Ligaments are vital to your joints working the way they’re supposed to. This WebMD article explains what and where ligaments are and how you can injure them.

Anterior ankle impingement is a condition that causes ankle pain. Common causes include overuse and trauma. Learn more. ... cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and muscles.

They start at the lateral malleolus, the end of your fibula, and the bump on your inner ankle, connecting to your ankle and heel bones. A sprain of these ligaments is called an eversion ankle sprain.

Non-operative treatment with early functional rehabilitation is the treatment of choice Inversion injuries of the ankle ligament are among the most common injuries, accounting for about 25% of all ...

This week we will discuss the associated injuries which can occur with ankle sprains and the treatments therein. The lateral ankle sprain is the most common sprain and is caused by the foot inverti… ...

Takakura et al. [5] suggested that the talus is translated anteriorly due to stretching of the anterior talofibular ligament and chronic lateral instability is caused as a result of anterior ...

A high ankle sprain is an injury that damages the high ligaments connecting the leg bones to the talus, or ankle bone. Read about causes, treatment, and more.

You step off a sidewalk curb, land wrong after shooting a basketball or stumble on uneven ground. Your ankle pops, twists or crunches, and now you're limping and sore. You may just have sprained ...

Turning your foot inwards, in what’s called an ankle inversion, ends up stretching the ligaments that run along the outside of your ankle. These are the anterior talofibular lateral (ATFL) and ...

Andy Murray is set for an “extended period” out after rupturing ligaments in his ankle at the Miami Open. The 36-year-old former world No.1 received treatment late in the third set during his ...

Some 30 per cent of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears heal within two years without knee surgery. This finding challenges the long-standing assumption that these ligaments won’t mend ...

The study cohort consisted of 104 patients (104 ankles) who had ankle osteoarthritis with a mean follow-up period of 42.8 ± 17.9 months (range, 24 to 95 months).