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A twisted ankle often results in a sprain, where ligament fibres are damaged. Find out about the causes, symptoms and treatment options for a rolled ankle.
A sprained ankle is when one of these ligaments is stretched too far or torn. Anything that stretches your ankle more than it’s used to can hurt a ligament. This usually happens when your foot is turned inward, outward, or twisted. (Photo credit: fStop/Getty Images) Sprained Ankle Cause...
A prospective randomized clinical study was undertaken to compare bandaging, plaster cast immobilisation and operative treatment for recent tears of the lateral ligament of the ankle. The follow-up period was two years. Subjectively, only the fear of giving-way showed a clear difference in favour ...
Surgery may be arthroscopic, in which the surgeon looks inside the ankle joint with a special camera to determine if any loose bone fragments may be interfering with the healing process. Arthroscopy can also be used to determine if a portion of the injured ligament, muscle, or tendon has b...
Most ankle sprains (twisted ankle) heal without complications or difficulty. Surgery is seldom needed for torn ligaments. Ligament tears are often noticed when sprains fail to get better. If the diagnosis of a tendon tear that needs surgery is not made right away, the outcome of the surgery ...
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In severe cases, you may have to have your ankle cast or an ankle boot placed on the ankle for the ligament to heal. Crutches might be needed if you can’t bear weight on the ankle to get around. You should try to keep the ankle up as much as possible because swelling tends to ha...
Twisting or forces overstretch the ligaments (such as hyperextension or hyperflexion) and can cause tears in the ligament tissue, which can be graded from mild to severe depending on the amount of damage. Sprains can happen when people twist an ankle or knee or fall on an elbow or shoulder...
Depending on your specific injury, ankle sprain surgery may involve suturing a torn ligament back together or reconstructing a damaged ligament with tissue from another area of your body. If you do need ankle sprain surgery, Dr. Petkov and his team care for you every step of the way both ...