Category: Foot
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Why Surgeon and Rehab Teamwork Leads to Better Recovery
READ MORE >>: Why Surgeon and Rehab Teamwork Leads to Better RecoveryA good foot or ankle surgery outcome depends on both an accurate decision about who needs surgery and the rehab that follows it, something Active Sports Therapy has seen firsthand working with Dr. Nick Strasser.
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Ankle injuries that can cost a season, and how to triage
READ MORE >>: Ankle injuries that can cost a season, and how to triageSome foot and ankle injuries can be watched and rehabbed, because they can still be addressed surgically later. Others need an accurate diagnosis within days, because delay can allow arthritis or lasting weakness.
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Swelling Limits Rehab: How We Work Around It
READ MORE >>: Swelling Limits Rehab: How We Work Around ItSwelling sets the ceiling on how far a joint moves and how much load it tolerates, which is why it is managed before the hard work and cooled again at the end of the session.
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Regaining Ankle Motion After a Fracture: What Helps
READ MORE >>: Regaining Ankle Motion After a Fracture: What HelpsWhen an ankle still feels stiff months after a fracture, the joint itself is often not the reason. The real limiter is often tightness in the muscle and connective tissue around the ankle, or tension along the nerve running down the calf and shin, and the only way to know which one it is, is…
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ATFL Thickening on MRI: What the Report Means
READ MORE >>: ATFL Thickening on MRI: What the Report MeansChronic thickening of the ATFL is one of the most common findings on an ankle MRI, and on its own it does not mean the ankle is unstable. Dr. Nick Strasser said it shows up constantly, often on scans ordered for something else.
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Ankle Fracture Takes More Than Strength: Relearning It
READ MORE >>: Ankle Fracture Takes More Than Strength: Relearning ItAfter an ankle fracture, the calf loses size and strength, and the quick connection from brain to muscle goes fuzzy. Rebuilding both is why early heel raises look slow, supported and deliberate.
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Why your hip complains after an ankle injury
READ MORE >>: Why your hip complains after an ankle injuryWhen an ankle will not bend forward, you change how you walk, and the hip absorbs the difference. That is why we chase ankle motion even when the ankle itself does not hurt.
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Back to Walking Confidently After an Ankle Fracture
READ MORE >>: Back to Walking Confidently After an Ankle FractureRebuilding strength and mobility after an ankle fracture comes down to letting swelling resolve fully and reloading the ankle with exercises set at exactly the right level of difficulty.
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Stiff Big Toe Slowing You Down? Options That Help
READ MORE >>: Stiff Big Toe Slowing You Down? Options That HelpIf your big toe hurts and feels blocked at the end of its range, the usual reason is hallux rigidus, arthritis of the big toe joint. The most useful first move is conservative care that opens the motion and then trains you to keep it, because the choices narrow once the joint has been operated…
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The Guarding Pattern That Outlasts a Healed Fracture
READ MORE >>: The Guarding Pattern That Outlasts a Healed FractureA bone can heal completely and a joint can still refuse to move the way it used to. Here is why that gap happens, and what actually closes it.