Orthopedic Ankle Braces and Ankle
Supports - Ankle Injury Types
Your ankle hurts and you want relief. You may have 1 of 2 kinds of ankle injuries. An acute traumatic ankle injury involves a single blow from a single application of force.
Our ankle braces heal the following injuries:
- ankle strains - a stretch or tear of a muscle or tendon, the tough and
narrow end of a muscle that connects it to a bone
- ankle sprains - a stretch or tear of a ligament, the tissue that
supports and strengthens joints by connecting bones and cartilage
Overuse or chronic injuries occur often in high caliber athletes.
Runners, ball players, gymnasts, and tennis players are some of the athletes
who experience the following sports ankle injuries
- stress fractures - tiny cracks in the bone's surface
often caused by repetitive overloading (such as in the feet of a basketball
player who is continuously jumping on the court)
- tendonitis - inflammation of the tendon caused by
repetitive stretching
- epiphysitis or apophysitis - growth
plate overload injuries such as Osgood-Schlatters
If left untreated, a chronic injury will probably get worse over time. Immobilize it, ice it down, and get healthy with the ankle braces
above. Remember: if
pain worsens or doesn't improve within a few days of the injury, see an orthopedist.
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