Lower leg injuries
What is the medical term for blood clot in the calf?
What is thrombolitis
The Anterior Drawer test tests the integrity of this ligament
What is the Anterior Talofibular ligament?
A typical symptom for this injury is extreme pain in the morning on your heal with your first step.
What is plantar fasciitis?
Name the muscle tendon that produces extension of the big toe
What is Extensor Hallicus?
Describe how to perform the Thompson test
What is lying prone ankle off the edge of table; squeeze the calf; if the ankle PF, no tear - if no mvmt - possible tear
An injury to the calcaneus epiphyseal plate where the Achilles inserts on the calcaneus. occurs only in adolescents
What is Severs disease?
An athlete has a grade 2 lateral or medial ankle sprain, what step after the your initial treatment should you consider.
What is an x-ray?
Which two metatarsal does a March fracture typically involve
What is the 2nd or 3rd metatarsal?
Name the tarsal bones of the foot.
What is calcaneus, talus, cuniforms, cuboid, navicular?
What is ROM, strength, Joint laxity, agility (if needed)
Chronic Tendonitis of the Achilles can lead to what injury
What is Achilles rupture?
Anterior Tibiofibular sprains get misdiagnosed as Ant talofibular lig sprains. What is a symptom that ATF typically have that Ant tib fib do not have?
What is swelling?
Fracture at the base of the fifth is also know as a?
What is a Jones fracture?
Name the seven ligaments that protect the foot, ankle, LL
What is ATF, PTF, CF, Bifurcate, Ant Tib-Fib, Spring, Deltoid
What are we looking for with palpation
What is non obvious deformities, non obvious swelling, exact location of pain, sensation, temperature?
List the four main "shin splint" injuries
What is Tibilias Ant strain, MTSS, Stress fracture, and Chronic compartment syndrome?
Name the five areas that we will observe or test to help determine the severity of a sprain.
What is swelling, point tenderness, strength, ROM, joint laxity
If you have pain and swelling around the insertion of the Achilles but no strength loss what could the injury be?
What is a retrocalcaneal bursitis?
Sesmoid bones are located where on the foot?
What is plantar side of 1st metatarsal/phalangeal joint
What is term used for balance?
proprioception
What is shin splint injury is caused by running on your toes too much?
Describe correctly how you properly perform the calcaneal tilt and which ligaments in each position
What is plantar flexion and calcaneal inverison - ATF; Neutral ankle and calcaneal inversion - Calcaneal fib; DF and Calcaneal inversion - PTF; Neutral ankle and Calcaneal eversion - Deltoid
High arches and poor shoe support can lead to what injury in the foot? Two choices
What is medial longitudinal arch or navicular fracture
The anterior tibialis tendon inserts where on the foot
What is the 1st cuniform?
Describe how to tape the foot for a arch sprain
What is a low dye; anchor around forefoot, from media to lateral strip of tape around the heel. Then three C cover strips on plantar foot and then three C cover strips over Dorsal side of foot.