflexion during midstance of the gait cycle. At this point, about 8 to 10 degrees of ankle dorsiflexion is needed in order to advance the tibia over the foot while the knee is extended. When this

Foot injuries are very common in athletics as well as in everyday life. It’s very debilitating to have a foot injury since we use our feet in all of our daily activities. Research published in "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise” indicates that the average adult takes between 5,000 to 7,000 steps a day. Some sports require the most dedicated athletes spend multiple hours a day pounding their feet on the turf or pavement. Most injuries that occur in the foot require a person to try and stay off of it or completely immobilize it. Since this is very difficult for a person to do, a large percentage of foot injuries often have a very high chance of reoccurring. The severity of some injuries that can be deceiving as well. Often times a nagging pain is ignored and eventually becomes a much bigger problem.

Participating in basketball begins with picking which basketball shoes to wear. The purpose of a sports shoe is to improve performance or reduce the risk of injury (Fong, Hong & Li, 2007). While playing the game of basketball I’ve realized it is a sport that involves different types of shoes which help improve jumping, landing, cutting and much more. Basketball has its positives and negatives for every age group; it has good health benefits, but it also consists of moderate to high risk lower body injuries to the lower back, legs and ankles. There are different types of basketball shoes which consist of high tops, mid tops, low cuts, cushioned shoes, non-cushioned shoes, and other different combinations. The high tops basketball shoe will have a collar that goes above the ankle like a sleeve. The mid tops basketball shoe covers slightly above the ankle, but lower than high tops. The low cut basketball shoes don’t have a collar at all and they don’t cover the ankle. Shoes also vary by weight and outsole traction. Through my knowledge picking the shoe to wear is solely on your preference. Whatever shoe that you choose will have different advantages or disadvantages to them. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the variety of effects specific shoe types have on basketball athletes.