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Carlos Boozer professional Basketball player for the Chicago Bulls suffered an injury to his great toe last night during the game. "It. felt like a pop in my foot" is what Carlos mentioned during the injury. Below is the following link.
Turf toe is a common injury in professional and weekend athletes. Turf toe can occur after a very vigorous upward bending of the big toe. It got it's name due to the fact that it occurs frequently in people who play games on artificial surfaces. The shoe grips hard on the surface and sticks causing bodyweight to go forward and so bending the toe up. It is also common in martial arts. Y
Symptoms of turf toe include:
- Swelling and pain at the great toe joint and metatarsal bone in the foot.
- Pain and tenderness on bending the toe or pulling it upwards.
What can the athlete do to treat turf toe?
- Ice the injury immediately.
- Apply a compression bandage.
- Seek a sports medicine specialists or sports podiatrist.
- Rest, which might include crutches to take the weight off the toe.
- Use a protective cam walker boot or wooden shoe to take pressure of the joint.
What can a sports injury professional do?
- X-rays to rule out a fracture.
- Application of ultrasound.
- Taping of the toe to prevent movement.
- After 2 to 4 days the athlete may be able to weight bear again.
- Advise on a rehabilitation and strengthening program
Recovery of this injury can take four to six weeks depending on how bad the sprain is. If the athlete does not look after this injury then it may develop into Hallux Limitus. This is a decreased range of motion due to arthritis around the joint. This can cause problems in the rest of the foot or lower limb due to changes to your walking cycle (gait).
Dr. Andrew Saffer will be presenting a talk on Diabetic foot complications and Treatment options April 19th at 5:00 at East Cooper Hospital.
Running shoes should be replaced every 350-500 miles.This varies to the weight and size of the runner. The heavy runner and hard foot striker should replace a shoe sooner in the 350-mile range, rather than 500 miles.Injuries seen when shoes are not replaced frequently are: plantar fasciitis, stress fractures, shin splints, neuromas, and achilles tendontis.
Make sure you visit some of the local specialty running stores for proper running shoe fit. They should measure your feet in both length and width.
For more information please visit our website blogs at
carolinafootspecialists.net
Do you suffer from pain when you first step out of bed in the morning or are your shoes not fitting properly because of hammertoes and bunions? Please join us for an open discussion on foot issues and their medical solutions.
Tuesday, January 18th, 11:00am at the Mount Pleasant Hospital medical offices, Suite 200. Presented by Dr. Andrew Saffer, DPM, Carolina Foot Specialsts.
Changes in the length of your limbs over time can cause increased strain of your plantar fascia.
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- Bridge run Training Schedule/Tips on Running
- Running shoes that match your foot type
- NFL quarterback suffers stress fracture of foot
- Heal that Heel and Foot Pain
- State of the art surgical treatment for Plantar Fasciitis
- Limb length difference causing heel pain
- Bridge run Foot Injury Prevention series 2011
- 2010
- 2009
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